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1941 Washington Homestead Grays season

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Template:Infobox baseball season yearly The 1941 Washington Homestead Grays baseball team represented the Washington Homestead Grays in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1941 baseball season. The team compiled a 51–24–2 (.675) record and won the NNL pennant.

Vic Harris was the team's player-manager. The team played its home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh and Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.[1]

The team's leading batters were:

  • Third baseman Jud Wilson - .426 batting average, .606 slugging percentage in 30 games
  • First baseman Buck Leonard - .348 batting average, .683 slugging percentage, 11 home runs, 40 RBIs in 47 games
  • Third baseman Howard Easterling - .314 batting average, .483 slugging percentage in 45 games

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The team's leading pitchers were Ray Brown (11–6, 2.92 ERA, 53 strikeouts) and Terris McDuffie (9–3, 2.43 ERA).[3]

References

  1. ^ "1941 Washington Homestead Grays". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "1941 Washington Homestead Grays Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "1941 Washington Homestead Grays Pitching". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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