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1940 Homestead Grays Roster (40-man)

1939 Season 1941 Season

Record: 36-20-0, Finished 1st in Negro National League II

Manager: Vic Harris (42-20)

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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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
Leroy Bass	22	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	May 5, 1918	1st	5		5		0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Jerry Benjamin	30	us US	B	R	5' 9"	165	Nov 9, 1909	8	44		44		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	44			0.8
George Britt	44	us US	R	R	5' 8"	175	Jul 6, 1895	12	5		5		1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.4
Ray Brown HOF	32	us US	B	R	6' 1"	195	Feb 23, 1908	9	32		32		21	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	5			7.8	All-Star
Matt Carlisle	30	us US	R	R	5' 6"	145	Feb 5, 1910	6	56		56		0	0	0	54	0	5	0	0	0	0			1.7
Howard Easterling	28	us US	B	R	5' 9"	179	Nov 26, 1911	3	54		54		0	0	0	6	31	5	10	11	1	22			1.8	All-Star
Rocky Ellis	29	us US		R	5' 8"	141	Jan 26, 1911	7	5		5		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.7
Willie Ferrell	26	us US		L	5' 11"	180	Nov 6, 1913	4	11		11		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Wilmer Fields	17	us US	R	R	6' 2"	197	Aug 2, 1922	1st	2		2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Robert Gaston	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Mar 19, 1910	5	36		36		0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Josh Gibson HOF	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	220	Dec 21, 1911	9	2		2		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
J.C. Hamilton	27	us US	L	L	5' 11"	175	Mar 6, 1913	1st	17		17		12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4			0.3
Vic Harris	35	us US	L	R	5' 10"	168	Jun 10, 1905	12	47		47		0	1	1	0	0	0	44	0	0	44			0.6
Jimmy Hicks			R	R	6' 1"	195	Unknown	1st	5		5		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-1.1
Jelly Jackson	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	147	Sep 13, 1909	7	54		54		0	0	0	0	0	53	0	0	0	0			-0.7
Sonny Boy Jeffries	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	154	Aug 5, 1914	1st	4		4		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.7
Josh Johnson	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	187	Jan 25, 1914	3	10		10		0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.2
Buck Leonard HOF	32	us US	L	L	5' 10"	185	Sep 8, 1907	6	54		54		0	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.8	All-Star
Ziggy Marcell	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	198	Sep 1, 1916	1st	5		5		0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Walter Perry	24	us US	L	R	6' 0"	185	Jul 6, 1915	1st	1		1		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
Specs Roberts	32	us US		R	5' 9"	162	Sep 7, 1907	4	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Ernie Smith	40	us US	L	R	5' 11"	168	Jun 3, 1900	3	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			0.0
Willie Stevenson							Unknown	1st	3		3		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Edsall Walker	29	us US	B	L	5' 11"	215	Sep 15, 1910	5	21		21		21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.3
David Whatley	25	us US	L	R	5' 10"	165	Nov 10, 1914	4	53		53		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	53			0.6
Jud Wilson HOF	44	us US	L	R	5' 8"	190	Feb 28, 1896	16	41		41		0	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0			0.1
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