1937 Homestead Grays

67 - 19 - 1

36 - 13 in the Negro National League II

1918 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Vic Harris (67-19-1)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	123	1st	ERA+	133	1st
OPS	.872	1st	ERA	3.79	1st
BA	.313	1st	BA	.242	1st
OBP	.379	1st	K/BB	1.58	2nd
SLG	.493	1st	K%	13.2%	1st
BB%	8.8%	1st	BB%	8.4%	5th
K%			HR%	1.1%	2nd
ISO	.180	1st	WHIP	1.28	1st

Notes:

• Champions of the Negro National League II
• First Half Champions of the Negro National League II
• Second Half Champions of the Negro National League II
• Home Ballpark: Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh, PA), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 6 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	25	41	193	164	63	69	13	8	21	80	3	26	1	2	.421	.503	.982	1.484	273
1B	Buck Leonard*	29	44	207	177	54	66	14	3	13	56	3	26	2	2	.373	.459	.706	1.165	196
2B	Matt Carlisle	27	55	243	213	39	58	8	5	1	31	2	19	0	11	.272	.332	.371	.703	81
3B	Javier Pérez	35	52	245	212	39	61	6	3	2	30	1	23	1	9	.288	.360	.373	.733	89
SS	Jelly Jackson	27	50	193	172	25	43	4	1	0	25	2	8	1	12	.250	.287	.285	.572	48
LF	Vic Harris*	32	51	242	212	62	69	18	6	6	52	0	27	0	3	.325	.402	.552	.954	143
CF	Jerry Benjamin**	27	55	272	232	63	70	18	1	4	35	14	30	2	8	.302	.386	.440	.826	113
RF	Jim Williams	31	49	220	198	32	71	13	1	1	43	6	11	1	10	.359	.395	.449	.845	117

C	Tommie Dukes*	30	30	118	107	23	33	5	4	3	24	0	8	1	2	.308	.362	.514	.876	123
SS	Willie Wells	32	4	19	17	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.059	.158	.059	.217	-42
3B	Ray Dandridge	23	4	17	16	2	6	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	.375	.375	.563	.938	138
3B	Jimmy Binder	34	2	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	159
3B	Bill Harris^	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Ray Brown**	29	36	105	90	25	28	5	1	3	19	0	11	0	4	.311	.386	.489	.875	124
SP	Tom Parker	25	20	49	45	14	17	2	0	3	14	0	3	0	1	.378	.417	.622	1.039	164
SP	Louis Dula	25	19	44	39	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	.154	.214	.205	.419	9
SP	Edsall Walker**	26	16	33	30	8	8	2	0	1	5	0	1	0	2	.267	.290	.433	.724	84
SP	Roy Welmaker**	23	9	19	17	4	7	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	2	.412	.412	.647	1.059	169
RP	George Walker	22	9	16	16	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	29
SP	Arnold Waites^	22	4	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	-17
SP	Joe Strong*	34	3	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	4
SP	Terris McDuffie	28	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Leon Day	20	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Clifford Allen		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PR	Tex Burnett**	37	1		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

3B	Harry Williams	32	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	26		560	2264	1983	464	621	110	35	59	425	32	200	9	72	.313	.379	.493	.872	123

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Jerry Benjamin**	27	CF	272	.368	.346	11.0%	8.1%	1.5%	1.5%	.138	.131
Javier Pérez	35	3B	245	.330	.346	9.4%	8.1%	0.8%	1.5%	.085	.131
Matt Carlisle	27	2B	243	.310	.346	7.8%	8.1%	0.4%	1.5%	.099	.131
Vic Harris*	32	LF	242	.416	.346	11.2%	8.1%	2.5%	1.5%	.226	.131
Jim Williams	31	RF	220	.369	.346	5.0%	8.1%	0.5%	1.5%	.091	.131
Buck Leonard*	29	1B	207	.494	.346	12.6%	8.1%	6.3%	1.5%	.333	.131
Jelly Jackson	27	SS	193	.253	.346	4.1%	8.1%	0.0%	1.5%	.035	.131
Josh Gibson	25	C	193	.596	.346	13.5%	8.1%	10.9%	1.5%	.561	.131
Tommie Dukes*	30	C	118	.380	.346	6.8%	8.1%	2.5%	1.5%	.206	.131
Ray Brown**	29	SP	105	.378	.346	10.5%	8.1%	2.9%	1.5%	.178	.131
Tom Parker	25	SP	49	.444	.346	6.1%	8.1%	6.1%	1.5%	.244	.131
Louis Dula	25	SP	44	.194	.346	6.8%	8.1%	0.0%	1.5%	.051	.131
Edsall Walker**	26	SP	33	.299	.346	3.0%	8.1%	3.0%	1.5%	.167	.131
Willie Wells	32	SS	19	.129	.346	10.5%	8.1%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.131
Roy Welmaker**	23	SP	19	.411	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.5%	.235	.131
Ray Dandridge	23	3B	17	.387	.346	0.0%	8.1%	5.9%	1.5%	.188	.131
George Walker	22	RP	16	.233	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.131
Arnold Waites^	22	SP	10	.169	.346	10.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.131
Joe Strong*	34	SP	8	.211	.346	12.5%	8.1%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.131
Jimmy Binder	34	3B	5	.373	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.131
Terris McDuffie	28	SP	3	.000	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.131
Leon Day	20	SP	2	.000	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.131
Bill Harris^	29	3B	1	.000	.346	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.131
Clifford Allen		RP		.000	.346		8.1%		1.5%		.131
Tex Burnett**	37	PR		.000	.346		8.1%		1.5%		.131
Harry Williams	32	3B		.000	.346		8.1%		1.5%		.131
26			2264	.378	.346	8.8%	8.1%	2.6%	1.5%	.180	.131