Logo of a legendary baseball team that played in the old Negro Leagues, the Homestead Grays. The team was founded in 1912 but found most of its’ fame after joining the Negro National League in 1935. Powered by Buck Leonard and the player known as the “black Babe Ruth” – catcher Josh Gibson – the Grays won 9 National League titles and 3 Negro World Series titles. A total of 12 former Grays are in baseball’s Hall of Fame, including Leonard, Gibson and other Negro League legends like Judy Johnson, Smokey Joe Williams and Cool Papa Bell. The team played its’ home games at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field, but starting in 1940 also played “home” games in Washington, DC, and eventually became known as the Washington Grays.