Homestead Grays

Homestead Grays
Homestead Grays
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League	Independent (1912–1928, 1930–1931, 1934, 1950); American Negro League (1929); East-West League (1932); Negro National League (1933, 1935–48); Negro American Association (1949);
Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C.;
Ballpark	Forbes Field (1929–1950); Greenlee Field (1932–1937); Griffith Stadium (1940–1950);
Established	1912
Disbanded	1950
Nickname(s)	Homestead Grays; Washington Homestead Grays; Washington Grays;
League titles	1931; 1937; 1938; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1948; 1949;
Negro World Series championships	1943; 1944; 1948;

The Homestead Grays (also known as Washington Grays or Washington Homestead Grays) were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in the United States.

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.^[1] 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.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Snyder, Brad (2003). Beyond the Shadow of the Senators: The Untold Story of the Homestead Grays and the Integration of Baseball, p. 155. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-007-1431-97-2.

[BOOK-1] Snyder, Brad (2003). Beyond the Shadow of the Senators: The Untold Story of the Homestead Grays and the Integration of Baseball, p. 155. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-007-1431-97-2.

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