1929 Homestead Grays

32 - 34 - 3

34 - 29 - 3 in the American Negro League

1918 / 1930 (Team History)

Managed by:
Cumberland Posey (32-34-3)

Top Hitter

John
Beckwith

Top Pitcher

Joe
Williams

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	85	4th	ERA+	113	4th
OPS	.760	4th	ERA	4.80	3rd
BA	.294	4th	BA	.289	2nd
OBP	.352	4th	K/BB	1.42	1st
SLG	.408	4th	K%	11.3%	1st
BB%	7.7%	5th	BB%	8.0%	2nd
K%			HR%	0.9%	1st
ISO	.114	4th	WHIP	1.48	2nd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA)
• 4 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Charley Walker (President) , Cumberland 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	Buck Ewing*	26	63	243	216	38	66	12	5	2	34	3	21	0	6	.306	.367	.435	.802	95
1B	Jasper Washington	32	42	166	150	19	53	9	2	1	36	0	8	3	5	.353	.398	.460	.858	109
2B	Mo Harris^	31	45	162	147	17	32	8	1	1	19	3	10	0	5	.218	.268	.306	.574	40
3B	John Beckwith	29	47	196	176	45	64	13	2	13	52	2	18	1	1	.364	.426	.682	1.107	167
SS	Walter Cannady	27	49	202	186	47	66	18	4	1	30	8	10	0	6	.355	.388	.511	.899	118
LF	Vic Harris*	24	66	295	267	50	79	12	6	3	40	8	24	0	4	.296	.354	.419	.773	88
CF	Sanford Jackson	29	40	159	133	26	35	3	4	1	14	0	17	0	9	.263	.347	.368	.715	75
RF	Dennis Graham*	33	49	207	191	32	61	5	1	1	24	3	13	0	3	.319	.363	.372	.734	80

3B	Cool Turner	27	45	169	149	20	41	5	3	1	18	2	18	0	2	.275	.353	.369	.722	77
LF	Charlie Mason^	34	34	140	122	19	27	2	5	1	14	1	12	0	6	.221	.291	.344	.635	55
LF	Oscar Owens	35	27	87	75	19	29	2	0	0	10	1	10	1	1	.387	.465	.413	.878	116
SS	Buck Miller^	28	22	79	69	9	17	1	3	0	8	0	6	0	4	.246	.307	.348	.654	59
2B	George Scales	28	12	47	38	7	14	3	1	0	10	0	7	2	0	.368	.489	.500	.989	142
SS	Obie Lackey	25	8	28	25	4	7	2	0	0	5	0	2	0	1	.280	.333	.360	.693	69
3B	Judy Johnson	29	4	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	22
RF	Oscar Charleston*	32	4	15	13	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.462	.533	.615	1.149	180
SS	Jake Stephens	29	4	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	-63
CF	Clint Thomas	32	4	15	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.182	.400	.182	.582	46
LF	Willis Moody*	30	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	22
SS	Ormsby Roy^	24	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2B	Bobby Dean^		1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	390

SP	Sam Streeter	28	30	84	80	6	28	5	1	0	8	0	0	0	4	.350	.350	.438	.788	91
SP	Joe Williams	43	19	55	53	5	6	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.113	.145	.132	.278	-32
SP	Lefty Williams*	34	19	49	40	6	7	1	0	0	3	0	4	1	4	.175	.267	.200	.467	15
SP	George Britt	33	18	36	35	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.171	.194	.171	.366	-10
SP	William Ross^	35	4	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	.077	.200	.077	.277	-30
SP	Webster McDonald*	29	2	6	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	.600	1.200	194
SP	Elbert Williams^	21	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Rattler Harrison^	29	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Joe Strong*	26	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	30		665	2500	2235	379	657	104	38	25	338	31	193	8	64	.294	.352	.408	.760	85

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Vic Harris*	24	LF	295	.353	.371	8.1%	9.5%	1.0%	1.4%	.124	.132
Buck Ewing*	26	C	243	.362	.371	8.6%	9.5%	0.8%	1.4%	.130	.132
Dennis Graham*	33	RF	207	.344	.371	6.3%	9.5%	0.5%	1.4%	.052	.132
Walter Cannady	27	SS	202	.395	.371	5.0%	9.5%	0.5%	1.4%	.156	.132
John Beckwith	29	3B	196	.475	.371	9.2%	9.5%	6.6%	1.4%	.318	.132
Cool Turner	27	3B	169	.340	.371	10.7%	9.5%	0.6%	1.4%	.094	.132
Jasper Washington	32	1B	166	.386	.371	4.8%	9.5%	0.6%	1.4%	.107	.132
Mo Harris^	31	2B	162	.261	.371	6.2%	9.5%	0.6%	1.4%	.088	.132
Sanford Jackson	29	CF	159	.320	.371	10.7%	9.5%	0.6%	1.4%	.105	.132
Charlie Mason^	34	LF	140	.283	.371	8.6%	9.5%	0.7%	1.4%	.123	.132
Oscar Owens	35	LF	87	.423	.371	11.5%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.027	.132
Sam Streeter	28	SP	84	.343	.371	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.088	.132
Buck Miller^	28	SS	79	.291	.371	7.6%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.101	.132
Joe Williams	43	SP	55	.138	.371	3.6%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.019	.132
Lefty Williams*	34	SP	49	.223	.371	8.2%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.025	.132
George Scales	28	2B	47	.468	.371	14.9%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.132	.132
George Britt	33	SP	36	.180	.371	2.8%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Obie Lackey	25	SS	28	.316	.371	7.1%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.080	.132
William Ross^	35	SP	16	.157	.371	12.5%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Judy Johnson	29	3B	16	.237	.371	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Jake Stephens	29	SS	15	.104	.371	13.3%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Clint Thomas	32	CF	15	.335	.371	26.7%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Oscar Charleston*	32	RF	15	.527	.371	13.3%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.154	.132
Webster McDonald*	29	SP	6	.475	.371	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Willis Moody*	30	LF	4	.237	.371	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Ormsby Roy^	24	SS	3	.000	.371	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Rattler Harrison^	29	SP	2	.000	.371	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Bobby Dean^		2B	2	.950	.371	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Elbert Williams^	21	SP	2	.000	.371	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Joe Strong*	26	SP		.000	.371		9.5%		1.4%		.132
30			2500	.345	.371	7.7%	9.5%	1.0%	1.4%	.114	.132