Cole's Chicago American Giants Pittsburgh Crawfords
1 1
1934
Pittsburgh Crawfords
2
1935
Pittsburgh Crawfords
3
1936
Pittsburgh Crawfords
4th
1937
Homestead Grays
1
1938
Homestead Grays
2
1939
Baltimore Elite Giants
1
1940
Homestead Grays
3
1941
Homestead Grays
4th
1942
Homestead Grays
5
1943
Homestead Grays
6th
1944
Homestead Grays
7th
1945
Homestead Grays
8th
1946
Newark Eagles
1
1947
New York Cubans
1
1948
Homestead Grays
9
Negro American League (1937– approx. 1960)
Champions of the Negro American League
year
team
number
1937
Kansas City Monarchs
1
1938
Memphis Red Sox
1
1939
Kansas City Monarchs
2
1940
Kansas City Monarchs
3
1941
Kansas City Monarchs
4th
1942
Kansas City Monarchs
5
1943
Birmingham Black Barons
1
1944
Birmingham Black Barons
2
1945
Cleveland Buckeyes
1
1946
Kansas City Monarchs
6th
1947
Cleveland Buckeyes
2
1948
Birmingham Black Barons
3
1949
Baltimore Elite Giants
1
1950
Indianapolis clowns
1
1951
Indianapolis clowns
2
1952
Indianapolis clowns
3
1953
Kansas City Monarchs
7th
1954
Indianapolis clowns
4th
1955
Birmingham Black Barons
4th
1956
Detroit stars
1
1957
Kansas City Monarchs
8th
Negro League World Series II
Negro League World Series II
year
NAL team
Team of the NNL
1942
Kansas City Monarchs
4th
0
Homestead Grays
1943
Birmingham Black Barons
3
4th
Homestead Grays
1944
Birmingham Black Barons
1
4th
Homestead Grays
1945
Cleveland Buckeyes
4th
0
Homestead Grays
1946
Kansas City Monarchs
3
4th
Newark Eagles
1947
Cleveland Buckeyes
1
4th
New York Cubans
1948
Birmingham Black Barons
1
4th
Homestead Grays
* The Negro League World Series was decided in a best-of-seven series.
Individual evidence
^ John B. Holway: The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History . Hastings House Publishers, Fern Park, FL 2001, ISBN 0803820070 , p. 288.