1945 Homestead Grays

53 - 29 - 3

32 - 13 - 1 in the Negro National League II

1918 / 1946 (Team History)

Managed by:
Vic Harris (53-29-3)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Roy
Welmaker

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	102	3rd	ERA+	133	1st
OPS	.717	3rd	ERA	3.07	1st
BA	.273	3rd	BA	.255	1st
OBP	.354	2nd	K/BB	1.81	2nd
SLG	.363	3rd	K%	13.1%	4th
BB%	10.6%	1st	BB%	7.2%	2nd
K%			HR%	0.4%	1st
ISO	.090	3rd	WHIP	1.32	2nd

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: 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	33	47	195	161	37	56	6	5	8	40	0	33	0	1	.348	.459	.596	1.055	195
1B	Buck Leonard*	37	40	179	155	31	53	6	3	5	34	0	22	2	0	.342	.430	.516	.946	165
2B	Jelly Jackson	35	48	166	146	18	31	3	2	0	9	2	12	0	8	.212	.272	.260	.532	50
3B	Ray Battle	27	46	147	129	15	20	1	1	0	16	1	13	0	5	.155	.232	.178	.411	16
SS	Sam Bankhead	34	36	145	132	16	45	8	1	0	22	3	12	0	1	.341	.396	.417	.813	128
LF	Cool Papa Bell**	42	48	217	179	38	50	6	1	1	20	10	35	1	2	.279	.400	.341	.741	109
CF	Jerry Benjamin**	35	50	228	207	42	68	8	2	0	16	4	16	0	5	.329	.377	.386	.763	115
RF	Dave Hoskins*	27	46	203	184	32	52	8	4	0	26	0	15	0	4	.283	.337	.370	.706	98

RF	Ray Brown**	37	27	93	76	5	16	5	2	0	13	0	16	0	1	.211	.348	.329	.677	91
3B	Jud Wilson*	49	26	73	62	7	19	4	0	1	11	0	6	4	1	.306	.403	.419	.822	131
3B	Charley House	32	11	48	44	5	11	0	0	0	7	0	4	0	0	.250	.313	.250	.563	59
C	Robert Gaston	35	10	35	26	7	6	3	0	0	7	0	8	1	0	.231	.429	.346	.775	119
LF	Vic Harris*	40	17	33	31	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.226	.273	.226	.499	41
3B	Jim Davis^		7	23	22	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	.182	.217	.273	.490	37
LF	Page^		4	12	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.111	.333	.111	.444	28
2B	Bozo Jackson*		3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SS	Ed Butler^		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	41
LF	Booker Robinson^	26	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2
CF	Ernest Thomas^		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Roy Welmaker**	31	16	57	53	7	14	2	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	.264	.316	.302	.618	74
SP	R. T. Walker	34	13	34	31	4	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	.161	.212	.226	.438	23
SP	Edsall Walker**	34	13	22	19	2	4	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	.211	.318	.368	.687	93
SP	Johnny Wright	28	6	21	21	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381	7
SP	Garnett Blair*	23	6	19	18	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	.167	.211	.278	.488	37
SP	Spoon Carter*	42	7	14	13	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.231	.231	.308	.538	51
SP	Fred Blaylock^	26	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	29
RP	Tom Walker^		2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	88
RP	John Lewis^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	28		536	1989	1741	276	475	64	24	15	244	20	210	8	30	.273	.354	.363	.717	102

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Jerry Benjamin**	35	CF	228	.358	.336	7.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.058	.099
Cool Papa Bell**	42	LF	217	.366	.336	16.1%	8.8%	0.5%	0.9%	.061	.099
Dave Hoskins*	27	RF	203	.331	.336	7.4%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.087	.099
Josh Gibson	33	C	195	.482	.336	16.9%	8.8%	4.1%	0.9%	.248	.099
Buck Leonard*	37	1B	179	.443	.336	12.3%	8.8%	2.8%	0.9%	.174	.099
Jelly Jackson	35	2B	166	.249	.336	7.2%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.048	.099
Ray Battle	27	3B	147	.205	.336	8.8%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.023	.099
Sam Bankhead	34	SS	145	.386	.336	8.3%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.076	.099
Ray Brown**	37	RF	93	.331	.336	17.2%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.118	.099
Jud Wilson*	49	3B	73	.392	.336	8.2%	8.8%	1.4%	0.9%	.113	.099
Roy Welmaker**	31	SP	57	.302	.336	7.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.038	.099
Charley House	32	3B	48	.282	.336	8.3%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.099
Robert Gaston	35	C	35	.393	.336	22.9%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.115	.099
R. T. Walker	34	SP	34	.207	.336	5.9%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.065	.099
Vic Harris*	40	LF	33	.249	.336	6.1%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.099
Jim Davis^		3B	23	.233	.336	4.3%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.091	.099
Edsall Walker**	34	SP	22	.328	.336	13.6%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.158	.099
Johnny Wright	28	SP	21	.182	.336	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.099
Garnett Blair*	23	SP	19	.229	.336	5.3%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.111	.099
Spoon Carter*	42	SP	14	.233	.336	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.077	.099
Page^		LF	12	.269	.336	25.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.099
Fred Blaylock^	26	SP	7	.245	.336	14.3%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.099
Bozo Jackson*		2B	5	.000	.336	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.099
Ed Butler^		SS	4	.239	.336	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.099
Booker Robinson^	26	LF	3	.253	.336	33.3%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.099
Tom Walker^		RP	3	.319	.336	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.099
Ernest Thomas^		CF	2	.000	.336	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.099
John Lewis^		RP	1	.000	.336	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.099
28			1989	.342	.336	10.6%	8.8%	0.8%	0.9%	.090	.099