| 1948 Homestead Grays | ||
|---|---|---|
| League | Negro National League (1933–1948) | |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field, Griffith Stadium | |
| City | Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C. | |
| Record | 56–24–2 (.695) | |
| League place | 1st | |
| Managers | Vic Harris | |
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The 1948 Homestead Grays baseball team represented the Homestead Grays in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1948 baseball season. It was their fifteenth and final season played under the league, which disbanded after the season ended. It was the eleventh and final season managed by Vic Harris. The team compiled a 56–24–2 record (44–23–1 against NNL opponents) and finished first in the NNL for the tenth time in franchise history. They then beat the Baltimore Elite Giants in the Championship Series to win their ninth league pennant. They faced the Birmingham Black Barons in the 1948 Negro World Series and won the Series in five games for their third World Series title. The team, losing people such as Harris after 1948 ended, would disband in 1950.
The team played its home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh and Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. [1]
The team's key players inclued:
Other regular players included shortstop Sam Bankhead, second baseman Clarence Bruce, catcher Eudie Napier, and pitchers Bob Thurman, R. T. Walker, and Frank Thompson. [3] [4]
| vs. Negro National League | vs. Major Black teams | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negro National League | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | W | L | T | Pct. |
| (2) Homestead Grays | 46 | 24 | 2 | .653 | — | 58 | 25 | 4 | .690 |
| (1) Baltimore Elite Giants | 49 | 29 | 2 | .625 | 1 | 53 | 30 | 2 | .635 |
| Newark Eagles | 32 | 29 | 1 | .524 | 9½ | 39 | 34 | 3 | .533 |
| Philadelphia Stars | 30 | 33 | 2 | .477 | 12½ | 34 | 35 | 3 | .493 |
| New York Cubans | 19 | 29 | 1 | .398 | 16 | 30 | 31 | 1 | .492 |
| New York Black Yankees | 9 | 41 | 0 | .180 | 27 | 13 | 48 | 0 | .213 |
(1) First half champion (2) Second half champion