The National Colored League or the League of Colored Baseball Clubs was the first attempt to have a league consisting of all-black teams, predating Rube Foster's Negro National League by over three decades. The league president was Walter S. Brown, who was also manager of the Pittsburgh club. The Gorhams beat the Keystones 11-8 in the opener on May 6, 1887. Philadelphia and New York disbanded on May 18. Cincinnati and Washington were admitted on May 6, after the season started, but played no games. The league folded after two weeks on May 23. Andrew Rube Foster (September 17, 1879 - December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro Leagues. ... The Negro National League was one of the several Negro Leagues which were established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ...

Cities represented (with records)

• Baltimore Lord Baltimores, 2-4
• Boston Resolutes, 1-0
• Cincinnati Browns, did not play
• Louisville Fall City, 1-2
• New York Gorhams, 2-2
• Philadelphia Pythians, 4-1
• Pittsburgh Keystones, 3-4
• Washington Capital Citys, did not play

See also

• Negro league baseball

Bud Fowler, the first professional black baseball player with one of his teams, Western of Keokuk, Iowa The Negro Leagues were American professional baseball leagues comprising predominantly African-American teams. ...

References

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