⭐ Division Winner

1944 Homestead Grays

25-17 • 0.595 Win% • 1st in NN2

📊 Season Record

25 Wins
17 Losses
0.595 Win %
1st Rank
354 R 263 RA
Diff +91

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

354 Runs Scored
263 Runs Allowed
+91 Run Diff
28 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1944 NN2 Average

Batting Avg .289 4% above the 1944 league average (.278)
OBP .358 6% above the 1944 league average (.338)
SLG .333 8% above the 1944 league average (.308)
Team ERA 4.23 6% better than the 1944 league average (4.48)
Runs Scored 354 62% above the 1944 league average (218 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium
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Home Games 21

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Buck Leonard 0.342 2 Josh Gibson 0.333 3 Dave Hoskins 0.333 4 Walter Cannady 0.326 5 Jerry Benjamin 0.325

Home Runs

1 Josh Gibson 10 2 Buck Leonard 7 3 Dave Hoskins 4 4 Jerry Benjamin 2 5 Ray Brown 2

RBI

1 Josh Gibson 50 2 Dave Hoskins 43 3 Buck Leonard 40 4 Jerry Benjamin 31 5 Sam Bankhead 28
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jerry Benjamin 53 228 43 74 0 0 2 31 19 0 4 0.325
Sam Bankhead 56 217 46 55 0 0 1 28 29 1 8 0.253
Cool Papa Bell 52 213 43 66 0 0 1 27 30 0 4 0.310
Dave Hoskins 52 189 32 63 0 0 4 43 5 2 2 0.333
Buck Leonard 50 184 49 63 0 0 7 40 31 0 1 0.342
Josh Gibson 50 180 40 60 0 0 10 50 23 0 3 0.333
Walter Cannady 35 135 20 44 0 0 0 26 11 0 3 0.326
Jelly Jackson 38 94 19 16 0 0 0 8 11 0 0 0.170
Ray Battle 36 81 10 22 0 0 0 6 7 1 0 0.272
Ray Brown 31 81 13 26 0 0 2 17 10 1 0 0.321
Jud Wilson 26 62 5 14 0 0 1 11 11 0 0 0.226
Robert Gaston 20 59 8 13 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 0.220
Vic Harris 20 30 6 12 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0.400
Joe Spencer 12 30 6 6 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0.200
Edsall Walker 16 29 4 10 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0.345
Spoon Carter 12 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.143
David Whatley 8 24 3 6 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0.250
Johnny Johnson 13 22 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.136
Roy Welmaker 5 19 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.211
Willie Hubert 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Eddie White 6 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.200
Johnny Wright 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Piper Davis 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.000
Roland Anderson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Garnett Blair 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dolly King 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lefty Boone 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Matt Carlisle 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Roy Welmaker 3.20 2 Ray Brown 3.25 3 Dave Hoskins 3.75 4 Spoon Carter 4.73 5 Johnny Johnson 4.83

Wins

1 Ray Brown 10 2 Spoon Carter 6 3 Dave Hoskins 5 4 Edsall Walker 5 5 Roy Welmaker 5

Strikeouts

1 Ray Brown 50 2 Edsall Walker 32 3 Johnny Johnson 29 4 Roy Welmaker 28 5 Spoon Carter 25
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ray Brown 10 1 3.25 17 14 1 127.1 23 50
Spoon Carter 6 3 4.73 12 10 0 78.0 24 25
Edsall Walker 5 4 5.46 11 4 0 64.1 19 32
Johnny Johnson 1 6 4.83 13 6 2 63.1 28 29
Dave Hoskins 5 2 3.75 8 6 0 50.1 12 15
Roy Welmaker 5 0 3.20 5 5 0 39.1 19 28
Willie Hubert 2 0 1.88 5 2 0 24.0 5 7
Johnny Wright 2 0 6.91 3 2 0 14.1 5 9
Eddie White 0 0 6.57 4 2 0 12.1 7 4
Sam Bankhead 0 0 6.30 2 1 0 10.0 4 4
Garnett Blair 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 7.0 2 5
Lefty Boone 1 0 2.25 1 1 0 4.0 3 3
Roland Anderson 0 0 10.80 1 1 0 3.1 4 1
Hill 0 0 27.00 1 1 0 0.2 1 0

🏆 Postseason Results

NWS
HG def. BBB 4-1

👥 Roster (29)

Roland Anderson Sam Bankhead Ray Battle Cool Papa Bell Jerry Benjamin Garnett Blair Lefty Boone Ray Brown Walter Cannady Matt Carlisle Spoon Carter Piper Davis +17 more

29 players

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