1938 Homestead Grays season
Negro League Baseball team season
Negro National League (1933–1948)|Negro National League team season
| 1938 Homestead Grays | ||||
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| League | Negro National League | |||
| Ballpark | Forbes Field | |||
| City | Pittsburgh | |||
| Record | 56–14 (.800) | |||
| League place | 1st | |||
| Managers | Vic Harris | |||
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The 1938 Homestead Grays baseball team represented the Homestead Grays in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1938 baseball season. The team compiled a 56–14 (.800) record and won the NNL pennant for the second straight year.[1]
The team featured three players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: catcher Josh Gibson, first baseman Buck Leonard, and pitcher Ray Brown.[1]
The team's leading batters were:
- Buck Leonard - .420 batting average, .740 slugging percentage, 9 home runs, and 53 RBIs in 42 games
- Josh Gibson - .370 batting average, .721 slugging percentage, 13 home runs, and 54 RBIs in 46 games
The team's leading pitchers were Ray Brown (14–0, 1.88 ERA) and Edsall Walker (10–0, 3.01 ERA).[3]
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- 1921: Bacharach Giants (East [tie]), Hilldale Club (East [tie]), Chicago American Giants (West)
- 1922: Chicago American Giants
- 1923: Hilldale Club (NNL1), Kansas City Monarchs (ECL)
- 1924: Kansas City Monarchs
- 1925: Hilldale Club
- 1926: Chicago American Giants
- 1927: Chicago American Giants
- 1928: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Bacharach Giants (East)
- 1929: Kansas City Monarchs (NNL1), Baltimore Black Sox (ANL)
- 1930: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Homestead Grays (East)
- 1931: Homestead Grays
- 1932: Cole's American Giants (NSL), Detroit Wolves (EWL)
- 1933: Pittsburgh Crawfords
- 1934: Philadelphia Stars
- 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords
- 1936: Pittsburgh Crawfords (East)
- 1937: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1938: Homestead Grays (East), Memphis Red Sox (West)
- 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1940: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1941: Washington Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1942: Kansas City Monarchs
- 1943: Washington Homestead Grays
- 1944: Washington Homestead Grays
- 1945: Cleveland Buckeyes
- 1946: Newark Eagles
- 1947: New York Cubans
- 1948: Washington Homestead Grays
- 1949: Baltimore Elite Giants
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