Black History Month

The Negro American League was formed on May 9, 1937 and brought together the best teams from the West and South. The NAL began its inaugural season with just seven teams: Kansas City Monarchs, Chicago American Giants, Cincinnati Tigers, Memphis Red Rox, Detroit Stars,...

The Kansas City Monarchs are probably the most famous Negro league team of all time and were certainly the longest lasting. Even after the color barrier had been broken in Major League Baseball by Jackie Robinson (a former Monarch), the team continued on, barnstorming...

The??Washington Black Senators??were a baseball team that played in the (second) Negro National League in 1938. The team was established when the Washington Elite Giants moved up the road to Baltimore.?? *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The Detroit Wolves were a Negro league team and members of the East-West circuit that played in 1932. The league only lasted a few months, but Detroit was clearly the top team, posting the best record. Their home field was??Hamtramck Stadium. *Design is officially...

The??East???West League??was a Negro baseball league organized by Cum Posey in 1932. The league did not last the full season and folded in June of that year. It did, though,?? feature one of the strongest teams in the history of Negro league baseball, the??Detroit...

The??Louisville Black Caps??were a professional baseball??team in the??Negro Southern League??in 1932, that circuit's only year of existence. Only five months into the season, the team relocated and to Columbus, Oho and became the Turfs??for the remaining month and a half of the season before...

The??Negro National League??(NNL) was established in 1920 and was one of several Negro circuits established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated. It dissolved in 1931. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum ??

The??Negro American League??was one of several circuits that operated during the time organized American baseball was segregated. The league was established in??1937 and disbanded after the 1962 season. This is the logo the league used in its latter years. *Design is officially licensed from...

The??Eastern Colored League??(ECL), officially The??Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Clubs, was one of the several??Negro leagues which operated during the time organized baseball was segregated. Teams included the Baltimore Black Sox, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Newark Stars, and Homestead Grays among others.?? ?? *Design is...

The??Philadelphia Stars??were a??Negro league baseball??team from??Philadelphia founded in as an independent team in 1933. In 1934, they joined the Negro National League, staying until that League's collapse following the 1948 season. They were affiliated with the Negro American League from 1949 to 1952. *Design...

The??Washington Pilots??were a??Negro league baseball??team that played in the??East-West League in 1932. Baseball Hall of Famer??Mule Suttles was their star player. The league folded before the end of the season, and in 1934 the Pilots became an independent team. *Design is officially licensed from...

The??East???West All-Star Game??was an annual game for??Negro league baseball??players and held toward the end of the season. The game was created by Gus Greenlee, owner of the??Pittsburgh Crawfords. In??1933, he decided to match the??Major League Baseball All-Star Game??with??Negro league version. Newspaper balloting was set...

The??Jacksonville Red Caps??were a??Negro league baseball??team based primarily in??Jacksonville, Florida. They played the??Negro American League from 1938 until 1942. ?? *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The New Orleans Black Pelicans were members of the Louisiana-Texas Colored League in 1930 and 1931. Their ace was Robert Pipkin who was also known as the Black Diamond. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The Chicago American Giants were a Negro league baseball team, owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Foster, who also founded the Negro National League. From 1910 through the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black...

The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro League baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League from 1913 to 1926.

The Kansas City Monarchs were established in 1920 and the longest-running Negro League franchise in professional baseball. Jackie Robinson played for the Monarchs in 1945.They disbanded in 1965. Get the KC Monarchs sticker too! *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum...