Homestead Grays

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Negro league baseball team professional baseball team

The Homestead Grays were a dominant Negro league baseball team, famed for their powerhouse lineups and multiple championships during the first half of the 20th century.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Homestead Grays canonical 8

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Negro league baseball team ⓘ
professional baseball team ⓘ
alsoBasedIn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
basedIn Homestead, Pennsylvania ⓘ
color gray ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1950 ⓘ
eraOfProminence 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
founded 1912 ⓘ
hallOfFameInducteeAssociated Buck Leonard ⓘ
Cool Papa Bell ⓘ
Cumberland Posey ⓘ
Josh Gibson ⓘ
Oscar Charleston ⓘ
Ray Brown ⓘ
homeBallpark Forbes Field ⓘ
Griffith Stadium ⓘ
joinedNegroNationalLeague 1935 ⓘ
league Negro Leagues ⓘ
surface form: Negro leagues
manager Vic Harris ⓘ
nickname Grays ⓘ
notablePlayer Buck Leonard ⓘ
Cool Papa Bell ⓘ
Josh Gibson ⓘ
Jud Wilson ⓘ
Oscar Charleston ⓘ
Ray Brown ⓘ
Sam Bankhead ⓘ
owner Cumberland Posey ⓘ
playedInLeague Negro National League ⓘ
surface form: Negro National League (second incarnation)
recognizedAs one of the most successful teams in Negro league history ⓘ
rival Kansas City Monarchs (baseball) ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City Monarchs

Pittsburgh Crawfords ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
wonLeaguePennant 1937 ⓘ
1938 ⓘ
1939 ⓘ
1940 ⓘ
1941 ⓘ
1942 ⓘ
1943 ⓘ
1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
1948 ⓘ
wonNegroWorldSeries 1943 ⓘ
1944 ⓘ
1948 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Griffith Stadium → homeTeam → Homestead Grays ⓘ
Griffith Stadium → tenant → Homestead Grays ⓘ
Memphis Red Sox → playedAgainst → Homestead Grays ⓘ
Cool Papa Bell → memberOfSportsTeam → Homestead Grays ⓘ
Oscar Charleston → memberOfSportsTeam → Homestead Grays ⓘ
Negro Leagues → notableTeam → Homestead Grays ⓘ
Willie Wells → memberOfSportsTeam → Homestead Grays ⓘ
Josh Gibson → memberOfSportsTeam → Homestead Grays ⓘ