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Homestead Grays Top 10 Single-Season Pitching Leaders

Team Name: Homestead Grays

Seasons: 18 (1928 to 1948)

Record: 636-386, .622 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 10

Pennants: 9

World Championships: 3

Winningest Manager: Vic Harris, 547-278, .663 W-L%

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Single-Season Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †
1.	Ray Brown • 1940	6.8
2.	Johnny Wright • 1943	5.7
3.	Ray Brown • 1938	4.9
4.	Roy Welmaker • 1945	3.9
5.	Joe Williams • 1929	3.8
6.	Roy Partlow • 1942	3.5
7.	Terris McDuffie • 1941	3.3
8.	Ray Brown • 1935	2.9
9.	Ray Brown • 1944	2.8
	Sam Streeter • 1929	2.8

Earned Run Average
1.	Roy Partlow • 1942	1.69
2.	Roy Partlow • 1939	1.74
3.	Ray Brown • 1938	1.88
4.	Ray Brown • 1940	2.07
	Joe Strong • 1932	2.07
6.	Roy Welmaker • 1945	2.42
7.	Joe Strong • 1933	2.45
8.	Harry Salmon • 1932	2.49
9.	Johnny Wright • 1943	2.54
10.	Ray Brown • 1933	2.6

Wins
1.	Johnny Wright • 1943	18
2.	Ray Brown • 1940	17
3.	Ray Brown • 1938	14
	Spoon Carter • 1943	14
5.	Edsall Walker • 1940	13
6.	Ray Brown • 1937	11
	Terris McDuffie • 1941	11
	Roy Welmaker • 1945	11
9.	Ray Brown • 1942	10
	Ray Brown • 1944	10
	Sam Streeter • 1929	10
	Edsall Walker • 1938	10

Win-Loss %
1.	Ray Brown • 1938	1.000
	Specs Roberts • 1939	1.000
	Edsall Walker • 1938	1.000
4.	Ray Brown • 1944	.909
5.	Ray Brown • 1940	.895
6.	Wilmer Fields • 1946	.889
7.	Spoon Carter • 1943	.875
	Tom Parker • 1937	.875
	Edsall Walker • 1937	.875
10.	Ray Brown • 1943	.857
	Wilmer Fields • 1948	.857
	Johnny Wright • 1943	.857

Walks & Hits per IP
1.	Roy Partlow • 1942	0.988
2.	Roy Partlow • 1939	1.007
3.	Ray Brown • 1938	1.023
4.	Frank Thompson • 1947	1.094
5.	Ray Brown • 1940	1.101
6.	Johnny Wright • 1943	1.110
7.	Louis Dula • 1937	1.145
8.	Ray Brown • 1937	1.159
9.	Wilmer Fields • 1946	1.182
10.	Ray Brown • 1936	1.188

Hits per 9 IP
1.	Roy Partlow • 1942	6.247
2.	Roy Partlow • 1939	6.364
3.	Tom Parker • 1948	6.659
4.	Joe Strong • 1932	7.082
5.	Edsall Walker • 1937	7.143
6.	Edsall Walker • 1943	7.269
7.	Louis Dula • 1937	7.282
8.	Wilmer Fields • 1946	7.322
9.	Ray Brown • 1938	7.395
10.	Ray Brown • 1940	7.458

Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1.	Ray Brown • 1944	1.626
2.	Ray Brown • 1938	1.814
3.	Wilmer Fields • 1948	1.929
4.	Joe Williams • 1929	1.943
5.	Roy Welmaker • 1942	1.952
6.	Johnny Wright • 1943	1.989
7.	Frank Thompson • 1947	2.063
8.	Ray Brown • 1933	2.077
9.	Terris McDuffie • 1941	2.250
10.	Ray Brown • 1932	2.332

Strikeouts per 9 IP
1.	Johnny Wright • 1947	6.323
2.	Tom Parker • 1937	6.150
3.	Joe Williams • 1929	5.900
4.	Willie Pope • 1947	5.764
5.	Joe Strong • 1932	5.754
6.	Bob Thurman • 1948	5.617
7.	Terris McDuffie • 1941	5.591
8.	Edsall Walker • 1940	5.334
9.	Eugene Smith • 1946	5.324
10.	Ray Brown • 1933	5.322

Games Played
1.	Johnny Wright • 1943	30
2.	Sam Streeter • 1929	24
3.	Ray Brown • 1937	21
	Ray Brown • 1940	21
	Spoon Carter • 1943	21
	Terris McDuffie • 1941	21
	Edsall Walker • 1940	21
	Edsall Walker • 1943	21
9.	Ray Brown • 1938	20
	Ray Brown • 1941	20

Saves
1.	Ted Radcliffe • 1946	5
2.	Ray Brown • 1937	4
3.	Ray Brown • 1938	3
	Ray Brown • 1941	3
	Willie Gisentaner • 1936	3
	Frank Thompson • 1948	3
7.	Louis Dula • 1938	2
	Johnny Johnson • 1944	2
	Roy Partlow • 1938	2
	Frank Thompson • 1947	2
	Arnold Waites • 1936	2
	Edsall Walker • 1937	2
	Edsall Walker • 1943	2
	George Walker • 1937	2

