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1945 Homestead Grays Batting Statistics

1944 Season 1946 Season

Record: 41-21-2, Finished 1st in Negro National League II

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-0) to Cleveland Buckeyes

Manager: Vic Harris (47-26-3)

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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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

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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	33	46	190	157	37	56	6	5	8	40	0		32		.357	.466	.611	1.077	200	96		0	1		3
2	1B	Buck Leonard*	37	39	174	151	31	51	6	3	5	33	0		21		.338	.425	.517	.942	162	78		2	0		0
3	2B	Jelly Jackson	35	47	162	142	18	31	3	2	0	9	2		12		.218	.279	.268	.547	53	38		0	8		0
4	SS	Sam Bankhead	34	35	142	129	15	43	7	1	0	21	2		12		.333	.390	.403	.793	122	52		0	1		0
5	3B	Ray Battle	27	46	147	129	15	20	1	1	0	16	1		13		.155	.232	.178	.411	16	23		0	5		0
6	LF	Cool Papa Bell#	42	47	212	175	37	50	6	1	1	20	10		35		.286	.405	.349	.753	111	61		0	2		0
7	CF	Jerry Benjamin#	35	49	222	203	41	67	8	2	0	16	4		14		.330	.373	.389	.762	113	79		0	5		0
8	RF	Dave Hoskins*	27	45	198	179	31	50	7	4	0	25	0		15		.279	.335	.363	.698	95	65		0	4		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
9	UT	Ray Brown#	37	26	89	73	4	15	5	1	0	12	0		16		.205	.348	.301	.650	82	22		0	0		1
10	CI	Jud Wilson*	49	26	73	62	7	19	4	0	1	11	0		6		.306	.403	.419	.822	130	26		4	1		0
11	IF	Charley House	32	11	48	44	5	11	0	0	0	7	0		4		.250	.313	.250	.563	58	11		0	0		0
12	C	Robert Gaston	35	10	35	26	7	6	3	0	0	7	0		8		.231	.429	.346	.775	118	9		1	0		0
13	UT	Vic Harris*	40	17	33	30	1	7	0	0	0	4	0		2		.233	.281	.233	.515	45	7		0	1		0
14	3B	Jim Davis?		7	23	22	2	4	2	0	0	3	0		1		.182	.217	.273	.490	36	6		0	0		0
15	OF	Page?		4	12	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3		.111	.333	.111	.444	27	1		0	0		0
16	IF	Bozo Jackson*		3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
17	SS	Ed Butler?		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	40	1		0	0		0
18	OF	Booker Robinson?	26	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0		0	0		0
19	OF	Ernest Thomas?		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
20	P	Roy Welmaker#	31	15	53	49	6	13	2	0	0	5	0		4		.265	.321	.306	.627	76	15		0	0		0
21	P	R.T. Walker	30	13	34	31	4	5	0	1	0	2	0		2		.161	.212	.226	.438	22	7		0	1		0
22	P	Edsall Walker#	34	13	22	19	2	4	1	1	0	3	0		3		.211	.318	.368	.687	91	7		0	0		0
23	P	Johnny Wright	28	6	21	21	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		0		.190	.190	.190	.381	7	4		0	0		0
24	P	Garnett Blair*	23	6	19	18	0	3	0	1	0	2	0		1		.167	.211	.278	.488	36	5		0	0		0
25	P	Spoon Carter*	42	7	14	13	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		0		.231	.231	.308	.538	50	4		0	1		0
26	P	Fred Blaylock?	26	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		.167	.286	.167	.452	28	1		0	0		0
27	P	Tom Walker?		2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	86	1		0	0		0
28	P	John Lewis?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	34.5	64	1948	1705	270	466	62	23	15	241	19		206		.273	.354	.363	.717	100	619		7	30		4
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams				3	3	3	3	3	2		3		1	6	3	2	3	3		3		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	34.9	64	1774	1544	254	432	58	20	15	224	19		195		.280	.363	.372	.736	106	575		7	28		4
		Pitcher Totals	30.6	64	174	161	16	34	4	3	0	17	0		11		.211	.262	.273	.535	49	44		0	2		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