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The Memphis Red Sox were a professional Negro League baseball team based in Memphis, Tennessee from the 1920s until the end of segregated baseball. Part of the History of baseball series. ...
Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ...
City nickname: The River City or The Bluff City Location in the state of Tennessee County Shelby County, Tennessee Area - Total - Water 763. ...
The Red Sox played in the Negro National League for most of the League's existence, although they also played independently, and in the Negro Southern League, before becoming charter members of the new Negro American League in 1937. The team did not perform as well in the new league as its roster would suggest. See also: 1936 in sports, 1938 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto racing Wally Parks founds the Road Runners Club, considered to be the start of organized drag racing. ...
For the greater part of it's history the team was owned by J. B. Martin and B.B. Martin of Memphis, brothers who both maintained dental practices and other business enterprises. The brothers built Martin Park on Crump Boulevard for their club, making the Red Sox one of the few clubs in the Negro Leagues with their own ballpark.
Notable players
An illustration of Larry Brown, coaching from the sidelines See also Larry Brown (author); Super Bowl MVP Larry Brown (cornerback); 1970s NFL player Larry Brown (running back). ...
Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe (born 7 July 1902 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed Double Duty, is the oldest living professional baseball player, and a former star in the Negro Leagues. ...
External links
References - Mills, P. 'Memphis Red Sox', Negro League Baseball (2002) Retrieved July 25 2005.
- Peterson, Robert W. Only The Ball Was White, (New York: Prentice-Hall Englewood-Cliffs, 1970)
July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 159 days remaining. ...
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The Atlanta Black Crackers were a team in the Negro League that played from approximately 1921 to 1949. ...
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants Leagues Independent (1916-1922, 1930-1933) Eastern Colored League (1923-1928) American Negro League (1929) Negro National League (1934) Significant Players Oliver Ghost Marcelle Smokey Joe Williams John Henry Lloyd Dick Lundy Arthur Rats Henderson The Atlantic City Bacharach Giants were a professional baseball team that...
Austin Black Senators Leagues Independent Texas Negro League Texas-Oklahoma Negro League Significant Players Hilton Smith Willie Wells The Austin Black Senators was a professional baseball team based in Austin, Texas, which played in the Negro Leagues. ...
Baltimore Black Sox 1923 unknown Leagues Independent (1916 - 1922, 1930 - 1931) Eastern Colored league (1923 - 1928 American Negro League (1929) East-West League (1932) Negro National League (1933 - 1934) Significant Players Satchel Paige Jud “Boojum†Wilson Frank Warfield Oliver Ghost Marcelle Sir Richard Lundy Leon Day The Baltimore Black Sox...
Nashville Elite Giants Leagues Independent (1921-1929) Negro National League (the first) (1930) Negro Southern League (1932) Negro National League (the second) (1933-1948) Negro American League (1949-1950) Significant Players Satchel Paige The Nashville Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. ...
Birmingham Black Barons 1923 1924-1960 Leagues Negro Southern League Negro National League Negro American League Significant Players Harry Salmon Sam Streeter Mules Suttles Satchel Paige Joe Bankhead Lyman Bostock Willie Mays The Birmingham Black Barons was a professional baseball team based out of Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama which...
Brooklyn Royal Giants Leagues Independent (1910-1922, 1928-1942) Eastern Colored League (1923-1927) Significant Players Smokey Joe Williams Cannonball Dick Redding Frank Wickware Charles Chino Smith John Henry Pop Lloyd The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York which played in the Negro...
Chattanooga Black Lookouts Leagues Negro Southern League (1920, 1926-27) Significant Players Satchel Paige (1926-27) The Chattanooga Black Lookouts were a professional baseball team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee which played in the Negro Leagues. ...
Chicago American Giants were a Chicago based Negro League baseball team, formed in 1910 by player-manager Andrew Rube Foster. ...
Chicago Columbia Giants Leagues Independent (1899-1900) Significant Players John W. Patterson Harry Buckner The Chicago Columbia Giants was a professional, black baseball team that played prior to the founding of the Negro Leagues. ...
Chicago Giants Leagues Independent (1910-1919) Negro National League (1920-1921) Significant Players The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro Leagues. ...
Part of the History of baseball series. ...
The Chicago Unions was a professional, black baseball team that played prior to the formation of the Negro Leagues. ...
Cincinnati Tigers Leagues Independent (1934-1936 Negro American League (1937) Significant Players Ted Double Duty Radcliffe Porter Moss Jesse Houston Roy Partlow The Cincinnati Tigers were a professional baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio which played in the Negro Leagues. ...
Cleveland Buckeyes Leagues Negro American League Significant Players Quincey Trouppe The Cleveland Buckeyes were a professional baseball that played in the Negro Leagues. ...
Nashville Elite Giants Leagues Independent (1921-1929) Negro National League (the first) (1930) Negro Southern League (1932) Negro National League (the second) (1933-1948) Negro American League (1949-1950) Significant Players Satchel Paige The Nashville Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. ...
The Columbus Blue Birds were a professional baseball team based in Columbus, Ohio in 1933. ...
Nashville Elite Giants Leagues Independent (1921-1929) Negro National League (the first) (1930) Negro Southern League (1932) Negro National League (the second) (1933-1948) Negro American League (1949-1950) Significant Players Satchel Paige The Nashville Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. ...
The Detroit Stars were an American baseball team in the Negro Leagues. ...
The Homestead Grays were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues in the United States. ...
The Indianapolis Clowns were a professional baseball team in the Negro American League. ...
The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseballs Negro Leagues. ...
The Louisville Buckeyes were a professional baseball team based in Louisville, Kentucky which played in the Negro Leagues. ...
Nashville Elite Giants Leagues Independent (1921-1929) Negro National League (the first) (1930) Negro Southern League (1932) Negro National League (the second) (1933-1948) Negro American League (1949-1950) Significant Players Satchel Paige The Nashville Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. ...
The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro League baseball team that played in the second Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. ...
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The Pittsburgh Crawfords were a professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which played in the Negro Leagues. ...
Nashville Elite Giants Leagues Independent (1921-1929) Negro National League (the first) (1930) Negro Southern League (1932) Negro National League (the second) (1933-1948) Negro American League (1949-1950) Significant Players Satchel Paige The Nashville Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. ...
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