1931 Homestead Grays season

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{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Homestead Grays

| season = 1931

| image =

| caption =

| record = 34–21–1 ({{Winning percentage|34|21|1}})

| league = Negro league baseball

| ballpark = Forbes Field

| city = Pittsburgh

| league_place = 1st

| managers= Cumberland Posey

| owners =

}}

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 ({{Winning percentage|34|21|1}}) record.{{cite web|title=1931 Homestead Grays|publisher=Seamheads.com|accessdate=September 6, 2020|url=http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1931&teamID=HG&LGOrd=2&tab=roster}}

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; third baseman Jud Wilson; and pitchers Bill Foster, Smokey Joe Williams, and Satchel Paige.

The team's leading batters were:

  • Third baseman Jud Wilson - .415 batting average, .707 slugging percentage, 10 home runs, and 44 RBIs
  • First baseman Oscar Charleston - .333 batting average
  • Second baseman George Scales - .318 batting average, .555 slugging percentage
  • Catcher Josh Gibson - .311 batting average

{{cite web|title=1931 Homestead Grays Batting|publisher=Seamheads.com|accessdate=September 6, 2020|url=http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1931&teamID=HG&LGOrd=2&tab=bat&sort=BA_a}}

The team's leading pitchers were Bill Foster (9–2, 2.34 ERA) and Smokey Joe Williams (6–2, 2.41 ERA).{{cite web|title=1931 Homestead Grays Pitching Batting|publisher=Seamheads.com|accessdate=September 6, 2020|url=http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1931&teamID=HG&LGOrd=2&tab=pit}}

References

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{{Negro league baseball champions}}

{{Homestead Grays}}

{{1931 MLB season by team}}

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