1947 Homestead Grays - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Homestead Grays


61 - 44 - 4


34 - 34 - 3 in the Negro National League II

1918 / 1948 (Team History)

Managed by:
Vic Harris (61-44-4)

Top Hitter


Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher


Frank
Thompson

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting Pitching
OPS+
85
6th ERA+
104
3rd
OPS
.674
5th ERA
3.86
3rd
BA
.253
6th BA
.258
3rd
OBP
.320
6th K/BB
1.52
4th
SLG
.354
4th K%
13.0%
4th
BB%
8.3%
4th BB%
8.5%
3rd
K%
HR%
0.7%
2nd
ISO
.101
4th WHIP
1.38
3rd

Notes:


• Home Ballpark: Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Rufus Jackson (Co-Owner & President) , See Posey (Business Manager) , Ethel Posey (Co-Owner)


Roster
Pos Uni Bats Throws
26
C
44
22
6'0"
170
R
R
5/16/1921 (La Habana, Cuba)
36
SS
253
28
5'9"
165
R
R
9/18/1910 (Sulligent, AL)
7/24/1976 (Pittsburgh, PA)
37
CF
225
15
5'9"
165
B
R
11/9/1909 (Montgomery, AL)
11/23/1974 (Detroit, MI)
22
2B
141
6'1"
170
R
R
9/26/1924 (Pittsburgh, PA)
1/23/1990 (Pittsburgh, PA)
LF
2
27
2B
13
5'7"
156
R
R
2/4/1920 (New Orleans, LA)
12/9/2008 (Los Angeles, CA)
31
LF
251
30
6'4"
240
L
R
8/4/1915 (Jonestown, MS)
3/29/1979 (Euclid, OH)
24
SP
34
41.0
34
6'2"
197
R
R
8/2/1922 (Manassas, VA)
6/4/2004 (Manassas, VA)
37
C
48
29
6'1"
180
R
R
3/19/1910 (Chattanooga, TN)
2/11/2000 (Pittsburgh, PA)
25
RP
1
1.2
5'11"
173
R
R
4/6/1922 (Raleigh, WV)
8/25/1998 (Cleveland, OH)
42
PH
2
25
5'10"
168
L
R
6/10/1905 (Calhoun, AL)
2/23/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
25
LF
5'11"
182
L
L
3/7/1922 (Clarksburg, WV)
3/10/1998 (Erie, PA)
29
3B
165
31
5'5"
160
R
R
2/15/1918 (Marietta, GA)
4/12/1987 (Rockville, MD)
27
SP
26
52.0
17
5'6"
165
L
L
6/27/1920 (Wytheville, VA)
2/14/2011 (Southfield, MI)
32
2B
15
27
5'8"
140
R
R
2/16/1915 (Birmingham, AL)
24
PH
1
5'9"
150
8/12/1922 (Bullard, TX)
2/10/2020 (Wiergate, TX)
39
1B
138
32
5'10"
185
L
L
9/8/1907 (Rocky Mount, NC)
11/27/1997 (Rocky Mount, NC)
21
RF
248
16
5'10"
174
R
R
10/28/1925 (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)
34
C
141
26
5'9"
190
L
R
1/3/1913 (Baldwin County, GA)
3/16/1983 (Pittsburgh, PA)
27
RF
22
19
5'10"
190
R
R
9/9/1919 (Greenwood, SC)
10/26/1991 (Pittsburgh, PA)
20
1B
8
5'11"
210
L
L
5/22/1927 (Pittsburgh, PA)
6/25/2017 (San Jacinto, CA)
28
SP
34
89.0
36
6'3"
230
L
R
12/14/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
6/10/2010 (O'Hara, PA)
31
SP
24
45.0
18
6'1"
185
B
R
4/23/1916 (Ansley, LA)
5/25/2011 (Richmond Heights, MO)
28
SP
38
96.0
14
5'4"
140
L
L
10/26/1918 (Merryville, LA)
2/1983 (Memphis, TN)
30
RF
173
11.0
20
6'1"
205
L
L
5/14/1917 (Kellyville, OK)
10/31/1998 (Wichita, KS)
32
RP
19
53.2
21
6'1"
197
R
R
8/20/1914 (Arboa, FL)
27
SP
12
33.1
29
5'8"
151
L
L
10/20/1919 (Baltimore, MD)
6/25/2009 (Mountainside, NJ)
30
SP
34
89.2
24
5'11"
175
R
R
11/28/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
5/10/1990 (Jackson, MS)
34
1B
107
35
6'1"
230
R
R
6/13/1913 (East Saint Louis, IL)
8/3/1967 (Chicago, IL)

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