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Homestead Grays
Seasons 1912-1948 (37 seasons)

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Teams Pittsburgh Homestead Grays History Seasons

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The team was formed in 1912 by Cumberland Posey, and remained in continuous operation for 38 seasons. The team was originally based in Homestead, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Pittsburgh. By the 1920s, with increasing popularity in the Pittsburgh region, the team retained the name "Homestead" but crossed the Monongahela River to play all home games in Pittsburgh, at the Pittsburgh Pirates' home Forbes Field and the Pittsburgh Crawfords' home Greenlee Field.

From 1940 until 1942, the Grays played half of their home games in Washington, D.C., while remaining in Pittsburgh for all other home stands. As attendance at their games in the nation's capital grew, by 1943, the Grays were playing more than two-thirds of their home games in Washington

The Grays grew out of an earlier industrial team. In 1900, a group of African-American players had joined together to form the Germantown Blue Ribbons, an industrial league team. For ten years, the Blue Ribbons fielded a team every season and played some of the best sandlot teams in the area. In 1910, the managers of the team retired. The players reorganized the team and named themselves the Murdock Grays. In 1912, they became the Homestead Grays, the name they retained for the remainder of the franchise's history.

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1948 Homestead Grays Season
1948 Homestead Grays
44-23 (.654)
Won Negro World Series
1947 Homestead Grays Season
1947 Homestead Grays
35-34 (.507)
Missed Postseason
1946 Homestead Grays Season
1946 Homestead Grays
36-34 (.514)
Missed Postseason
1945 Homestead Grays Season
1945 Homestead Grays
37-19 (.655)
Lost Negro World Series
1944 Homestead Grays Season
1944 Homestead Grays
47-24 (.655)
Won Negro World Series
1943 Homestead Grays Season
1943 Homestead Grays
53-14 (.787)
Won Negro World Series
1942 Homestead Grays Season
1942 Homestead Grays
47-19 (.703)
Lost Negro World Series
1941 Homestead Grays Season
1941 Homestead Grays
51-22 (.693)
Won NNL Championship
1940 Homestead Grays Season
1940 Homestead Grays
34-19 (.642)
NNL Champions
1939 Homestead Grays Season
1939 Homestead Grays
36-19 (.652)
Lost NNL Championship
1938 Homestead Grays Season
1938 Homestead Grays
41-13 (.759)
NNL Champions
1937 Homestead Grays Season
1937 Homestead Grays
45-18 (.711)
NNL Champions
1936 Homestead Grays Season
1936 Homestead Grays
27-24 (.529)
Missed Postseason
1935 Homestead Grays Season
1935 Homestead Grays
26-36 (.422)
Missed Postseason
1934 Homestead Grays Season
1934 Homestead Grays
16-13 (.550)
Missed Postseason
1933 Homestead Grays Season
1933 Homestead Grays
14-14 (.500)
Missed Postseason
1932 Homestead Grays Season
1932 Homestead Grays
54-28 (.659)
No Postseason
1931 Homestead Grays Season
1931 Homestead Grays
34-21 (.616)
Missed Postseason
1930 Homestead Grays Season
1930 Homestead Grays
45-15 (.746)
Missed Postseason
1929 Homestead Grays Season
1929 Homestead Grays
37-21 (.638)
Missed Postseason
1928 Homestead Grays Season
1928 Homestead Grays
8-5 (.615)
No Postseason
1927 Homestead Grays Season
1927 Homestead Grays
8-2 (.800)
Missed Postseason
1926 Homestead Grays Season
1926 Homestead Grays
2-0 (.833)
Missed Postseason
1925 Homestead Grays Season
1925 Homestead Grays
2-1 (.667)
Missed Postseason
1924 Homestead Grays Season
1924 Homestead Grays
4-4 (.500)
Missed Postseason
1923 Homestead Grays Season
1923 Homestead Grays
(.000)
Missed Postseason
1922 Homestead Grays Season
1922 Homestead Grays
3-0 (.875)
Missed Postseason
1921 Homestead Grays Season
1921 Homestead Grays
3-4 (.438)
Missed Postseason
1920 Homestead Grays Season
1920 Homestead Grays
(.000)
Missed Postseason
1919 Homestead Grays Season
1919 Homestead Grays
(.000)
Missed Postseason
1918 Homestead Grays Season
1918 Homestead Grays
0-2 (.000)
Missed Postseason
1917 Homestead Grays Season
1917 Homestead Grays
(.000)
Missed Postseason
1916 Homestead Grays Season
1916 Homestead Grays
(.000)
Missed Postseason
1915 Homestead Grays Season
1915 Homestead Grays
(.000)
Missed Postseason
1914 Homestead Grays Season
1914 Homestead Grays
(.000)
Missed Postseason
1913 Homestead Grays Season
1913 Homestead Grays
(.000)
Missed Postseason
1912 Homestead Grays Season
1912 Homestead Grays
(.000)
Missed Postseason

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