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The rosters of Negro league teams were not only filled with African American ballplayers but Latin Americans as well. Those baseball players were known as "beisbolistas" in their native tongue. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro League Baseball Museum OS7017

Over 240 Latinos participated in the Negro Leagues during the league's history. The Negro Leagues in the US welcomed all Latinos, regardless of color, during the era when a color line ruled in MLB. Even before a formal Negro League was established in 1920,...

José de la Caridad Méndez was a Cuban manager and right-handed pitcher in the Negro leagues, he was known as the Black Diamond or Diamonte Negro and was one of the first group of players elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.  He was elected...

The Negro leagues were professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the...

The Negro Southern League was the only major black league in operation in 1932. The league began its seasons with only five teams: Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Cubs, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs and Louisville White Sox. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro League...

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 League 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 League 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. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro League Baseball Museum

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 officially...

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 League Baseball Museum

The Royal Giants were a Negro league baseball team based in Brooklyn from 1905 to 1942. They were an independent team for most of their existence but also played in the Negro National Association in 1907 and 1908 and the Eastern Colored League from...

The Pittsburgh Crawfords, also known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1931-1940. They were named after the Crawford Bath House, a recreation center in the Crawford neighborhood of Pittsburgh's Hill District. After playing in several different leagues,...

The New York Black Yankees were a Negro baseball league team that played from 1931 to 1948. They played their home games primarily in Paterson, NJ, but also played games New York City. They played their final season in Rochester, NY.

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 Cleveland Buckeyes played in the Negro American League from 1942 to 1950. For most of their existence the played their home games at League Park. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro League Baseball Museum

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. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro League Baseball Museum

The Baltimore Black Sox were a professional Negro League baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland from 1916 to 1933. In their final season, they played in the Negro National League with the Baltimore Elite Giants. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro League Baseball...

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. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro League Baseball Museum