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The Atlanta Black Crackers and Birmingham Black Barons withdrew as independent teams. The NSL was demoted to minor league status. The Cleveland Stars, Detroit Wolves, Hilldale Club, and Newark Browns folded. Pollock's Cuban Stars and the Washington Pilots withdrew as independent teams. The Baltimore Black Sox became the Baltimore Sox. The EWL ...
This list of Negro league baseball teams is split into two pages, one listing the major league Negro teams and one listing the minor league and traveling Negro teams. Some teams are included in both lists. List of major Negro league baseball teams; List of minor Negro league baseball teams
Note: The team names listed below are those currently in use. Some of the franchises have changed their names in the past, in some cases more than once. In the early years of the 20th century, many teams did not have official names, and were referred to by their league and city, or by nicknames created by sportswriters. [95] [96] [97]
[66] [67] Integration proceeded slowly: by 1953, only six of the 16 major league teams had a black player on the roster. [64] That year, the Major League Baseball Players Association was founded. It was the first professional baseball union to survive more than briefly, but it remained largely ineffective for years. [68]
Mays' hit total goes to 3,293, up 10 with stats from his 1948 season with the Birmingham Black Barons Miñoso joins the 2,000-hit club, gaining 150 hits from his time with the New York Cubans
The team was founded in Harlem as the Harlem Stars in 1931 by financier James "Soldier Boy" Semler and dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. By 1932, the club was renamed the New York Black Yankees. [4] The team's left fielder Fats Jenkins was chosen by fans to play in the East team for the first East-West All-Star Game in 1933. A succession of ...
Category: Baseball teams by year of establishment. 4 languages. ... Baseball teams established in 1946 (130 P) Baseball teams established in 1947 (85 P)
The NABBP existed as an amateur league for 12 years. By 1867, more than 400 clubs were members. Most of the strongest clubs remained those based in the Northeastern United States. For professional baseball's founding year, MLB uses the year 1869—when the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, was established. [29]