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1945 Homestead Grays

53 - 29 - 3

40 - 20 - 2 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	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP
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	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%
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