1942 Homestead Grays Statistics

1941 Season 1943 Season

Record: 47-19-3, Finished 1st in Negro National League II

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-0) to Kansas City Monarchs

Manager: Vic Harris (64-23-3)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Josh Gibson	30	48	198	162	44	53	7	2	10	52	1		35		.327	.447	.580	1.027	200	94			1
2	1B	Buck Leonard*	34	30	119	100	16	22	5	0	0	12	3		19		.220	.345	.270	.615	81	27			0
3	2B	Matt Carlisle	32	46	164	141	21	31	4	3	0	16	11		16		.220	.299	.291	.590	73	41			7
4	SS	Sam Bankhead	31	42	173	150	23	40	4	3	1	26	4		21		.267	.357	.353	.710	108	53			2
5	3B	Howard Easterling#	30	50	208	186	31	45	7	2	4	22	1		17		.242	.305	.366	.671	96	68			5
6	LF	Vic Harris*	37	40	162	144	17	38	1	3	1	26	1		16		.264	.338	.333	.671	97	48			2
7	CF	Jerry Benjamin#	32	50	223	199	31	50	5	3	2	20	10		20		.251	.320	.337	.656	92	67			4
8	RF	David Whatley*	27	36	149	133	22	41	4	1	0	9	3		15		.308	.378	.353	.732	115	47			1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	MI	Chester Williams	36	40	157	141	10	29	5	1	0	16	1		13		.206	.273	.255	.528	55	36			3
10	1B	Jud Wilson*	46	42	140	109	26	27	5	1	2	26	0		28		.248	.401	.367	.768	126	40			3
11	C	Robert Gaston	32	12	39	33	3	8	1	0	0	2	0		5		.242	.342	.273	.615	81	9			1
12		Wilmer Fields	19	5	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182	-47	1			0
13	SS	Buster Clarkson	27	2	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	-35	1			0
14		Lennie Pearson	24	2	9	8	2	3	2	0	0	0	0		1		.375	.444	.625	1.069	212	5			0
15	IF	Frank Williams*	23	3	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.167	.286	.167	.452	34	1			1
16		Ed Stone*	32	2	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		0		.250	.250	.375	.625	82	3			0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
17	P	Ray Brown#	34	31	104	96	12	20	6	1	1	10	0		6		.208	.255	.323	.578	69	31			2
18	P	Roy Partlow*	30	20	50	48	5	11	1	2	0	3	0		2		.229	.260	.333	.593	73	16			0
19	P	Roy Welmaker#	28	17	36	33	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		2		.121	.171	.121	.293	-14	4			1
20	P	Johnny Wright	25	15	28	27	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		1		.185	.214	.185	.399	17	5			0
21	P	Garnett Blair*	20	5	15	13	2	6	0	0	0	0	0		1		.462	.500	.462	.962	182	6			1
22	P	J.C. Hamilton*	29	6	15	15	2	3	1	0	0	3	0		0		.200	.200	.267	.467	36	4			0
23	P	Spoon Carter*	39	8	12	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.333	.583	70	4			0
24	P	Leon Day	25	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.500	.750	118	2			0
25	P	Edsall Walker#	31	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	47	1			0
		Team Totals	32.6	69	2045	1792	273	446	61	22	21	246	36		219		.249	.331	.343	.673	97	614			34
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams				2	3	3	4	2	2		1		1		4	2	4	4		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	33.0	69	1777	1540	247	392	51	19	20	229	36		207		.255	.343	.351	.694	103	541			30
		Pitcher Totals	30.5	69	268	252	26	54	10	3	1	17	0		12		.214	.250	.290	.540	58	73			4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Ray Brown	34	10	5	.667	3.30	18	12		11	1	1	122.2	124	54	45		37		51	2		0		117		1.313	9.1		2.7	3.7	1.38
2	SP	Roy Partlow*	30	6	2	.750	1.69	11	10		7	3	0	85.0	59	20	16		25		47	0		0		228		0.988	6.2		2.6	5.0	1.88
3	SP	Roy Welmaker*	28	5	5	.500	3.90	14	12		7	0	0	83.0	92	47	36		18		40	0		0		99		1.325	10.0		2.0	4.3	2.22
4	SP	Johnny Wright	25	4	2	.667	3.23	14	8		3	0	1	69.2	65	31	25		19		28	0		0		120		1.206	8.4		2.5	3.6	1.47
5	SP	Spoon Carter	39	1	4	.200	7.55	8	5		2	0	0	31.0	49	28	26		7		20	1		0		52		1.806	14.2		2.0	5.8	2.86
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6		Garnett Blair	20	2	1	.667	2.10	5	4		2	1	0	34.1	29	11	8		9		13	1		1		186		1.107	7.6		2.4	3.4	1.44
7		J.C. Hamilton*	29	2	0	1.000	3.79	4	2		1	0	0	19.0	30	11	8		6		9	1		0		104		1.895	14.2		2.8	4.3	1.50
8		Leon Day	25	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	5	1	1		1		14	0		0		402		0.667	5.0		1.0	14.0	14.00
9		Edsall Walker*	31	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1		1	0	0	8.0	5	2	2		3		5	0		0		180		1.000	5.6		3.4	5.6	1.67
10		Robert Gaston	32	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0	0	0.2	1	1	1		0		0	0		0		46		1.500	13.5		0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	29.7	31	20	.608	3.27	69	55		35	5	2	462.1	459	206	168		125		227	5		1		119		1.263	8.9		2.4	4.4	1.82
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams		1	6		1				1	1	3	1	6	3	3		2		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W