Innings Pitched
1.	Johnny Wright • 1943	181.0
2.	Sam Streeter • 1929	165.2
3.	Ray Brown • 1940	165.1
4.	Edsall Walker • 1940	136.2
5.	Terris McDuffie • 1941	132.0
6.	Joe Williams • 1929	129.2
7.	Ray Brown • 1941	129.1
8.	Ray Brown • 1938	129.0
9.	Ray Brown • 1944	127.1
10.	Roy Welmaker • 1945	126.2

Strikeouts
1.	Johnny Wright • 1943	94
2.	Joe Williams • 1929	85
3.	Terris McDuffie • 1941	82
4.	Edsall Walker • 1940	81
5.	Sam Streeter • 1929	77
6.	Ray Brown • 1940	75
7.	Ray Brown • 1937	74
8.	Roy Welmaker • 1945	72
9.	Ray Brown • 1938	70
	Ray Brown • 1941	70
	Eugene Smith • 1946	70

Games Started
1.	Johnny Wright • 1943	22
2.	Sam Streeter • 1929	21
3.	Ray Brown • 1940	18
	Edsall Walker • 1940	18
5.	Eugene Smith • 1946	17
6.	Terris McDuffie • 1941	16
7.	Ray Brown • 1944	14
	Joe Strong • 1935	14
	Roy Welmaker • 1945	14
	Joe Williams • 1929	14

Complete Games
1.	Ray Brown • 1940	18
	Sam Streeter • 1929	18
3.	Johnny Wright • 1943	15
4.	Ray Brown • 1941	13
	Joe Williams • 1929	13
6.	Ray Brown • 1937	12
	Ray Brown • 1944	12
	Edsall Walker • 1940	12
	Roy Welmaker • 1945	12
10.	Ray Brown • 1938	11
	Ray Brown • 1942	11
	Terris McDuffie • 1941	11

Shutouts
1.	Ray Brown • 1938	4
	Ray Brown • 1940	4
3.	Ray Brown • 1944	3
	Terris McDuffie • 1941	3
	Roy Partlow • 1942	3
	Johnny Wright • 1943	3
7.	Ray Brown • 1943	2
	Wilmer Fields • 1946	2
	Roy Partlow • 1939	2
	Specs Roberts • 1938	2
	Harry Salmon • 1932	2
	Edsall Walker • 1938	2
	Johnny Wright • 1941	2
	Johnny Wright • 1945	2

Home Runs
1.	Joe Strong • 1935	10
2.	Sam Streeter • 1929	9
3.	Joe Williams • 1929	7
4.	Willie Gisentaner • 1935	6
	Harold Hairston • 1946	6
6.	Ray Brown • 1932	5
	Louis Dula • 1935	5
8.	Ray Brown • 1935	4
	Ray Brown • 1936	4
	Ray Brown • 1937	4
	Ray Brown • 1944	4
	Spoon Carter • 1943	4
	J.C. Hamilton • 1940	4
	Roy Partlow • 1938	4
	Edsall Walker • 1936	4
	Edsall Walker • 1940	4
	Edsall Walker • 1944	4

Bases on Balls
1.	Edsall Walker • 1940	64
2.	Eugene Smith • 1946	63
3.	Sam Streeter • 1929	53
	Edsall Walker • 1943	53
5.	Ray Brown • 1940	45
	Tom Parker • 1935	45
7.	Ray Brown • 1935	41
8.	Lefty Williams • 1929	40
	Johnny Wright • 1943	40
10.	Ray Brown • 1941	38

Hits
1.	Sam Streeter • 1929	192
2.	Johnny Wright • 1943	161
3.	Ray Brown • 1940	137
	Ray Brown • 1941	137
5.	Joe Williams • 1929	134
6.	Ray Brown • 1944	130
	Terris McDuffie • 1941	130
8.	Spoon Carter • 1943	129
9.	Edsall Walker • 1940	127
10.	Ray Brown • 1942	124

Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1.	Joe Williams • 1929	3.036
2.	Ray Brown • 1938	2.692
3.	Ray Brown • 1933	2.562
4.	Terris McDuffie • 1941	2.485
5.	Frank Thompson • 1947	2.455
6.	Johnny Wright • 1943	2.35
7.	Johnny Wright • 1947	2.25
8.	Roy Welmaker • 1942	2.222
9.	Ray Brown • 1944	2.174
10.	Wilmer Fields • 1948	2.167

Home Runs per 9 IP
1.	Johnny Wright • 1943	0.050
2.	Ray Brown • 1940	0.054
3.	Frank Thompson • 1947	0.094
4.	Spoon Carter • 1944	0.115
5.	Ray Brown • 1943	0.121
	Edsall Walker • 1937	0.121
7.	R.T. Walker • 1945	0.124
8.	Ray Brown • 1941	0.139
9.	Eugene Smith • 1946	0.152
10.	Edsall Walker • 1943	0.160

