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1946-1948
3
There is evidence indicating that the team was formed in Miami, Florida. Soon enough the team became an independent barnstorming club, changing its name to the Ethiopian Clowns. and evenually, the Cincinnati Clowns.
1935-1948
14 1
First all-Hispanic team to travel to the United States and stage exhibition games, against established Negro league powerhouse teams. In 1907, they were replaced by the Cuban Stars, which became accepted as an independent Negro baseball team.
1920-1948
29 6
From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the most dominant team in black baseball. Evolved from the split of the Chicago Union Leland Giants into the Chicago Giants and Chicago American Giants.
1920-1948
29 10
The longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro leagues. The Monarchs had only one season in which they did not have a winning record and produced more major league players than any other Negro league franchise.
1912-1948
37 9
Formed by Cumberland Posey, and remained in continuous operation for 38 seasons. Played home games in Pittsburgh at Forbes Field and Greenlee Field. In the 1940s they began splitting home games between Pittsburgh and Washington D.C.
1921-1948
28 1
Originally named the Barber College Baseball Club the team was never a titan of the Negro leagues like wealthier teams in northern cities of the United States, but sound management lead to a continuous thirty-nine years of operation, including five eventual major-leaguers, and two Hall of Famers.
1938-1948
11 1
The team's origins lie in two local negro amateur baseball teams: the Nashville Maroons and the Elites. The Giants welcomed any competition, including white-only teams, but played independently of any leagues until the mid-1920s.
1920-1948
29 3
Organized for the inaugural season of the Negro Southern League, jumping between the NSL and NNL as the team that featured the emergence of HOFer Satchel Paige.
1935-1948
14 1
Formed when the Newark Dodgers merged with the Brooklyn Eagles. The owners Eagles purchased the Dodgers and combined the teams' assets and player rosters. The owner of the Dodgers signed the team over in exchange for cancellation of an approximately $500 debt
1933-1948
16 1
Owned in part by sports promoter Eddie Gottlieb who also owned the Philadelphia Sphas and Philadelphia Warriors basketball teams. Gottlieb was also the booking agent for all the Negro league teams in the Northeast, taking 10% of all receipts
a.k.a. Black Bombers, Stars
1931-1948 18
1931-1948 18
The team was founded as the Harlem Black Bombers in 1931 by financier James "Soldier Boy" Semler and dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. By 1932 the team was named the Harlem Stars and by 1933 became the New York Black Yankees.
1942-1948
7 2
Initially switching between Cincinnati, Meadville, and Cleveland for home games, eventually moved permanently to Cleveland and played in League Park, where it won 2 championships and a Colored World Series
1945-1946
2
Members of the short-lived and mysterious USNL developed by Branch Rickey prior to integration of blacks in baseball.
1945-1946
2
Members of the short-lived and mysterious USNL developed by Branch Rickey prior to integration of blacks in baseball.
1931-1946
16 4
Members of the short-lived and mysterious USNL developed by Branch Rickey prior to integration of blacks in baseball.
1945-1946
2
Members of the short-lived and mysterious USNL developed by Branch Rickey prior to integration of blacks in baseball.
1946-1946
1
Members of the short-lived and mysterious USNL developed by Branch Rickey prior to integration of blacks in baseball.
1946-1946
1
Owned by Abe Saperstein, owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, and later moved to Seattle and named the Steelheads
1943-1945
3
There is evidence indicating that the team was formed in Miami, Florida. Soon enough the team became an independent barnstorming club, changing its name to the Ethiopian Clowns. and evenually, the Cincinnati Clowns.
1916-1945
30 3
Established as a boys team in 1910, developed by their owner to be one of the powerhouse Negro league baseball teams in the mid 1920s. Folded along with many clubs during the Great Depression
1945-1945
1
Members of the short-lived and mysterious USNL developed by Branch Rickey prior to integration of blacks in baseball.
1945-1945
1
Members of the short-lived and mysterious USNL developed by Branch Rickey prior to integration of blacks in baseball.
1939-1943
5
Hoping to revive the success of years past, the owners named the team the ABCs; the third such team to do so and the first in five years. Almost immediately, financial difficulties forced the team to relocate to St. Louis, and then New Orleans and Harrsiburgh before folding in 1943
1938-1942
5
The team was based in Jacksonville, Florida playing at Durkee Field in 1938. They moved to Cleveland in 1939 and became the Cleveland Bears, playing their home games at Hardware Field. They returned to Jacksonville as the Red Caps in 1941.
