⭐ Division Winner

1945 Homestead Grays

32-13 • 0.711 Win% • 1st in NN2

📊 Season Record

32 Wins
13 Losses
0.711 Win %
1st Rank
276 R 192 RA
Diff +84

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

276 Runs Scored
192 Runs Allowed
+84 Run Diff
15 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1945 NN2 Average

Batting Avg .272 2% above the 1945 league average (.267)
OBP .351 6% above the 1945 league average (.332)
SLG .298 1% above the 1945 league average (.294)
Team ERA 3.07 26% better than the 1945 league average (4.16)
Runs Scored 276 35% above the 1945 league average (205 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium
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Home Games 23

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Josh Gibson 0.348 2 Buck Leonard 0.342 3 Sam Bankhead 0.341 4 Jerry Benjamin 0.329 5 Jud Wilson 0.306

Home Runs

1 Josh Gibson 8 2 Buck Leonard 5 3 Cool Papa Bell 1 4 Jud Wilson 1

RBI

1 Josh Gibson 40 2 Buck Leonard 34 3 Dave Hoskins 26 4 Sam Bankhead 22 5 Cool Papa Bell 20
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jerry Benjamin 50 207 42 68 0 0 0 16 16 2 4 0.329
Dave Hoskins 46 184 32 52 0 0 0 26 15 2 0 0.283
Cool Papa Bell 48 179 38 50 0 0 1 20 35 1 10 0.279
Josh Gibson 47 161 37 56 0 0 8 40 33 4 0 0.348
Buck Leonard 40 155 31 53 0 0 5 34 22 3 0 0.342
Jelly Jackson 48 146 18 31 0 0 0 9 12 4 2 0.212
Sam Bankhead 36 132 16 45 0 0 0 22 12 1 3 0.341
Ray Battle 46 129 15 20 0 0 0 16 13 1 1 0.155
Ray Brown 27 76 5 16 0 0 0 13 16 1 0 0.211
Jud Wilson 26 62 7 19 0 0 1 11 6 2 0 0.306
Roy Welmaker 16 53 7 14 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0.264
Charley House 11 44 5 11 0 0 0 7 4 0 0 0.250
Vic Harris 17 31 1 7 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0.226
R. T. Walker 13 31 4 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.161
Robert Gaston 10 26 7 6 0 0 0 7 8 0 0 0.231
Jim Davis 7 22 2 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.182
Johnny Wright 6 21 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.190
Edsall Walker 13 19 2 4 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0.211
Garnett Blair 6 18 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.167
Spoon Carter 7 13 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.231
Page 4 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.111
Fred Blaylock 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.167
Bozo Jackson 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Butler 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Tom Walker 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Booker Robinson 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Ernest Thomas 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
John Lewis 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Garnett Blair 0.96 2 Johnny Wright 1.44 3 Roy Welmaker 2.59 4 Spoon Carter 3.09 5 Dave Hoskins 3.41

Wins

1 Roy Welmaker 12 2 Garnett Blair 5 3 R. T. Walker 4 4 Johnny Wright 4 5 Ray Brown 3

Strikeouts

1 Roy Welmaker 80 2 Dave Hoskins 34 3 R. T. Walker 27 4 Garnett Blair 23 5 Spoon Carter 23
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Roy Welmaker 12 2 2.59 15 15 0 135.2 38 80
R. T. Walker 4 3 3.86 12 9 1 72.1 29 27
Garnett Blair 5 1 0.96 6 5 0 47.0 11 23
Johnny Wright 4 0 1.44 6 5 0 43.2 10 22
Ray Brown 3 3 4.35 6 5 0 41.1 8 20
Spoon Carter 2 1 3.09 7 3 1 35.0 9 23
Dave Hoskins 2 2 3.41 6 3 0 34.1 11 34
Edsall Walker 0 4 6.17 8 3 1 23.1 10 12
Fred Blaylock 1 1 5.40 3 3 0 13.1 12 8
Tom Walker 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 3.0 1 5
John Lewis 0 0 3.38 1 0 1 2.2 3 3

🏆 Postseason Results

NWS
Lost to CBE 4-0

👥 Roster (28)

Sam Bankhead Ray Battle Cool Papa Bell Jerry Benjamin Garnett Blair Fred Blaylock Ray Brown Ed Butler Spoon Carter Jim Davis Robert Gaston Josh Gibson +16 more

28 players

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