Losses
1.	Willie Pope • 1947	8
	Sam Streeter • 1929	8
3.	Eugene Smith • 1946	7
	Joe Williams • 1929	7
5.	Ray Brown • 1941	6
	Johnny Johnson • 1944	6
	Tom Parker • 1935	6
	Lefty Williams • 1929	6
9.	Ray Brown • 1935	5
	Ray Brown • 1942	5
	Terris McDuffie • 1941	5
	Tom Parker • 1936	5
	Harry Salmon • 1932	5
	Eugene Smith • 1947	5
	Joe Strong • 1935	5
	Roy Welmaker • 1942	5
	Johnny Wright • 1947	5

Earned Runs
1.	Sam Streeter • 1929	84
2.	Eugene Smith • 1946	63
	Edsall Walker • 1940	63
4.	Joe Strong • 1935	61
5.	Lefty Williams • 1929	57
6.	Spoon Carter • 1943	51
	Johnny Wright • 1943	51
8.	Ray Brown • 1941	49
9.	Joe Williams • 1929	47
10.	Ray Brown • 1944	46
	Tom Parker • 1935	46

Wild Pitches
1.	Johnny Wright • 1941	5
2.	Eugene Smith • 1946	4
3.	Lefty Boone • 1944	3
	Ray Brown • 1935	3
	Edsall Walker • 1943	3
6.	Fred Blaylock • 1945	2
	Ray Brown • 1941	2
	Spoon Carter • 1944	2
	Louis Dula • 1935	2
	Clarence Evans • 1948	2
	Wilmer Fields • 1946	2
	Edsall Walker • 1940	2
	Edsall Walker • 1944	2
	R.T. Walker • 1945	2
	Johnny Wright • 1947	2

Hit By Pitch
1.	Ray Brown • 1937	4
	J.C. Hamilton • 1940	4
	Johnny Johnson • 1944	4
	Tom Parker • 1936	4
	Eugene Smith • 1946	4
6.	Ray Brown • 1933	3
	Willie Gisentaner • 1935	3
	Dave Hoskins • 1945	3
	Dave Hoskins • 1946	3
	Terris McDuffie • 1937	3
	Terris McDuffie • 1941	3
	Tom Parker • 1937	3
	Alonzo Perry • 1946	3
	Bob Thurman • 1946	3
	Bob Thurman • 1947	3
	Johnny Wright • 1943	3
	Johnny Wright • 1945	3

Batters Faced
1.	Johnny Wright • 1943	745
2.	Sam Streeter • 1929	723
3.	Ray Brown • 1940	661
4.	Edsall Walker • 1940	610
5.	Ray Brown • 1941	560
6.	Terris McDuffie • 1941	557
7.	Eugene Smith • 1946	545
8.	Joe Williams • 1929	537
9.	Ray Brown • 1937	534
10.	Ray Brown • 1944	529

Games Finished
1.	Ted Radcliffe • 1946	11
2.	Ray Brown • 1937	8
	Ray Brown • 1938	8
4.	Ray Brown • 1941	7
	R.T. Walker • 1947	7
6.	Louis Dula • 1937	5
	Johnny Johnson • 1944	5
	Bob Thurman • 1946	5
	Edsall Walker • 1944	5
	Ciscero Warren • 1947	5

Adjusted ERA+
1.	Roy Partlow • 1939	273
2.	Ray Brown • 1938	251
	Ray Brown • 1940	251
4.	Roy Partlow • 1942	228
5.	Joe Strong • 1932	203
6.	Johnny Wright • 1943	191
7.	Joe Strong • 1933	177
8.	Roy Welmaker • 1945	169
9.	Harry Salmon • 1932	168
10.	Wilmer Fields • 1946	167

Fielding Independent Pitching
1.	Terris McDuffie • 1941	2.36
2.	Frank Thompson • 1947	2.40
	Johnny Wright • 1943	2.40
4.	Johnny Wright • 1947	2.71
5.	Roy Welmaker • 1945	2.79
6.	Edsall Walker • 1938	2.81
7.	Ray Brown • 1941	2.83
8.	Ray Brown • 1944	2.87
9.	Joe Williams • 1929	2.88
10.	Ray Brown • 1938	2.90

Adj. Pitching Runs
1.	Ray Brown • 1940	57
2.	Johnny Wright • 1943	50
3.	Ray Brown • 1938	41
4.	Joe Williams • 1929	26
5.	Ray Brown • 1937	25
	Roy Welmaker • 1945	25
7.	Terris McDuffie • 1941	22
8.	Roy Partlow • 1942	21
9.	Ray Brown • 1935	20
10.	Edsall Walker • 1943	19

Adj. Pitching Wins
1.	Ray Brown • 1940	5.6
2.	Johnny Wright • 1943	4.6
3.	Ray Brown • 1938	4.0
4.	Roy Welmaker • 1945	2.6
5.	Ray Brown • 1937	2.3
	Joe Williams • 1929	2.3
7.	Terris McDuffie • 1941	2.2
	Roy Partlow • 1942	2.2
9.	Ray Brown • 1935	1.8
10.	Garnett Blair • 1945	1.7
	Ray Brown • 1944	1.7
	Harry Salmon • 1932	1.7
	Edsall Walker • 1943	1.7

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