1940-1940
1
Members of the short-lived and mysterious USNL developed by Branch Rickey prior to integration of blacks in baseball.
1939-1940
2
The team was based in Jacksonville, Florida playing at Durkee Field in 1938. They moved to Cleveland in 1939 and became the Cleveland Bears, playing their home games at Hardware Field. They returned to Jacksonville as the Red Caps in 1941.
1939-1939
1
Members of the short-lived and mysterious USNL developed by Branch Rickey prior to integration of blacks in baseball.
1939-1939
1
Founded as the Atlanta Cubs and changed their name to the Black Crackers because fans had already begun to call them by that name as a play on the local white league team, the Atlanta Crackers
1938-1938
1
Hoping to revive the success of years past, the owners named the team the ABCs; the third such team to do so and the first in five years. Almost immediately, financial difficulties forced the team to relocate to St. Louis, and then New Orleans and Harrsiburgh before folding in 1943
a.k.a. Black Crackers, Grey Sox
1919-1938 20
1919-1938 20
Founded as the Atlanta Cubs and changed their name to the Black Crackers because fans had already begun to call them by that name as a play on the local white league team, the Atlanta Crackers
1938-1938
1
Only survived for one season before folding entirely.
1936-1937
2
Founded by the first U.S. african-american olympic gold medal winner, the short lived squad used Cincinnati Reds hand-me-down uniforms and played at Crosley Field
1937-1937
1
After their only season in 1937, under player-manager ted Strong, they were replaced by the Indianapolis ABCs.
1936-1937
2
The team's origins lie in two local negro amateur baseball teams: the Nashville Maroons and the Elites. The Giants welcomed any competition, including white-only teams, but played independently of any leagues until the mid-1920s.
1937-1937
1
Charter member of the NAL, but the team disbanded after their only season. This was the third version of the Detroit Stars franchise, all otherwise unrelated.
1937-1937
1
Charter member of the NAL, but the team disbanded prior to the 1938 season due to financial difficulties. This was an entirely different organization from the original St. Louis Stars.
a.k.a. Cuban Giants, House of David, Red Sox
1928-1936 9
1928-1936 9
The team began barnstorming around Miami in 1930 as Florida Cuban Giants. Joined the East–West League in 1932 as Pollock's Cuban Stars. The returned as an independent team moniker from 1933 until 1936.
1905-1936
32 2
One of the prominent independent teams prior to World War I before organized league play began. Fell into decline after joining the Eastern Colored League, then returning to independent status as a mostly semi-pro squad.
1916-1936
21
An independent team that played in the New York and northeast region of the United States. Because of their ties to the region they were also referred to as the New York Cuban Stars.
1911-1936
26
From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the most dominant team in black baseball. Evolved from the split of the Chicago Union Leland Giants into the Chicago Giants and Chicago American Giants.
1932-1936
5
White promoter Harry Passon organized a new Bacharach team based in Philadelphia. The club eventually joined Gus Greenlee's new Negro National League in 1934 but returned to independent baseball in 1935.
1935-1935
1
The team's origins lie in two local negro amateur baseball teams: the Nashville Maroons and the Elites. The Giants welcomed any competition, including white-only teams, but played independently of any leagues until the mid-1920s.
1934-1935
2
Newark Dodgers merged with the Brooklyn Eagles to form the Newark Eagles in 1936. Owners Eagles purchased the Dodgers and combined the teams' assets and player rosters.The previous owner of the Dodgers, signed the team over in exchange for cancellation of an approximately $500 debt.
1913-1934
22 1
Started as an independent team in 1913, gained large success with many stars while it hopped around to four other leageues in it's remaning years before folding.
a.k.a. Standard Giants
1920-1934 15
1920-1934 15
The team's origins lie in two local negro amateur baseball teams: the Nashville Maroons and the Elites. The Giants welcomed any competition, including white-only teams, but played independently of any leagues until the mid-1920s.
1934-1934
1
Yet another failed Cleveland franchise, having only survived a single season in the NNL before folding with only 4 wins on the season.
1933-1933
1
In 1933, the struggling Columbus Blue Birds of the Negro National League dropped out and were replaced by the Cleveland Giants, which was practically the same team.
1933-1933
1
From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the most dominant team in black baseball. Evolved from the split of the Chicago Union Leland Giants into the Chicago Giants and Chicago American Giants.
1933-1933
1
The Columbus Blue Birds were disbanded in 1933 and merged with the Akron Black Tyrites. The team then more or less became the Cleveland Giants, but did not continue after 1933.
