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The Baltimore Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues from 1920 to 1950. The team was established by Thomas T. Wilson , in Nashville, Tennessee as the semi-pro Nashville Standard Giants on March 26, 1920.
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 ...
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 .
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]
The following is the list of players on the Baltimore Elite Giants all-time roster.These are Baltimore Elite Giants players who appeared in at least one game for the Elite Giants, based in either Nashville, Columbus, Washington or Baltimore, or for the Nashville Standard Giants from 1919 to 1951.
The Baltimore Orioles were inaugurated in 1901 as the Milwaukee Brewers and finished in dead last. They quickly moved to St. Louis as the Browns and eventually moved to Baltimore. The Houston Astros were named the Colt .45s for their inaugural three seasons. L.A.A.A stands for Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
The Baltimore Orioles transferred to Minor League Baseball and were replaced by the Brooklyn Gladiators. The Brooklyn Gladiators then folded mid-season, and the Baltimore Orioles returned to the AA to finish the season. The Rochester Broncos, a new Syracuse Stars, and the Toledo Maumees joined the AA.
The Giants entered the game seeking to go 3–0 in Super Bowls after also finishing the regular season with a 12–4 record. Baltimore allowed only 152 yards of offense by New York (the third-lowest total ever in a Super Bowl), recorded 4 sacks, and forced five turnovers.