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No, the 1931 Homestead Grays weren't particularly glamorous. They simply played anybody, anywhere -- black teams and white teams, semi-pro teams and former Negro League teams, town teams and company teams, teams of coal miners and teams of steelworkers -- and won at a rate that seems like something out of a video game.
Feb 12, 2020 · No, the 1931 Homestead Grays weren't particularly glamorous. They simply played anybody, anywhere -- black teams and white teams, semi-pro teams and former Negro League teams, town teams and company teams, teams of coal miners and teams of steelworkers -- and won at a rate that seems like something out of a video game.
Jul 2, 2018 · They were 55–11 (.833) against National League teams. The teams that gave the 1931 Grays the most competition were the Negro League teams, who managed to win five out of 25 games, so even against them, the 1931 Grays recorded an .800 winning average. Overall, the 1931 Grays won at an .846 clip over the greatest teams of all time.
Feb 13, 2020 · No, the 1931 Homestead Grays weren’t particularly glamorous. They simply played anybody, anywhere — black teams and white teams, semi-pro teams and former Negro League teams, town teams and company teams, teams of coal miners and teams of steelworkers — and won at a rate that seems like something out of a video game.
Mar 30, 2020 · Was it heresy for Cumberland Posey to refer to Pittsburgh’s 1931 Homestead Grays as Worlds Champions? By lambasting New York’s powerful Lincoln Giants in 1930, the Homesteaders had taken procession of the title and no team appeared destined to lure it away. Heading into 1931’s summer campaign, Pittsburgh’s mighty Grays were determined to keep ownership of that illustrious designation ...
The 1931 Homestead Grays baseball team competed as an independent in Negro league baseball during the 1931 baseball season. The team compiled a 34–21–1 (.616) record. [1] The team featured seven individuals who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: manager Cumberland Posey, first baseman Oscar Charleston; catcher Josh Gibson ...
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The team the Grays fielded in 1931 is considered by some baseball historians to be the greatest of all time, as it featured five future Hall of Famers -- Gibson, Oscar Charleston and Jud Wilson in the lineup, and Smokey Joe Williams and Willie Foster in the rotation -- in addition to stars such as Vic Harris, George Scales and Ted Radcliffe, with Posey leading the way as the team’s manager.
