1935 Homestead Grays Statistics

1936 Season

Record: 26-36-2, Finished 7th in Negro National League II

Manager: Cum Posey (26-36-2)

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	Tommie Dukes*	28	40	150	129	23	46	8	3	3	30	0		18		.357	.435	.535	.970	144	69		0	3
2	1B	Buck Leonard*	27	40	179	157	30	61	18	3	4	36	5		17		.389	.451	.618	1.069	168	97		1	4
3	2B	Matt Carlisle	25	44	185	162	37	59	10	11	2	33	5		16		.364	.428	.599	1.027	157	97		2	5
4	SS	Jelly Jackson	25	45	162	141	24	20	4	0	1	10	0		13		.142	.219	.191	.411	5	27		1	7
5	3B	Jimmy Binder	32	36	127	116	14	28	4	0	0	8	1		6		.241	.285	.276	.560	42	32		1	4
6	LF	Vic Harris*	30	44	197	176	39	57	11	3	5	32	5		19		.324	.393	.506	.899	126	89		1	1
7	CF	Jerry Benjamin#	25	44	197	180	38	57	12	3	3	31	6		10		.317	.359	.467	.826	107	84		2	5
8	RF	Buddy Burbage*	28	23	94	82	22	28	7	2	1	16	4		8		.341	.407	.512	.919	131	42		1	3
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	OF	Ray Brown#	27	36	137	118	28	33	12	3	5	29	4		18		.280	.375	.559	.934	133	66		0	1
10	IF	George Scales	34	33	124	104	25	28	9	1	4	23	1		17		.269	.372	.490	.862	116	51		0	3
11	OF	Tom Parker	23	25	50	44	10	15	2	0	2	12	0		4		.341	.408	.523	.931	134	23		1	1
12	C	Robert Gaston	25	15	28	25	3	5	2	0	0	2	0		2		.200	.286	.280	.566	44	7		1	0
13	UT	John Beckwith	35	6	17	15	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		2		.133	.235	.200	.435	11	3		0	0
14		Dennis Gilchrist?	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			1.000				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
15	P	Joe Strong*	32	24	54	44	8	14	2	0	1	13	0		5		.318	.400	.432	.832	110	19		1	4
16	P	Willie Gisentaner*	35	23	50	44	8	9	3	0	1	5	0		2		.205	.239	.341	.580	45	15		0	4
17	P	Louis Dula	23	13	29	28	5	12	4	0	2	10	0		1		.429	.448	.786	1.234	206	22		0	0
18	P	Ralph Mellix*	39	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	69	1		0	0
19	P	Harry Salmon*	40	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.667	.667	.667	1.333	239	2		0	0
20	P	C.D. Mosley?		2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
21	P	Lefty Williams*	40	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
22	P	Roy Williams?	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
23	P	Rose?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
24	P	Smith?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0
		Team Totals	28.1	64	1793	1577	317	477	109	29	34	292	31		159		.302	.371	.473	.844	112	746		12	45
		Rank in 8 NN2 teams				5	4	4	2	3	1		4		5	3	2	1	1	1		3		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.0	64	1461	1287	255	391	86	26	23	222	27		129		.304	.372	.465	.836	110	598		10	35
		Pitcher Totals	28.3	64	332	290	62	86	23	3	11	70	4		30		.297	.366	.510	.877	119	148		2	10
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	27	8	5	.615	3.26	17	12		10	1	1	105.0	99	51	38	4	41		48	2		3	456	157	3.99	1.333	8.5	0.3	3.5	4.1	1.17
2	SP	Joe Strong	32	5	5	.500	6.17	17	14		5	0	0	89.0	118	75	61	10	33		46	1		1	408	83	4.76	1.697	11.9	1.0	3.3	4.7	1.39
3	SP	Willie Gisentaner*	35	6	3	.667	4.76	15	9		5	0	1	73.2	97	48	39	6	20		25	3		0	337	107	4.50	1.588	11.9	0.7	2.4	3.1	1.25
4	SP	Tom Parker	23	0	6	.000	9.63	12	7		3	0	0	43.0	55	52	46	3	45		35	0		1	225	53	5.60	2.326	11.5	0.6	9.4	7.3	0.78
5	SP	Louis Dula	23	2	3	.400	4.32	7	4		4	0	0	41.2	49	29	20	5	12		16	2		2	178	119	4.98	1.464	10.6	1.1	2.6	3.5	1.33
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	RP	Ralph Mellix*	39	0	1	.000	9.00	3	0		0	0	0	9.0	12	10	9	0	6		5	0		0	44	58	4.07	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	5.0	0.83
7	RP	C.D. Mosley?		0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0	1	6.0	11	5	3	0	3		3	1		0	31	119	4.18	2.333	16.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
8	RP	Harry Salmon	40	0	1	.000	11.81	2	0		0	0	1	5.1	9	9	7	0	2		3	0		0	27	45	3.18	2.063	15.2	0.0	3.4	5.1	1.50
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
9		Roy Williams	27	0	1	.000	13.50	1	0		0	0	0	4.0	7	7	6	1	3		3	0		0	21	41	7.18	2.500	15.8	2.3	6.8	6.8	1.00
10		Rose?		0	0		21.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	7	8	7	0	4		2	0		0	18	27	5.85	3.667	21.0	0.0	12.0	6.0	0.50
11		Lefty Williams*	40	0	0		6.75	1	0		0	0	0	2.2	5	3	2	0	3		4	0		1	16	84	3.56	3.000	16.9	0.0	10.1	13.5	1.33
12		Smith?		0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3		3.18	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	29.4	21	25	.457	5.59	64	46		27	1	4	383.0	470	297	238	29	172		190	9		8	1764	92	4.59	1.676	11.0	0.7	4.0	4.5	1.10
		Rank in 8 NN2 teams		6	2		7				4	7	3	5	4	4	4	6	7		5
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