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1948 Washington Homestead Grays season

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Template:Infobox baseball season yearly The 1948 Washington Homestead Grays baseball team represented the Washington Homestead Grays in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1948 baseball season. The team compiled a 56–24–2 record (44–23–1 against NNL opponents), won the NNL pennant, and defeated the Birmingham Black Barons in the 1948 Negro World Series.

Vic Harris was the team's 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:

  • Right fielder Bob Thurman - .307 batting average, .438 slugging percentage in 38 games
  • Left fielder Luke Easter - .304 batting average, .418 on-base percentage, .514 slugging percentage, five home runs, 32 RBIs in 39 games
  • Catcher Eudie Napier - .302 batting average, .430 slugging percentage in 31 games
  • Center fielder Luis Márquez - .282 batting average, .371 on-base percentage, .417 slugging percentage in 39 games
  • First baseman Buck Leonard - .265 batting average, .434 slugging percentage in 35 games

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The team's leading pitchers were Wilmer Fields (6–1, 2.89 ERA, 26 strikeouts) and Tom Parker (6–2, 2.78 ERA, 44 strikeouts).[3]

References

  1. ^ "1948 Washington Homestead Grays". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "1948 Washington Homestead Grays Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "1948 Washington Homestead Grays Pitching". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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