List of Negro League baseball teams

The teams in Negro League baseball on this list is based upon the term "Negro Leagues" as applied by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum of Kansas City, Missouri. They are deemed to have been part of the highest level of play for black baseball during racial segregation in the United States. Over the years, a number of these teams reorganized or relocated to different communities which necessitated the changing of names and frequently its players, staff, and owner.

These and other teams for blacks are included on the template at the bottom of this page.

Teams by state:

Alabama

*Birmingham Black Barons
*Mobile Black Bears
*Mobile Tigers
*Montgomery Grey Sox

Arkansas

*Little Rock Black Travelers

Delaware

*Wilmington Potomacs

District of Columbia

*Washington Black Senators
*Washington Elite Giants
*Washington Pilots
*Washington Potomacs

Florida

*Jacksonville Red Caps

Georgia

*Atlanta Black Crackers

Illinois

*Chicago American Giants
*Chicago Brown Bombers
*Chicago Union Giants
*Leland Giants

Indiana

*Indianapolis ABC's
*Indianapolis Clowns
*Indianapolis Athletics

Kansas

*Kansas City Giants

Kentucky

*Louisville Black Caps
*Louisville Black Colonels
*Louisville White Sox
*Zulu Cannibal Giants

Louisiana

*Monroe Monarchs
*New Orleans Eagles
*New Orleans Stars (St. Louis Stars)
*Shreveport Acme Giants

Maryland

*Baltimore Black Sox
*Baltimore Elite Giants

Michigan

*Detroit Stars
*Detroit Wolves

Missouri

*Kansas City Monarchs
*St. Louis Stars
*St. Louis Giants

New Jersey

*Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
*Cuban X-Giants
*Newark Browns
*Newark Dodgers
*Newark Eagles

New York

*Brooklyn Eagles
*Brooklyn Royal Giants
*Harlem Stars
*Lincoln Giants
*Lincoln Stars
*New York Black Yankees
*New York Cubans

Ohio

*Cincinnati Browns
*Cincinnati Buckeyes
*Cincinnati Clowns
*Cincinnati Cubans
*Cincinnati Tigers
*Cleveland Bears
*Cleveland Buckeyes
*Cleveland Elites
*Cleveland Hornets
*Cleveland Red Sox
*Cleveland Tate Stars
*Cleveland Tigers
*Columbus Elite Giants
*Columbus Blue Birds
*Dayton Marcos
*Toledo Crawfords
*Toledo Rays
*Toledo Tigers

Pennsylvania

*Harrisburg Giants
*Hilldale Daisies
*Homestead Grays
*Philadelphia Pythians
*Philadelphia Stars
*Philadelphia Tigers
*Pittsburgh Crawfords

Tennessee

*Chattanooga Black Lookouts
*Memphis Red Sox
*Nashville Elite Giants

Texas

*Houston Eagles

Wisconsin

*Milwaukee Bears

Traveling teams

*All Cubans
*Chappie Johnson's Stars
*Colored House of David
*Cuban Stars (East)
*Cuban Stars (West)

Others

*All Nations
*Arkansas Black Travelers
*Austin Black Senators
*Babylon Black Panthers
*Chattanooga Choo-Choos
*Chicago Columbia Giants
*Chicago Giants
*Chicago Unions
*Cleveland Cubs
*Cleveland Tate Stars
*Columbia Giants
*Cuban Giants
*Cuban Stars (West) / Cincinnati Cubans / Stars of Cuba
*Denver White Elephants
*El Paso
*Ethiopian Clowns
*Fort Worth
*Globe Trotters
*Harrisburg Monrovians
*Jersey City Colored Athletics
*Mineola Black Spiders
*New Orleans Crescent Stars
*New Orleans Pelicans
*New York Blue Sox
*New York Cuban Stars / Cuban Stars (East)
*Oakland Larks
*Page Fence Giants
*Philadelphia Giants
*Pittsburgh Keystones
*San Antonio Black Bronchos
*San Antonio Black Indians
*Seattle Steelheads
*St. Paul Colored Gophers
*Tennessee Rats
*Waggoner Greasing Palaces Baseball Club
*Washington Elite Giants
*Washington-Homestead Grays

External links

* [http://www.nlbpa.com Negro League Baseball Players Association]
* [http://www.nlbm.com Negro Leagues Baseball Museum web site]