1943 Homestead Grays

78 - 23 - 1

26 - 7 - 1 in the Negro National League II

1918 / 1944 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (78-23-1)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Wright

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	130	1st	ERA+	126	3rd
OPS	.864	1st	ERA	3.74	1st
BA	.329	1st	BA	.252	3rd
OBP	.407	1st	K/BB	1.30	3rd
SLG	.458	1st	K%	10.8%	5th
BB%	11.0%	2nd	BB%	8.3%	2nd
K%			HR%	0.5%	1st
ISO	.129	1st	WHIP	1.35	1st

Notes:

• Negro League World Series Champions
• 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: Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 5 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	31	70	305	249	93	116	23	9	20	112	4	55	1	0	.466	.564	.871	1.435	279
1B	Buck Leonard*	35	68	310	255	71	84	18	8	4	61	2	49	3	3	.329	.443	.510	.953	153
2B	Howard Easterling**	31	64	273	250	47	87	11	10	1	52	8	19	0	4	.348	.394	.484	.878	133
3B	Jud Wilson*	47	64	252	217	30	66	12	6	0	57	0	32	0	3	.304	.394	.415	.808	115
SS	Sam Bankhead	32	72	307	265	53	69	5	2	1	42	17	32	3	7	.260	.347	.306	.652	74
LF	Cool Papa Bell**	40	65	307	263	63	92	12	5	0	29	12	39	0	5	.350	.434	.433	.867	131
CF	Jerry Benjamin**	33	71	331	294	83	110	17	4	2	38	12	25	1	11	.374	.425	.480	.905	140
RF	Vic Harris*	38	38	159	141	31	51	5	1	0	27	1	16	1	1	.362	.430	.411	.842	124

RF	Ray Brown**	35	41	125	111	13	32	3	2	1	23	0	12	1	1	.288	.363	.378	.741	97
2B	Matt Carlisle	33	20	63	57	14	17	1	0	0	7	0	5	0	1	.298	.355	.316	.671	79
2B	Joe Spencer	23	20	62	56	7	13	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	.232	.306	.232	.539	44
C	Robert Gaston	33	17	55	48	7	11	2	0	0	6	0	5	0	2	.229	.302	.271	.573	53
RF	Thad Christopher*	30	4	11	10	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.300	.364	.400	.764	103
RF	Frank Williams*	24	2	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
CF	William Randall*	27	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	33
2B	Lennie Pearson	25	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	166

SP	Johnny Wright	26	32	82	76	10	14	6	0	0	7	0	3	0	3	.184	.215	.263	.478	27
SP	Spoon Carter*	40	22	60	52	4	10	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	4	.192	.250	.269	.519	38
SP	Edsall Walker**	32	28	54	48	13	16	2	2	1	8	0	6	0	0	.333	.407	.521	.928	146
SP	Roy Partlow*	31	11	26	24	8	9	1	1	0	5	0	2	0	0	.375	.423	.500	.923	145
SP	Charlie Shields*	20	7	15	15	3	4	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.533	.800	110
SP	Eugene Jones*	21	6	11	11	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	-3
RP	Ollie West*	29	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Willie Stevenson^		2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	212
SP	Bill Anderson*	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Lefty Mellix*	47	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	Bill Lynn^	21	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	27		732	2829	2462	555	810	125	51	30	485	56	311	11	45	.329	.407	.458	.864	130

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Jerry Benjamin**	33	CF	331	.415	.359	7.6%	10.0%	0.6%	0.7%	.105	.105
Buck Leonard*	35	1B	310	.444	.359	15.8%	10.0%	1.3%	0.7%	.180	.105
Sam Bankhead	32	SS	307	.320	.359	10.4%	10.0%	0.3%	0.7%	.045	.105
Cool Papa Bell**	40	LF	307	.413	.359	12.7%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.084	.105
Josh Gibson	31	C	305	.626	.359	18.0%	10.0%	6.6%	0.7%	.406	.105
Howard Easterling**	31	2B	273	.405	.359	7.0%	10.0%	0.4%	0.7%	.136	.105
Jud Wilson*	47	3B	252	.385	.359	12.7%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.111	.105
Vic Harris*	38	RF	159	.409	.359	10.1%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.050	.105
Ray Brown**	35	RF	125	.356	.359	9.6%	10.0%	0.8%	0.7%	.090	.105
Johnny Wright	26	SP	82	.219	.359	3.7%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.079	.105
Matt Carlisle	33	2B	63	.328	.359	7.9%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.018	.105
Joe Spencer	23	2B	62	.278	.359	9.7%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.105
Spoon Carter*	40	SP	60	.237	.359	6.7%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.077	.105
Robert Gaston	33	C	55	.277	.359	9.1%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.042	.105
Edsall Walker**	32	SP	54	.430	.359	11.1%	10.0%	1.9%	0.7%	.188	.105
Roy Partlow*	31	SP	26	.434	.359	7.7%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.125	.105
Charlie Shields*	20	SP	15	.350	.359	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.267	.105
Thad Christopher*	30	RF	11	.367	.359	9.1%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.100	.105
Eugene Jones*	21	SP	11	.175	.359	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.105
Frank Williams*	24	RF	5	.000	.359	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.105
William Randall*	27	CF	4	.241	.359	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.105
Lennie Pearson	25	2B	4	.482	.359	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.105
Ollie West*	29	RP	4	.000	.359	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.105
Willie Stevenson^		RP	3	.592	.359	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.105
Bill Anderson*	30	SP	1	.000	.359	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.105
Lefty Mellix*	47	SP		.000	.359		10.0%		0.7%		.105
Bill Lynn^	21	SP		.000	.359		10.0%		0.7%		.105
27			2829	.404	.359	11.0%	10.0%	1.1%	0.7%	.129	.105