1942 Homestead Grays Roster (40-man)

1941 Season 1943 Season

Record: 47-19-3, Finished 1st in Negro National League II

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-0) to Kansas City Monarchs

Manager: Vic Harris (64-23-3)

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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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR
Sam Bankhead	31	us US	R	R	5' 9"	165	Sep 18, 1910	9	42		42		0	0	2	0	0	29	7	2	3	12			0.8	All-Star
Jerry Benjamin	32	us US	B	R	5' 9"	165	Nov 9, 1909	10	50		50		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	48	0	50			0.5
Garnett Blair	20	us US	L	R	6' 3"	200	Jul 31, 1921	1st	5		5		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.4
Ray Brown HOF	34	us US	B	R	6' 1"	195	Feb 23, 1908	11	31		31		18	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	9	12			2.5
Matt Carlisle	32	us US	R	R	5' 6"	145	Feb 5, 1910	8	46		46		0	0	0	38	2	0	2	0	1	3			0.2
Spoon Carter	39	us US	L	R	5' 11"	176	Dec 8, 1902	9	8		8		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.7
Buster Clarkson	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	210	Mar 13, 1915	4	2		2		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Leon Day HOF	25	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Oct 30, 1916	8	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.5
Howard Easterling	30	us US	B	R	5' 9"	179	Nov 26, 1911	5	50		50		0	0	0	0	43	1	1	2	4	7			0.4
Wilmer Fields	19	us US	R	R	6' 2"	197	Aug 2, 1922	3	5		5		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	5			-0.2
Robert Gaston	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Mar 19, 1910	7	12		12		1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Josh Gibson HOF	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	220	Dec 21, 1911	10	48		48		0	43	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3			2.7	All-Star
J.C. Hamilton	29	us US	L	L	5' 11"	175	Mar 6, 1913	3	6		6		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2			0.1
Vic Harris	37	us US	L	R	5' 10"	168	Jun 10, 1905	14	40		40		0	0	0	1	0	0	37	1	0	38			0.2	All-Star
Buck Leonard HOF	34	us US	L	L	5' 10"	185	Sep 8, 1907	8	30		30		0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			0.1
Roy Partlow	30	us US	L	L	5' 11"	180	Jun 18, 1912	5	20		20		11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2			3.7
Lennie Pearson	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	214	May 23, 1918	6	2		2		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2			0.1
Ed Stone	32	us US	L	R	6' 0"	195	Aug 21, 1909	8	2		2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2			0.0
Edsall Walker	31	us US	B	L	5' 11"	215	Sep 15, 1910	7	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.3
Roy Welmaker	28	us US	B	L	6' 0"	200	Dec 6, 1913	7	17		17		14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			0.3
David Whatley	27	us US	L	R	5' 10"	165	Nov 10, 1914	6	36		36		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	34	34			0.5
Chester Williams	36	us US	R	R	5' 9"	180	May 25, 1906	12	40		40		0	0	0	18	0	23	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Frank Williams	23	us US	L	L	5' 7"	185	Aug 21, 1918	1st	3		3		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1			0.0
Jud Wilson HOF	46	us US	L	R	5' 8"	190	Feb 28, 1896	18	42		42		0	0	24	0	11	0	0	0	0	0			0.8
Johnny Wright	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Nov 28, 1916	6	15		15		14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			1.2
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR