Rube Foster, a star pitcher for several African American teams, desired a baseball league for blacks that would challenge the white major leagues and eventually force full recognition and inclusion of African American ballplayers. With partner John Schorling, Foster formed in 1911 the Chicago American Giants, setting the foundation for the creation of a [...]
Attracted by the success of the NNL, white businessmen Nat Strong and Ed Bolden formed the ECL. Its teams included the Philadelphia Hilldales, Baltimore Black Sox, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, and the New York Lincoln Giants. The ECL folded in 1928. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Share and Enjoy:
In the first Negro League World Series between the Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) and the Philadelphia Hilldales, the Monarchs won the series in ten games. Kansas City, Missouri Share and Enjoy:
Beginning in 1932, African-American baseball players tried to reestablish a league. The Negro National League (1933-1948) founded by W. A. “Gus” Greenlee and the Negro American League founded by H. G. Hall (1937-1960) emerged as the most important leagues in the last years of segregated baseball. In 1942, in the first Negro World Series since [...]
In honor of Robinson and all the others who played Negro League Baseball here is Catholicgauze’s map of Negro League Baseball teams. Anyone who has a Platial account may correct information or add teams to the map. It is not to be considered a finished project. The map can also be downloaded for Google Earth. [...]