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1939 Homestead Grays Batting Statistics

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 36-19-1, Finished 1st in Negro National League II

Postseason:
Lost NN2 Championship Series (3-1-1) to Baltimore Elite Giants
Won NN2 Playoffs (3-2) over Philadelphia Stars

Manager: Vic Harris (38-21-1)

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

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Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

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	Josh Gibson	27	27	120	102	34	41	4	3	11	46	4		18		.402	.492	.824	1.315	251	84
2	1B	Buck Leonard*	31	30	130	109	35	42	10	0	11	48	2		21		.385	.485	.780	1.264	238	85
3	2B	Sam Bankhead	28	33	148	133	28	42	5	2	2	20	8		15		.316	.385	.429	.814	120	57
4	SS	Jelly Jackson	29	33	130	113	25	20	1	4	1	10	1		17		.177	.285	.283	.568	54	32
5	3B	Henry Spearman	29	31	124	116	22	35	4	4	3	16	0		8		.302	.347	.483	.830	123	56
6	LF	Vic Harris*	34	31	136	121	19	32	7	3	2	19	0		15		.264	.346	.421	.767	107	51
7	CF	Jerry Benjamin#	29	17	76	66	15	16	2	1	0	8	5		10		.242	.342	.303	.645	76	20
8	RF	David Whatley*	24	26	106	103	23	39	5	3	1	14	2		3		.379	.396	.515	.911	145	53
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		Babe Davis	30	8	34	33	6	10	1	0	1	5	0		1		.303	.324	.424	.748	101	14
10		Jim Williams	33	4	16	15	3	5	2	0	0	1	0		1		.333	.375	.467	.842	127	7
11	3B	Harry Williams	34	4	12	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.083	.000	.083	-76	0
12	C	Robert Gaston	29	4	11	10	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		1		.300	.364	.300	.664	81	3
13	C	Eudie Napier*	26	2	9	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		2		.429	.556	.571	1.127	206	4
14		Thompson?		1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	81	1
15	C	J. Brown?		1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
16	C	Wyatt Turner	30	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
17		Tommie Dukes*	32	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	443	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
18	P	Ray Brown#	31	20	82	78	13	19	4	0	1	9	1		4		.244	.280	.333	.614	66	26
19	P	Tom Parker	27	16	49	44	10	16	1	1	2	11	0		5		.364	.429	.568	.997	168	25
20	P	Edsall Walker#	28	12	30	28	1	7	1	0	1	3	0		2		.250	.300	.393	.693	86	11
21	P	Roy Partlow*	27	11	27	25	6	6	0	0	1	3	0		2		.240	.296	.360	.656	77	9
22	P	Specs Roberts?	31	6	24	20	4	4	0	0	0	3	0		4		.200	.333	.200	.533	47	4
23	P	Willie Ferrell?	25	2	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	1
24	P	Roy Welmaker#	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
		Team Totals	29.2	56	1281	1151	252	343	48	21	37	219	23		130		.298	.369	.473	.842	127	544
		Rank in 7 NN2 teams				2	2	2	2	1	1		1		2		1	1	1	1		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.1	56	1110	992	227	306	43	21	34	201	22		118		.308	.382	.497	.879	136	493
		Pitcher Totals	29.6	56	171	159	25	37	5	0	3	18	1		12		.233	.287	.321	.607	64	51
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