The Homestead Grays have won the 1936 Championship over the Washington Senators in the "Beltway Series". This is Homestead's second UBL championship, the first coming back in the 1931 series that started this thread.
Going 95-59, Homestead finished with the best record in the UBL and were the deserving winners in the championship series vs. the Senators.
Leading the Grays to their second championship were the following outstanding players:
1B Buck Leonard - .345/32/125/1.032
2B Rev Cannady - .303/43/136/.964
LF Wally Berger - .320/36/118/1.010
and on the pitching side of things:
SP Bertrum "Buffalo" Hunter - 38-6, 2.78, 1.03, 428 IP, 318 K's (so close to 40 wins!! easily the best pitching season in UBL history, and probably one of the best in any online league)
SP Red Ruffing - 21-17, 4.74, 1.49, 363 IP, 127 K's
SP Earl Caldwell - 20-18, 4.73, 1.49, 373, 233 K's
amazing how, outside of the K's, Ruffing and Caldwell had almost identical seasons. A very worthy #2 and #3 behind Buffalo's dominance.
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For those unfamiliar with the UBL, it was originally started by Mark Cooley as a league that would integrate major leaguers, negro leaguers, and pacific coast leaguers. Oscar Charleston was a longtime star for the Grays who retired prior to the '36 season, and Buck Leonard is currently tearing it up, proving these guys could have definitely held their own against major league ballplayers. Buffalo Hunter was the benefit of a nice OOTP ratings/talent boost, and he may end up going down as one of the best pitchers of all time. (he's only 25, and currently sports 10/10/10 ratings. He also signed a nice 5 year extension with Homestead for only $5 million per year before the boost. I love you, OOTP ratings boosts!!)
there may be a couple of openings for the 1937 season, but I'll let commish Putt handle that, but here's a link for any curious about the league... check out some of the career leaders and league history, Lou Gehrig is definitely as legendary as he was in real life. Babe Ruth was dominant for a few years, but his ratings took a nosedive in '33 and he finished up his career pretty quietly, much as he did in real life. Since the UBL started in '27, Ruth didn't have much time to build up big career stats, but he definitely dominated for a couple of years there.
http://www.zanyaidan.com/ubl/