1933-1933
1
Also known as the Akron Grays, took over in the NNL after the Columbus Blue Birds dropped out of the league.
1933-1933
1
Five years after the demise of the original Indianapolis ABCs, Negro league baseball came back to Indianapolis. Within a few years the Cole's American Giants moved their 1933 home games to Indianapolis, forcing the ABCs move the club to Detroit shortly after opening day.
1932-1932
1
Franchise only survived a single season as both the team and the East-West League itself folded amidst the shadow of the Great Depression.
1932-1932
1
The team was owned by Cum Posey, founder of the league, who also owned the Homestead Grays and shuffled players between the two teams. The Wolves posted the best record in the league, but folded with the rest of the league half way through its only season.
1932-1932
1
Lasted only one season, quickly fading along with most other teams during the Great Depression.
1932-1932
1
Only survived for one season before folding entirely.
a.k.a. White Sox
1930-1932 3
1930-1932 3
Only five months into the inaugural NSL season, the team relocated to play as the Columbus Turfs for the remaining month and a half before folding.
1932-1932
1
Mostly a minor league team loosely associated with the Kansas City Monarchs
1932-1932
1
Lasted only one season, quickly fading along with most other teams during the Great Depression.
1932-1932
1
Member of the short-lived Negro Southern League, the team was based in Little Rock, Arkansas
1931-1932
2
Five years after the demise of the original Indianapolis ABCs, Negro league baseball came back to Indianapolis. Within a few years the Cole's American Giants moved their 1933 home games to Indianapolis, forcing the ABCs move the club to Detroit shortly after opening day.
1931-1931
1
The team's origins lie in two local negro amateur baseball teams: the Nashville Maroons and the Elites. The Giants welcomed any competition, including white-only teams, but played independently of any leagues until the mid-1920s.
1919-1931
13
Founded in 1919, Detroit Stars immediately established themselves as one of the most powerful teams in the West. After the collapse of the NNL at the end of 1931, the team folded and were replaced by the Detroit Wolves of the East–West League
a.k.a. Stars
1911-1931 21 3
1911-1931 21 3
Competed independently from as early as 1906 to 1919, and then joined the Negro National League (NNL), winning three pennants in four years from 1928 to 1931.
a.k.a. Cuban Stars
1906-1930 25
1906-1930 25
Travelling known as the Cuban Stars of Havana, Stars of Cuba, Cuban All-Stars, Havana Reds, Almendares Blues or simply as the Cubans. By 1916, the team was known as the Cuban Stars (West)
1911-1930
20
Founded as the first colored pro team in the west. and were the dominant team in 1911, 1912 and 1913, winning the eastern championship each year. In 1914, the owner lost control of the Lincoln Giants name, and formed a rival team, the Lincoln Stars.
1916-1929
14 2
Founded when two African-American politicians moved the Duval Giants of Jacksonville, Florida, to Atlantic City in 1916 and renamed them after Harry Bacharach, the city's mayor.
1918-1929
12
As an independent team, and also as the only black team in the Ohio/Indiana, they played black and white teams all over the country throughout the 1910s. Local newspapers sometimes referred to the team as "Moses Moore's Marcos."
1928-1928
1
One of many one-and-done Negro League Cleveland franchises over the years, they folded after finishing in 7th place in the NNL.
1928-1928
1
The Philadelphia Tigers were a Negro league baseball team that played briefly in the 1928 Eastern Colored League. After the ECL fell apart, the Tigers struggled on as a marginal independent team into July before disbanding.
1922-1927
6
Known primarily for their hitting with HOF'er Oscar Charleston, triple-crown winning Heavy Johnson, and well-known pro basketball player Fats Jenkins. Never able to finish much better than average in the ECL, the club dropped to play an independent schedule, and lost its best players to other teams.
1927-1927
1
Franchise only survived a single season in the NNL before folding with a dismal record of 17-42.
1926-1926
1
Lasted only one season, quickly fading along with most other teams during the Great Depression.
1907-1926
20
Originally organized by the American Brewing Company in the early 20th century. By 1915, the ABCs were already challenging Rube Foster's Chicago American Giants for supremacy in black baseball.
1926-1926
1
In their first year as a franchise, they failed to even complete the season.
1912-1925
14
Included players of several nationalities, including blacks and whites, Indians, Hawaiians, Japanese and Latin Americans
1923-1925
3
Based in Washington, D.C. in the ECL, they also operated as an independent team briefly. The Potomacs moved to Wilmington, Delaware where they played as the Wilmington Potomacs. In 1925 the team folded, unable to complete the season.
