Homestead Grays 1940
34–16record
.680win pct
309runs
261allowed
+48run diff
24home runs
24players
The three rarest things in 1940
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | JHJ.C. Hamilton | 1940-09-01 | 1 in 729 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | RERocky Ellis | 1940-07-13 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | EWEdsall Walker | 1940-06-09 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (24)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 170 | 139 | 36 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .396 | .500 | .755 | 1.255 | |
| DWDavid Whatley | 38 | 167 | 152 | 29 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .309 | .360 | .428 | .787 |
| HEHoward Easterling | 41 | 164 | 142 | 29 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .345 | .415 | .570 | .986 |
| MCMatt Carlisle | 42 | 157 | 142 | 21 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .289 | .348 | .451 | .799 |
| JBJerry Benjamin | 36 | 152 | 136 | 26 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .272 | .336 | .324 | .659 |
| 36 | 148 | 137 | 27 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .277 | .327 | .394 | .721 | |
| JJJelly Jackson | 38 | 123 | 114 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .193 | .246 | .254 | .500 |
| RGRobert Gaston | 31 | 90 | 76 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .333 | .316 | .649 |
| 28 | 88 | 75 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .364 | .293 | .657 | |
| 26 | 69 | 60 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .373 | .450 | .823 | |
| EWEdsall Walker | 14 | 34 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .152 | .156 | .308 |
| JHJ.C. Hamilton | 19 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .286 | .240 | .526 |
| JJJosh Johnson | 12 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .357 | .379 | .500 | .879 |
| ZMZiggy Marcell | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .455 | .727 |
| JHJimmy Hicks | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .444 | .778 | 1.222 |
| LBLeroy Bass | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 |
| WSWillie Stevenson | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
| WFWillie Ferrell | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.400 |
| GBGeorge Britt | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RERocky Ellis | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| SJSonny Boy Jeffries | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 |
| WFWilmer Fields | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| NNeal | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| CCarroll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (11)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 13–3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 105 | 36 | 7 | 36 | 44 | 1 | 139.0 | 0.45 | 1.01 | |
| EWEdsall Walker | 14 | 7–5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 84 | 51 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 5 | 80.1 | 0.90 | 1.44 |
| JHJ.C. Hamilton | 14 | 6–3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 87 | 51 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 5 | 75.2 | 0.83 | 1.41 |
| WFWillie Ferrell | 6 | 2–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 29.2 | 1.21 | 0.94 |
| JHJimmy Hicks | 4 | 0–1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 2.60 |
| WSWillie Stevenson | 2 | 1–1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14.0 | 0.64 | 1.36 |
| RERocky Ellis | 4 | 0–1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.2 | 0.00 | 2.48 |
| SJSonny Boy Jeffries | 3 | 1–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0.00 | 2.44 |
| WFWilmer Fields | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.1 | 0.00 | 0.60 |
| CCarroll | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| NNeal | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 6.00 |