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The Pittsburgh Crawfords were a professional Negro League baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally a youth semipro team, the Crawfords were acquired in 1931 by Gus Greenlee, a numbers operator. Stepping into an organizational vacuum, as the major black leagues of the 1920s, the Negro National League and the Eastern Colored League, had fallen apart by late that year, Greenlee signed many of the top African-American stars, most notably Satchel Paige. The next year, 1932, saw Greenlee hire Hall of Famer Oscar Charleston as playing manager, and add Hall of Famers Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson, and Cool Papa Bell, along with other notable players, such as William Bell, Rap Dixon, and Ted Radcliffe. Playing as an independent club, the Crawfords immediately established themselves as perhaps the best black team in the United States. 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. ...
Nickname: Steel City, Iron City, City of Champions, City of Bridges, City of Colleges, P-Burgh, The Burgh Motto: Benigno Numine Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Allegheny County Founded 1758 Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (D) Area - City 151. ...
William Augustus Gus Greenlee (1893–1952) was a Negro League baseball owner and an African-American businessman. ...
The Numbers Game or Policy Racket is an illegal lottery played mostly in poor neighborhoods in U.S. cities, wherein the bettor attempts to pick three or four digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the following day. ...
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. ...
The Eastern Colored League was one of the several Negro Leagues which were created during the time organized baseball was segregated. ...
Leroy Robert Satchel Paige (July 7, 1906(?) – June 8, 1982) was an American right-handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball who is considered to be among the greatest pitchers of all time. ...
Josh Gibson For the Australian rules footballer, see Joshua Gibson (footballer). ...
William Julius Judy Johnson was born on October 26, 1899 in Snow Hill, Maryland, USA. Although his father wanted him to be a boxer, Johnson, who was 5 ft 11 in (1. ...
James Thomas Cool Papa Bell (May 17, 1903–March 7, 1991) was an American center fielder in Negro league baseball, considered by many baseball observers to have been the fastest man ever to play the game. ...
William E. Bell is a Canadian childrens author who lives in Orillia, Ontario. ...
Herbert Albert Dixon (1902 - July 20, 1944) (known as Rap) was a notable Negro League baseball outfielder for a number of teams. ...
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The Crawfords played in the new Greenlee Field, one of the few parks built specifically for the Negro Leagues and owned by the team's owner. Greenlee also operated one of black Pittsburgh's favorite nighttime gathering spots, the Crawford Grill, where the likes of Lena Horne and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson entertained and players like Paige and Gibson unwound. Greenlee Field was the first black-built and black-owned major league baseball field in the United States. ...
Crawford Grill is a renowned jazz club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanias Hill District. ...
Lena Horne photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American popular singer. ...
Bill Bojangles Robinson ( May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949) was a pioneer and pre-eminent African-American tap dance performer. ...
In 1933, Greenlee founded a new Negro National League, and enrolled the Crawfords as charter members. The club narrowly lost the first-half title to the Chicago American Giants; both teams claimed the second-half title, and Greenlee as league president awarded it to his Crawfords. The matter of the overall pennant was apparently never decided. The next season, as Gibson led the league with 16 home runs and Paige won 20 games, the Crawfords were near the top of the overall standings, but won neither half. Records of all games against league opponents, not just those considered official league games, show the Crawfords with far and away the best record for 1934. The second Negro National League was established in 1933, two years after the first Negro National League had disbanded. ...
Chicago American Giants were a Chicago based Negro League baseball team, formed by player-manager Andrew Rube Foster. ...
In 1935 Paige skipped most of the NNL season to play for a semipro team in North Dakota. Despite his absence, the Crawfords finally lived up to their promise, taking the first-half title with a 26-6 record, then defeating the New York Cubans in a close seven-game series for their only undisputed NNL pennant. In retrospect, many historians consider this edition of the Crawfords to be the greatest Negro League team of all time, featuring the four Hall of Famers, plus lefthanded pitcher Leroy Matlock, who won 18 games without a defeat. The New York Cubans were a negro leagues baseball team that played during the 1930s and from 1939 to 1950. ...
After a mediocre first half (16-15) in 1936, the Crawfords rallied to win the NNL's second half with a 20-9 record. Paige had returned, and contributed an 11-3 record. The playoff with the first-half winners, the Washington Elite Giants, apparently only lasted one game (the Elite Giants winning, 2 to 0) before it was called off for unknown reasons. Greenlee awarded the pennant to the Crawfords, over Washington's protests. 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. ...
In 1937, Paige led several Crawfords players, including Gibson and Bell, to the Dominican Republic to play for the dictator Rafael Trujillo's team. The Crawfords plunged to fifth place out of six teams with a 12-16 record. They partly recovered the next season, finishing third with a 24-16 record, but, with the exception of the 41-year-old Charleston, whose playing career was nearly over, the heart of the old Crawfords' team--Paige, Gibson, Bell--had all moved on to other teams. Greenlee sold the club, Greenlee Field was demolished, and the Crawfords moved to Toledo for the 1939 season. This article is about Rafael L. Trujillo, former president of the Dominican Republic. ...
