1948 Homestead Grays Pitching Statistics

1947 Season

Record: 42-24-1, Finished 1st in Negro National League II

Postseason:
Won World Series (4-1) over Birmingham Black Barons
Won NN2 Championship Series (2-1-1) over Baltimore Elite Giants

Manager: Vic Harris (56-24-2)

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

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Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Tom Parker	36	6	2	.750	2.78	9	9	0	6	0	0	74.1	55	31	23	3	35		41	0		0	307	122	3.59	1.211	6.7	0.4	4.2	5.0	1.17
2	SP	Wilmer Fields	25	6	1	.857	3.05	8	7	1	5	1	0	56.0	56	24	19	2	12		26	1		0	235	112	2.99	1.214	9.0	0.3	1.9	4.2	2.17
3	SP	Bob Thurman*	31	3	4	.429	5.07	7	7	0	6	1	0	49.2	57	36	28	1	26		31	1		0	229	67	3.40	1.671	10.3	0.2	4.7	5.6	1.19
4	SP	R.T. Walker	33	2	2	.500	3.54	8	5	2	2	0	0	40.2	34	21	16	0	16		15	1		0	169	97	3.27	1.230	7.5	0.0	3.5	3.3	0.94
5	SP	Frank Thompson*	29	1	4	.200	4.23	8	5	3	1	0	3	38.1	40	33	18	0	19		17	2		0	175	81	3.51	1.539	9.4	0.0	4.5	4.0	0.89
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	RP	Willie Smith*		1	1	.500	7.01	9	2	2	0	0	0	25.2	36	25	20	1	15		7	1		1	128	49	4.59	1.987	12.6	0.4	5.3	2.5	0.47
7	RP	Lefty Bell*	27	0	0		4.32	5	0	4	0	0	0	8.1	8	4	4	0	4		3	0		0	37	83	3.48	1.440	8.6	0.0	4.3	3.2	0.75
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
8		Ted Alexander	35	2	1	.667	2.61	4	2	2	2	0	1	20.2	14	8	6	1	6		5	0		0	80	133	3.77	0.968	6.1	0.4	2.6	2.2	0.83
9		Garnett Blair	26	1	1	.500	1.77	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.1	11	7	4	0	9		6	0		0	82	196	3.50	0.984	4.9	0.0	4.0	2.7	0.67
10		Clarence Evans?	28	3	0	1.000	4.58	4	2	1	0	0	0	17.2	26	11	9	0	7		4	2		2	85	76	3.83	1.868	13.2	0.0	3.6	2.0	0.57
11		Larry Kimbrough	24	0	1	.000	6.35	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	7	8	4	0	1		1	0		0	26	58	2.93	1.412	11.1	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.00
12		Bob Trice	21	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0		0	4		1.26	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8
		Team Totals	30.6	25	17	.595	3.79	67	42	18	23	2	5	358.2	344	208	151	8	150		157	8		3	1557	91	3.49	1.377	8.6	0.2	3.8	3.9	1.05
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams		2	6		5				5	4	2	5	2	3	5	2	4		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W