Negro Leagues / Statistics

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This page provides an overview of the participants, results and statistics of the Negro Leagues in baseball from 1878 to 1960.

National Colored Base Ball League (1887)

Participating teams:

  • Baltimore Lord Baltimores
  • Boston Resolutes
  • Cincinnati Browns
  • Louisville Fall City
  • New York Gorhams
  • Philadelphia Pythians
  • Pittsburgh Keystones
  • Washington Capital Citys

Negro National League (NNL) (1920-1931)

Champions of the Negro National League
year team number
1920 Chicago American Giants 1
1921 Chicago American Giants 2
1922 Chicago American Giants 3
1923 Kansas City Monarchs 1
1924 Kansas City Monarchs 2
1925 Kansas City Monarchs 3
1926 Chicago American Giants 4th
1927 Chicago American Giants 5
1928 St. Louis Stars 1
1929 Kansas City Monarchs 4th
1930 St. Louis Stars 2

NNL 1920

Final table Negro National League 1920
team W. L. Win%   GB
Chicago American Giants 31 15th .674
Detroit stars 40 21st .656
Kansas City Monarchs 45 33 .577
Indianapolis ABCs 42 34 .553
St. Louis Giants 21st 21st .500
Cuban stars 22nd 26th .458
Dayton Marcos 10 18th .357
Chicago Giants 2 12 .143

Eastern Colored League (ECL) (1923-1928)

Champions of the Eastern Colored League
year team number
1923 Hilldale Club 1
1924 Hilldale Club 2
1925 Hilldale Club 3
1926 Bacharach Giants 1
1927 Bacharach Giants 2
1928 no winner

Negro League World Series

Negro League World Series
year Team of the NNL ECL team
1924 Kansas City Monarchs 5 4th Hilldale Club
1925 Kansas City Monarchs 1 5 Hilldale Club
1926 Chicago American Giants 5 3 Bacharach Giants
1927 Chicago American Giants 5 3 Bacharach Giants

* The Negro League World Series was decided in a best-of-nine series.

American Negro League (1929)

American Negro League Champion
year team number
1929 Baltimore Black Sox 1

East-West League (1932)

team W. L. Wins in%
Detroit Wolves 38 12 76.0
Homestead Grays 54 28 65.9
Baltimore Black Sox 41 41 50.0
Cuban Stars (West) 16 19th 47.1
Philadelphia Hilldale 19th 31 38.0
Washington Pilots 16 35 31.8
Cleveland Stars 5 11 31.3


Negro National League (1933-1948)

Champions of the Negro National League II
year team number
1933 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

  1. ^ 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.