1924-1924
1
Managed by HOF'er Sol White, the Browns lasted only one season before folding.
1919-1923
5
Played as an independent team from 1919 through 1921, and joined the Negro National League in 1922 where they finished last of eight clubs. The franchise folded a year later.
1923-1923
1
After the team disbanded, many of its better players transferred to the St. Louis Stars and Milwaukee Bears for the remainder of the season, in an effort to shore up both franchises.
1923-1923
1
Drew much of its personnel from the disbanded Keystones and New Orleans Crescent Stars. Primarily due to poor home attendance at Athletic Park, the club played most of its games on the road, and quickly faded from existence.
1921-1922
2
Founded by a Barbadian immigrant and pool hall operator. Their home field was Central Park, built by the prominent African American architect Louis Arnett Stuart Bellinger, who would later design Greenlee Field for the Pittsburgh Crawfords.
a.k.a. ABCs
1916-1922 7
1916-1922 7
Negro league team that split off from the Indianapolis ABCs during an ownership dispute
1920-1921
2
Evolved from the split of the Chicago Union Leland Giants into the Chicago Giants and Chicago American Giants. They played as a travelling team, without a home field.
1921-1921
1
Sol White, a manager, player and journalist in African-American baseball history, served as coach and general adviser to the team. The team was not very successful, either on the field or at the box office, at season's end the franchise was dissolved.
1910-1919
10
Evolved from the split of the Chicago Union Leland Giants into the Chicago Giants and Chicago American Giants. They played as a travelling team, without a home field.
1914-1917
4
Although they lasted less than four years, they were a good team that featured three players who would later be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame—Oscar Charleston, John Henry Lloyd, and Louis Santop.
1906-1917
12
Also known as the Boston Giants and Boston Colored Giants, they were often marketed as the Quaker Giants and Philadelphia Giants. The team mostly served as a farm team of sorts for the league.
1894-1917
24
One of only two Negro teams to survive the U.S. political and economic crisis in 1893. Many players were hired away by 1901 to form the Chicago Leland Giants.
1907-1916
10
Small club of black baseball players formed in St. Paul, Minnesota. Like other barnstorming teams of the time, they put considerable pressure on the desegregation of baseball.
1915-1916
2
Sunday baseball was not yet legal under blue laws in New York City, so major league teams often traveled to the seaside resort community of Long Branch to play Sunday games against the Cubans.
1886-1915
30
The all-black team achieved victory over so many of the nearby amateur "white" teams that they attracted the attention of a promoter who clandestinely named them the "Cuban Giants". The team remained one of the premier Negro league teams for nearly 20 years.
1910-1915
6
They often frequented baseball diamonds near the West Baden Springs Hotel. Their name derived from a bottled water produced at the Hotel which bordered on a local salt lick and mineral spring. The product was labeled as "Sprudel Water"
1912-1914
3
Based at the French Lick Springs Hotel in Indiana, and their name derived from a bottled water produced at the Hotel. The Hotel bordered on a local salt lick and mineral spring and the minerals from the spring made the water act as an effective and marketable natural laxative.
1910-1912
3
Played as a member of the Western Independent Clubs, along with their local rival, the Kansas City Giants before continuing as a semi-pro club into the 1920s.
1908-1911
4
Many researchers do not consider the Keystones a "formal" Negro league team. However, like other barnstorming teams of the time, they had considerable impact on the desegregation of baseball.
1902-1911
10 2
From 1904 to 1909 they were one of the strongest teams in black baseball, winning five eastern championships in six years. Disbanded during the 1911 season, forced by player defections across North, South, East, and West versions of Philadelphia Giants
1905-1911
7
Formed via the merger of Chicago Unions and Chicago Columbia Giants in 1901. Split in 1910 to form Chicago Giants and Chicago American Giants
1909-1911
3
Founded by negro league pioneer Bud Fowler, dominated the Western Independent Clubs circuit.
1910-1910
1
Backed by nightclub owner Barron Deware Wilkins, the “King of Harlem,” who would go on to own the Bacharach Giants and employ Duke Ellington in his nightclub’s house band.
1904-1909
6
The Giants were the first black professional baseball team in the city of Birmingham, Alabama
1909-1909
1
A small club of black baseball players formed in Buxton, Iowa running from approximately 1907 to 1920
1907-1909
3
The San Antonio Black Bronchos were a Negro league baseball team, based in San Antonio, Texas, that played from 1907 to 1909. Future Hall of Famer Smokey Joe Williams played for the team.
