Negro Leagues
Homestead Grays
Active 1929–1948 · 212 players · 10 Hall of Famers
A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Homestead Grays itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.
Mount Rushmore
The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Homestead Grays itself. A season counts here only when Homestead Grays is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 133 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 46 of 212 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1937–1946 · C73.1HOF ’72
- 1935–1948 · 1B69.0HOF ’72
- 1932–1945 · P44.1
- 1935–194732.0
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh GibsonHOF | 1937–1946 | 73.1 |
| 2 | Buck LeonardHOF | 1935–1948 | 69.0 |
| 3 | Ray Brown±1 | 1932–1945 | 44.1 |
| 4 | Jerry Benjamin±1 | 1935–1947 | 32.0 |
| 5 | Howard Easterling | 1940–1946 | 16.6 |
| 6 | Vic Harris±2 | 1929–1947 | 16.3 |
| 7 | Cool Papa BellHOF±6 | 1932–1946 | 15.1 |
| 8 | Matt Carlisle | 1935–1946 | 12.1 |
| 9 | Edsall Walker±1 | 1936–1945 | 10.7 |
| 10 | Sam Bankhead±1 | 1939–1948 | 10.7 |
| 11 | Roy Welmaker±1 | 1936–1945 | 8.4 |
| 12 | Jud WilsonHOF±5 | 1932–1945 | 8.2 |
| 13 | David Whatley±1 | 1939–1944 | 7.8 |
| 14 | Luis Marquez±1 | 1946–1948 | 6.1 |
| 15 | Wilmer Fields | 1940–1948 | 6.0 |