1943 Homestead Grays Roster (40-man)

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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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

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
Fireman Anderson	30	us US	L	R	5' 11"	175	Jan 25, 1913	3	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.2
Sam Bankhead	32	us US	R	R	5' 9"	165	Sep 18, 1910	10	71		71		0	0	0	0	0	71	0	0	0	0			1.5	All-Star
Cool Papa Bell HOF	40	us US	B	L	6' 0"	155	May 17, 1903	18	64		64		0	0	0	0	0	0	57	6	0	63			1.6	All-Star
Jerry Benjamin	33	us US	B	R	5' 9"	165	Nov 9, 1909	11	70		70		0	0	0	2	0	0	6	64	0	70			2.6	All-Star
Ray Brown HOF	35	us US	B	R	6' 1"	195	Feb 23, 1908	12	40		40		14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	23	25			0.8
Matt Carlisle	33	us US	R	R	5' 6"	145	Feb 5, 1910	9	20		20		0	0	0	13	6	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Spoon Carter	40	us US	L	R	5' 11"	176	Dec 8, 1902	10	22		22		21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			2.0
Thad Christopher	30	us US	L	R	5' 11"	176	Dec 24, 1912	5	4		4		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2			0.0
Howard Easterling	31	us US	B	R	5' 9"	179	Nov 26, 1911	6	63		63		0	0	0	48	11	0	0	0	9	9			2.2	All-Star
Robert Gaston	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Mar 19, 1910	8	16		16		0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			0.0
Josh Gibson HOF	31	us US	R	R	6' 1"	220	Dec 21, 1911	11	69		69		0	62	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	11			6.3	All-Star
Vic Harris	38	us US	L	R	5' 10"	168	Jun 10, 1905	15	37		37		0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	30	38			0.6	All-Star
Eugene Jones	21	us US	L	L	6' 2"	195	Mar 9, 1922	1st	6		6		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.3
Buck Leonard HOF	35	us US	L	L	5' 10"	185	Sep 8, 1907	9	67		67		0	0	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.3	All-Star
Bill Lynn	21	us US		L	6' 2"	200	Aug 22, 1921	1st	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Ralph Mellix	47	us US	L	L	5' 10"	170	Apr 29, 1896	3	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.3
Roy Partlow	31	us US	L	L	5' 11"	180	Jun 18, 1912	6	10		10		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			0.6
Lennie Pearson	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	214	May 23, 1918	7	1		1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
William Randall	27	us US	L	R	5' 10"	180	Aug 5, 1915	1st	2		2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2			-0.1
Charlie Shields	20	us US	L	L	6' 2"	206	Oct 20, 1922	3	7		7		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			0.4
Joe Spencer	23	us US	R	R	5' 9"	151	Aug 4, 1919	3	20		20		0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Willie Stevenson							Unknown	2	2		2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Edsall Walker	32	us US	B	L	5' 11"	215	Sep 15, 1910	8	27		27		21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2			2.4
Ollie West	29	us US	L	R	6' 2"	195	Dec 28, 1913	2	2		2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Frank Williams	24	us US	L	L	5' 7"	185	Aug 21, 1918	2	2		2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2			-0.2
Jud Wilson HOF	47	us US	L	R	5' 8"	190	Feb 28, 1896	19	63		63		0	0	4	0	58	0	0	0	0	0			1.3
Johnny Wright	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Nov 28, 1916	7	31		31		30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5.5	All-Star
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