1896-1906
11
Originally most of the players were former Cuban Giants, hence "ex-Giants". Similarly, the original players were not actually Cuban, but used that moniker to distract from the all-black roster which had negative connotations at the time.
1906-1906
1
Short lived franchise that replaced the Cuban Stars at the midway point of the season in the International League
1906-1906
1
The Havana Stars played one season in 1906, managed and owned by Alfredo Pastor. They finished in 6th place in the Eastern Independent Club League with a 4-6-1 record....
1906-1906
1
The Riverton-Palmyra Athletic Club played for one season in 1938 in the International League before folding....
1906-1906
1
The Philadelphia Professionals played for one season in 1906 in the International League before folding....
1899-1905
7
The team was the first Latin American professional baseball team to tour the United States, playing against white semiprofessional and Negro league teams.
1901-1904
4
Formed via the merger of Chicago Unions and Chicago Columbia Giants in 1901. Split in 1910 to form Chicago Giants and Chicago American Giants
1902-1903
2
Consisted of players that left the Union Giants and defunct Chicago Unions franchise
1899-1902
4
One of the nation's top teams in the Negro leagues. The 1898 tour was the club's last, as the team morphed into the new Columbia Giants in Chicago.
1895-1898
4
One of the nation's top teams in the Negro leagues. The 1898 tour was the club's last, as the team morphed into the new Columbia Giants in Chicago.
1886-1893
8
During their short existence the Gorhams grew to be one of the most successful black professional clubs in the country and challenged the supremacy of the Cuban Giants.
1888-1889
2
In 1888, the Cuban Giants and their arch-rivals, the New York Gorhams, formed a traveling team, the Colored All Americans.
1887-1887
1
One of the earliest Negro league baseball clubs, founded in 1865. Composed of primarily business and middle class professionals from the surrounding areas of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City
1887-1887
1
Quickly affected by financial struggles that impacted league member teams, and folded after only 6 games.
1887-1887
1
Joined the league in early May only to run out of money and have to fold on the spot 2 games later.
1887-1887
1
One of the original teams in the National Colored Base Ball League, the first attempt at a professional Negro league in 1887. Although the league folded after just two weeks, the Browns continued to play for a time
1887-1887
1
One of the original teams in the National Colored Base Ball League, the first attempt at a professional Negro league in 1887. The league folded after just two weeks
1887-1887
1
One of the original teams in the National Colored Base Ball League, the first attempt at a professional Negro league in 1887. The league folded after just two weeks
1887-1887
1
One of the original teams in the National Colored Base Ball League, the first attempt at a professional Negro league in 1887. The league folded after just two weeks
1886-1886
1
A pre-Negro league baseball team that played out of Charleston, South Carolina. Formed in the mid 1870s, and, suffering from financial difficulties, dropped out of the league in early July 1886
1886-1886
1
One of the original teams in the Southern League of Colored Baseballists, the first attempt at a professional Negro organization in 1886. The leagues appears to have collapsed in early July
1886-1886
1
One of the original teams in the Southern League of Colored Baseballists, the first attempt at a professional Negro organization in 1886. The leagues appears to have collapsed in early July
1886-1886
1
One of the original teams in the Southern League of Colored Baseballists, the first attempt at a professional Negro organization in 1886. The leagues appears to have collapsed in early July
1886-1886
1
One of the original teams in the Southern League of Colored Baseballists, the first attempt at a professional Negro organization in 1886. The leagues appears to have collapsed in early July
1886-1886
1
One of the original teams in the Southern League of Colored Baseballists, the first attempt at a professional Negro organization in 1886. The leagues appears to have collapsed in early July
1886-1886
1
One of the original teams in the Southern League of Colored Baseballists, the first attempt at a professional Negro organization in 1886. The leagues appears to have collapsed in early July
1886-1886
1
One of the original teams in the Southern League of Colored Baseballists, the first attempt at a professional Negro organization in 1886. The leagues appears to have collapsed in early July
1886-1886
1
One of the original teams in the Southern League of Colored Baseballists, the first attempt at a professional Negro organization in 1886. The leagues appears to have collapsed in early July
1886-1886
1
One of the original teams in the Southern League of Colored Baseballists, the first attempt at a professional Negro organization in 1886. The leagues appears to have collapsed in early July
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