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James Thomas Cool Papa Bell (May 17, 1903–March 7, 1991) was an American center fielder in Negro league baseball, considered by many baseball observers to have been the fastest man ever to play the game. ...
Josh Gibson For the Australian rules footballer, see Joshua Gibson (footballer). ...
William Julius Judy Johnson was born on October 26, 1899 in Snow Hill, Maryland, USA. Although his father wanted him to be a boxer, Johnson, who was 5 ft 11 in (1. ...
Leroy Robert Satchel Paige (July 7, 1906(?) – June 8, 1982) was an American right-handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball who is considered to be among the greatest pitchers of all time. ...
Ted Radcliffe c. ...
Herbert Albert Dixon (1902 - July 20, 1944) (known as Rap) was a notable Negro League baseball outfielder for a number of teams. ...
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The Atlanta Black Crackers were a team in the Negro League that played from approximately 1921 to 1949. ...
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. ...
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...
Baltimore Black Box 1923 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 michael Steele The Chosen One Jud “Boojum†Wilson Frank Warfield Oliver Ghost Marcelle Sir Richard Lundy Leon Day...
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 Leagues Negro Southern League Negro National League Negro American League Significant Players Joe Bankhead Lyman Bostock Willie Mays Satchel Paige Ted Radcliffe Harry Salmon Sam Streeter Mules Suttles LorenzoPiperDavis The Birmingham Black Barons was a professional baseball team based out of Rickwood Field in Birmingham...
The Bismarck Churchills were an integrated semi-professional baseball team based in Bismarck, North Dakota in the 1930s. ...
The Boston Royal Giants was a Negro League baseball team in Boston. ...
The Brooklyn Bushwicks were an independent, semi-professional baseball team that played its games primarily in Dexter Park, Brooklyn from 1935 to 1951. ...
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 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. ...
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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 Cleveland Giants were a Negro Leagues baseball team. ...
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. ...
The Columbus Blue Birds were a professional baseball team based in Columbus, Ohio in 1933. ...
For the 19th century minor league team, see Columbus Buckeyes (minor league). ...
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 Babylon Black Panthers were a professional African-American baseball club, said to be the first such professional team in the United States of America. ...
The Dayton Marcos were a Negro League baseball team that is now defunct along with the Negro League. ...
The Detroit Stars were an American baseball team in the Negro Leagues. ...
The Detroit Wolves were a Negro Leagues baseball club that played for just one year (1932). ...
Gilkersons Union Giants were an independent Negro semi-pro baseball team in the 1920s. ...
The Harrisburg Giants were a U.S. professional baseball team in the Negro Leagues. ...
The Hilldale Athletic Club (also known as Hilldale Daisies, Darby Daisies) was a Negro League baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. ...
The Homestead Grays were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues in the United States. ...
House of David The name for a religious commune founded in 1902. ...
Illinois Giants were a barnstorming Negro League baseball team in the 1920s. ...
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 (NNL). ...
The Indianapolis Clowns were a professional baseball team in the Negro American League. ...
The Jamestown Red Sox were an integrated semi-professional baseball team based in Jamestown, North Dakota in the 1930s. ...
The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseballs Negro Leagues. ...
The Chicago Union Giants, the top black baseball team in the Midwest or West in the first decade of the twentieth century, changed its name in 1905 to the Leland Giants, after manager and owner Frank Leland. ...
The Lincoln Giants were a Negro League baseball team based in New York City from 1911 through 1930. ...
The Louisville Buckeyes were a professional baseball team based in Louisville, Kentucky which played in the Negro Leagues. ...
The Memphis Red Sox were a professional Negro League baseball team based in Memphis, Tennessee from the 1920s until the end of segregated baseball. ...
The Milwaukee Bears were a Negro National League team that played for only one year, in 1923, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ...
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The Monroe Monarchs were a professional baseball team based in Monroe, Louisiana which played in the Negro Leagues from the late 1920s to 1935. ...
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 New York Cubans were a negro leagues baseball team that played during the 1930s and from 1939 to 1950. ...
One of the top black baseball teams of the 1890s, the Page Fence Giants were based in Adrian, Michigan and named after the Page Woven Wire Fence Company. ...
The Boston Royal Giants was a Negro League baseball team in Boston. ...
The Philadelphia Stars were a Negro League baseball team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
The Philadelphia Tigers were a Negro League baseball team that played briefly in the 1928 Eastern Colored League before the circuit disbanded in early June. ...
The Pittsburgh Keystones were a baseball team in the Negro National League in 1922. ...
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The Washington Black Senators were a Negro League team based in Washington, DC. When the Washington Elite Giants moved to Baltimore, MD in 1938, the gap was filled in by the Black Senators. ...
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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