1943 Homestead Grays Batting Statistics

1942 Season 1944 Season

Record: 53-14-1, Finished 1st in Negro National League II

Postseason: Won World Series (4-3-1) over Birmingham Black Barons

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

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Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1	Josh Gibson	31	C	6.3	69	302	249	93	116	22	9	20	109	4	52	.466	*.560*	*.867*	*1.427*	*281*	*.620*	*252*	216	1	0	0	*29/7	AS
2	Buck Leonard*	35	1B	2.3	67	306	254	71	84	16	8	4	63	2	47	.331	.439	.504	.943	153	.443	151	128	2	3	0	*3	AS
3	Howard Easterling#	31	2B	2.2	63	268	247	47	87	11	10	2	53	8	17	.352	.394	.502	.896	140	.415	135	124	0	4	0	*45/9	AS
4	Sam Bankhead	32	SS	1.5	71	301	262	53	68	4	2	1	40	17	32	.260	.347	.302	.648	75	.331	82	79	3	4	0	*6	AS
5	Jud Wilson*	47	3B	1.3	63	246	213	29	65	11	6	0	56	0	31	.305	.393	.413	.807	117	.389	119	88	0	2	0	*5/3
6	Cool Papa Bell#	40	LF	1.6	64	298	259	63	92	11	5	0	30	12	35	.355	.432	.436	.868	134	.418	136	113	0	4	0	*7/8	AS
7	Jerry Benjamin#	33	CF	2.6	70	328	293	83	109	17	4	2	40	12	25	.372	.423	.478	.901	142	.426	142	140	1	9	0	*8/74	AS
8	Vic Harris*	38	RF	0.6	37	153	137	30	49	4	1	0	28	1	14	.358	.421	.401	.823	122	.400	126	55	1	1	0	9/7	AS
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
9	Ray Brown#	35	OF	-0.2	40	126	112	13	32	3	2	1	22	0	12	.286	.360	.375	.735	98	.356	100	42	1	1	0	91/78
10	Matt Carlisle	33	IF	0.0	20	63	57	14	17	1	0	0	7	0	5	.298	.355	.316	.671	81	.333	86	18	0	1	0	4/5
11	Joe Spencer	23	2B	-0.1	20	63	58	7	13	0	0	0	3	0	5	.224	.286	.224	.510	38	.261	45	13	0	0	0	4/5
12	Robert Gaston	33	C	0.0	16	52	45	7	11	2	0	0	6	0	5	.244	.320	.289	.609	64	.305	69	13	0	2	0	2/9
13	Thad Christopher*	30	UT	0.0	4	11	10	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.300	.364	.400	.764	105	.366	106	4	0	0	0	/92
14	Frank Williams*	24	OF	-0.2	2	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-103	0	0	0	0	/9
15	Lennie Pearson	25	2B	0.1	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	169	.482	171	2	0	0	0	/4	AS
16	William Randall*	27	OF	-0.1	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	.241	34	1	0	0	0	/8
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
17	Johnny Wright	26	P	-0.2	31	80	75	10	13	6	0	0	5	0	4	.173	.215	.253	.469	26	.225	24	19	0	1	0	1	AS
18	Spoon Carter*	40	P	0.0	22	58	50	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	5	.200	.273	.260	.533	44	.266	45	13	0	3	0	1/7
19	Edsall Walker#	32	P	0.6	27	54	48	13	16	2	2	1	8	0	6	.333	.407	.521	.928	149	.430	142	25	0	0	0	1/9
20	Roy Partlow*	31	P	0.3	10	25	23	8	9	1	1	0	5	0	2	.391	.440	.522	.962	158	.451	154	12	0	0	0	/19
21	Charlie Shields*	20	P	0.1	7	15	15	3	4	2	1	0	4	0	0	.267	.267	.533	.800	113	.350	96	8	0	0	0	/19
22	Eugene Jones*	21	P	-0.1	6	11	11	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	-2	.175	-4	2	0	0	0	/1
23	Ollie West*	29	P	-0.1	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-103	0	0	0	0	/1
24	Willie Stevenson		P	0.1	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	216	.592	234	1	1	0	0	/1
25	Fireman Anderson*	30	P	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
26	Bill Lynn	21	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	/1
27	Ralph Mellix*	47	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			18.4	71	2781	2438	553	804	117	51	31	485	56	298	.330	.405	.458	.863	132	.409	131	1116	10	35	0
	Non-Pitcher Totals			17.8		2530	2209	513	749	103	47	30	459	56	281	.339	.416	.469	.885	138	.419	136	1036	9	31	0
	Pitcher Totals			0.6		251	229	40	55	14	4	1	26	0	17	.240	.296	.349	.645	73	.307	71	80	1	4	0

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Cool Papa Bell#	40	7	38	34	5	10	1	1	4	0	4	.294	.368	.382	.751	13	0	0
2	Jerry Benjamin#	33	7	37	31	3	6	0	0	2	4	3	.194	.265	.194	.458	6	0	3
3	Buck Leonard*	35	7	36	27	7	8	3	1	4	1	6	.296	.424	.481	.906	13	0	3
4	Howard Easterling#	31	7	34	31	2	10	1	0	7	2	3	.323	.382	.355	.737	11	0	0
5	Jud Wilson*	47	7	34	29	2	5	1	0	3	0	3	.172	.273	.207	.480	6	1	1
6	Josh Gibson	31	7	32	26	8	5	1	0	2	1	6	.192	.344	.231	.575	6	0	0
7	Vic Harris*	38	7	32	28	3	4	0	1	1	2	3	.143	.250	.214	.464	6	1	0
8	Sam Bankhead	32	5	21	19	1	5	1	0	3	0	1	.263	.300	.316	.616	6	0	1
9	Johnny Wright	26	5	12	10	2	3	0	0	2	0	2	.300	.417	.300	.717	3	0	0
10	Ray Brown#	35	4	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0
11	Ralph Wyatt	25	2	8	7	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	.429	.500	.571	1.071	4	0	0
12	Roy Partlow*	31	3	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	1
13	Robert Gaston	33	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0
14	Matt Carlisle	33	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
15	Spoon Carter*	40	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
16	Edsall Walker#	32	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
	Team Totals		8	309	266	36	64	9	3	30	10	32	.241	.327	.297	.624	79	2	9