1940 Homestead Grays Statistics

1939 Season 1941 Season

Record: 36-20-0, Finished 1st in Negro National League II

Manager: Vic Harris (42-20)

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

Negro National League II Pennant

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

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	Robert Gaston	30	36	128	110	10	24	7	0	0	17	0		14		.218	.306	.282	.588	54	31	0	0	4		0
2	1B	Buck Leonard*	32	54	228	185	49	70	14	5	8	41	1		39		.378	.491	.638	1.129	192	118	2	2	2		1
3	2B	Matt Carlisle	30	56	225	200	28	58	11	6	3	39	10		20		.290	.360	.450	.810	110	90	0	2	3		0
4	SS	Jelly Jackson	30	54	178	166	21	32	3	2	0	15	5		8		.193	.234	.235	.469	22	39	0	1	3		0
5	3B	Jud Wilson*	44	41	136	114	20	29	5	0	0	21	0		19		.254	.375	.298	.673	77	34	0	3	0		0
6	LF	Vic Harris*	35	47	208	183	37	50	8	6	1	18	1		19		.273	.345	.399	.744	93	73	2	1	5		0
7	CF	Jerry Benjamin#	30	44	194	170	38	54	3	2	1	27	16		17		.318	.389	.376	.766	100	64	0	3	4		1
8	RF	David Whatley*	25	53	241	217	42	64	7	4	2	21	9		22		.295	.360	.392	.752	96	85	0	0	2		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	UT	Howard Easterling#	28	54	228	203	42	68	10	9	3	45	3		21		.335	.400	.517	.917	137	105	0	1	3		0
10	C	Josh Johnson	26	10	29	28	6	10	1	0	1	6	0		1		.357	.379	.500	.879	128	14	0	0	0		0
11	C	Leroy Bass	22	5	14	14	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		0		.214	.214	.286	.500	29	4	0	0	0		0
12	C	Ziggy Marcell	23	5	12	11	2	3	0	1	0	2	0		1		.273	.333	.455	.788	104	5	0	0	0		0
13	C	George Britt	44	5	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2		.000	.182	.000	.182	-50	0	0	0	0		0
14	UT	Josh Gibson	28	2	9	6	2	1	0	0	1	2	0		3		.167	.444	.667	1.111	186	4	0	0	0		0
15	C	Walter Perry*	24	1	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		1		.500	.600	.500	1.100	189	2	0	0	0		0
16	OF	Ernie Smith*	40	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.333	.000	.333	-7	0	0	0	0		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#	32	32	92	80	12	26	3	2	2	10	0		10		.325	.400	.488	.888	130	39	0	0	2		1
18	P	Edsall Walker#	29	21	59	52	8	12	1	0	0	8	1		3		.231	.273	.250	.523	37	13	0	0	4		0
19	P	J.C. Hamilton*	27	17	35	31	3	8	1	0	0	2	0		3		.258	.324	.290	.614	61	9	0	0	1		0
20	P	Willie Ferrell?	26	11	16	15	2	5	0	0	1	4	0		0		.333	.333	.533	.867	123	8	0	0	1		0
21	P	Willie Stevenson?		3	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	-25	1	0	0	0		0
22	P	Sonny Boy Jeffries	25	4	7	6	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		1		.667	.714	.667	1.381	261	4	0	0	0		0
23	P	Jimmy Hicks		5	6	6	1	2	0	0	1	2	0		0		.333	.333	.833	1.167	196	5	0	0	0		0
24	P	Rocky Ellis?	29	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	30	1	0	0	0		0
25	P	Wilmer Fields	17	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	30	1	0	0	0		0
26	P	Specs Roberts?	32	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
		Team Totals	30.8	56	2082	1829	328	528	75	37	24	286	46		205		.289	.364	.410	.774	101	749	4	13	35		4
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams				3	2	3	3	1	4		1		3	4	2	2	3	2		3		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.9	56	1849	1622	299	468	70	35	20	257	45		188		.289	.367	.412	.779	103	668	4	13	26		3
		Pitcher Totals	29.4	56	233	207	29	60	5	2	4	29	1		17		.290	.344	.391	.735	91	81	0	0	9		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

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	32	17	2	.895	2.07	21	18	3	18	4	0	165.1	137	45	38	1	45	0	75	0	2	0	661	251	2.98	1.101	7.5	0.1	2.4	4.1	1.67
2	SP	Edsall Walker*	29	13	4	.765	4.15	21	18	3	12	1	1	136.2	127	72	63	4	64	0	81	2	1	2	610	125	3.64	1.398	8.4	0.3	4.2	5.3	1.27
3	SP	J.C. Hamilton*	27	5	2	.714	5.31	12	9	3	5	0	1	61.0	67	42	36	4	18	0	32	4	0	0	270	98	3.88	1.393	9.9	0.6	2.7	4.7	1.78
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
4	RP	Willie Ferrell*	26	2	1	.667	5.74	7	3	3	3	0	0	31.1	30	25	20	0	16	0	10	1	0	0	141	91	3.99	1.468	8.6	0.0	4.6	2.9	0.63
5	RP	Sonny Boy Jeffries	25	2	1	.667	3.63	4	1	1	1	1	0	17.1	20	7	7	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	74	145	3.29	1.442	10.4	0.0	2.6	2.6	1.00
6	RP	Jimmy Hicks		0	2	.000	17.12	5	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	23	29	26	1	21	0	8	2	0	1	83	31	7.83	3.220	15.1	0.7	13.8	5.3	0.38
7	RP	Rocky Ellis	29	0	1	.000	12.79	3	1	2	0	0	1	6.1	14	15	9	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	39	42	5.37	2.526	19.9	1.4	2.8	2.8	1.00
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
8		Willie Stevenson?		1	1	.500	4.50	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	12	11	7	2	7	0	4	0	0	0	62	118	5.78	1.357	7.7	1.3	4.5	2.6	0.57
9		Wilmer Fields	17	0	0		7.56	2	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	10	7	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	36	71	5.16	1.200	10.8	2.2	0.0	4.3
10		Specs Roberts	32	1	0	1.000	5.14	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	8	4	4	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	40	105	4.00	1.857	10.3	0.0	6.4	5.1	0.80
11		George Britt	44	0	1	.000	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	24	31	5.25	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.4	41	15	.732	4.35	56	56	16	41	6	3	465.0	457	266	225	15	186	0	225	9	3	3	2040	120	3.71	1.383	8.8	0.3	3.6	4.4	1.21
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams		1	6		1				1	1	4	3	4	4	4	1	5		3
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