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In 1934, the Elite Giants finished in fourth place with a 20–28 record. In 1935, the team moved to Columbus, Ohio and became the Columbus Elite Giants. They played only one season in Columbus, 1935, finishing in fourth place with a 16–17 record. In 1936 the team moved to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Elite Giants. In their ...
Columbus Elite Giants: 1935: Major NNL2 3 DNQ 55 29 24 2 .547 [13] Washington Elite Giants: 1936^ Major NNL2 5 2nd 64 29 34 1 .460 Declared NNL split-season runner-up to (Pittsburgh Crawfords 1) [14] 1937: Major NNL2 5 — 62 23 36 3 .390 [15] Baltimore Elite Giants: 1938: Major NNL2 3 — 52 26 23 3 .531 [16] 1939‡ Major NNL2 4 — 44 21 23 ...
With the integration of Organized Baseball beginning 1946, Negro leagues lost elite players to white leagues causing former major Negro leagues to slip to minor league status, and historians do not consider any Negro league "major" after 1950. By default, leagues established after integration are considered minor league, as is the one of two ...
Ernest Alexander Burke (June 26, 1924 – January 31, 2004) [1] was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues.. Burke was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland.During World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, and was one of the first black U.S. Marines to serve in World War II, earning a medal as a sharpshooter.
The 1949 Baltimore Elite Giants baseball team represented the Baltimore Elite Giants in the Negro American League (NAL) during the 1949 baseball season. The team won the NAL pennant. [1] Hoss Walker and Lennie Pearson were the team's managers. [2] [3] The team's owner, Vernon Green, died of a heart attack in late May 1949. [4]
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The Elite Giants compiled a 24–24 (.500) record and won the Negro National League championship. [1] The team played its home games at Oriole Park in Baltimore . Two players from the 1939 team were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame , including catcher Roy Campanella .