1939 Homestead Grays

54 - 24 - 1

31 - 13 in the Negro National League II

1918 / 1940 (Team History)

Managed by:
Vic Harris (54-24-1)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Roy
Partlow

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	122	1st	ERA+	120	2nd
OPS	.843	1st	ERA	4.13	2nd
BA	.299	1st	BA	.247	1st
OBP	.370	1st	K/BB	1.39	4th
SLG	.474	1st	K%	11.7%	3rd
BB%	9.4%	2nd	BB%	8.4%	3rd
K%			HR%	1.2%	4th
ISO	.175	1st	WHIP	1.30	1st

Notes:

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

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Josh Gibson	27	31	135	115	38	45	5	4	12	43	3	16	1	3	.391	.470	.817	1.287	235
1B	Buck Leonard*	31	35	152	128	36	45	11	1	11	48	2	20	0	4	.352	.439	.711	1.150	200
2B	Sam Bankhead	28	38	170	149	33	43	4	3	2	22	6	13	1	7	.289	.350	.396	.746	97
3B	Henry Spearman	29	36	145	132	25	40	4	5	3	26	0	11	1	1	.303	.361	.477	.838	120
SS	Jelly Jackson	29	38	152	129	27	24	3	4	2	16	1	17	1	5	.186	.286	.318	.604	59
LF	Vic Harris*	34	35	158	136	19	38	7	3	2	24	0	21	0	1	.279	.376	.419	.795	110
CF	Jerry Benjamin**	29	20	94	78	19	19	1	1	0	8	6	13	1	2	.244	.359	.282	.641	71
RF	David Whatley*	24	31	127	120	27	52	9	4	1	18	2	4	0	3	.433	.452	.600	1.052	176

CF	Ray Brown**	31	22	85	78	16	23	5	0	2	11	1	5	1	1	.295	.345	.436	.781	105
LF	Tom Parker	27	18	50	44	9	15	1	1	2	11	0	6	0	0	.341	.420	.545	.965	154
CF	Babe Davis	30	9	38	36	5	9	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	.250	.289	.333	.623	64
RF	Jim Williams	33	4	16	15	3	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.333	.375	.467	.842	122
3B	Harry Williams	34	4	12	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	-76
C	Eudie Napier*	26	3	12	9	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	.333	.500	.444	.944	152
C	Robert Gaston	29	5	12	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	62
RF	Thompson^		1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	77
C	Joe Brown	22	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
C	Wyatt Turner	30	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Roy Partlow*	27	17	39	37	7	9	1	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	.243	.282	.351	.633	67
SP	Edsall Walker**	28	11	33	30	1	7	1	0	1	5	0	2	0	1	.233	.281	.367	.648	70
SP	Specs Roberts^	31	7	22	20	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	27
SP	Willie Ferrell^	25	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24
RP	Roy Welmaker**	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Tommie Dukes*	32	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	430
	24		372	1471	1296	278	387	55	26	40	247	21	138	8	29	.299	.370	.474	.843	122

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Sam Bankhead	28	2B	170	.334	.347	7.6%	8.7%	1.2%	1.6%	.107	.120
Vic Harris*	34	LF	158	.369	.347	13.3%	8.7%	1.3%	1.6%	.140	.120
Jelly Jackson	29	SS	152	.277	.347	11.2%	8.7%	1.3%	1.6%	.132	.120
Buck Leonard*	31	1B	152	.486	.347	13.2%	8.7%	7.2%	1.6%	.359	.120
Henry Spearman	29	3B	145	.378	.347	7.6%	8.7%	2.1%	1.6%	.174	.120
Josh Gibson	27	C	135	.538	.347	11.9%	8.7%	8.9%	1.6%	.426	.120
David Whatley*	24	RF	127	.464	.347	3.1%	8.7%	0.8%	1.6%	.167	.120
Jerry Benjamin**	29	CF	94	.314	.347	13.8%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.038	.120
Ray Brown**	31	CF	85	.355	.347	5.9%	8.7%	2.4%	1.6%	.141	.120
Tom Parker	27	LF	50	.437	.347	12.0%	8.7%	4.0%	1.6%	.205	.120
Roy Partlow*	27	SP	39	.293	.347	5.1%	8.7%	2.6%	1.6%	.108	.120
Babe Davis	30	CF	38	.291	.347	5.3%	8.7%	2.6%	1.6%	.083	.120
Edsall Walker**	28	SP	33	.289	.347	6.1%	8.7%	3.0%	1.6%	.133	.120
Specs Roberts^	31	SP	22	.240	.347	9.1%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.120
Jim Williams	33	RF	16	.386	.347	6.3%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.133	.120
Harry Williams	34	3B	12	.063	.347	8.3%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.120
Eudie Napier*	26	C	12	.457	.347	16.7%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.111	.120
Robert Gaston	29	C	12	.301	.347	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.120
Willie Ferrell^	25	SP	8	.118	.347	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.120
Thompson^		RF	3	.314	.347	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.120
Joe Brown	22	C	3	.000	.347	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.120
Wyatt Turner	30	C	2	.000	.347	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.120
Roy Welmaker**	25	RP	2	.000	.347	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.120
Tommie Dukes*	32	PH	1	.941	.347	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.120
24			1471	.377	.347	9.4%	8.7%	2.7%	1.6%	.175	.120