Negro League World Series
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The Negro League World Series was a post-season baseball
tournament which was held from 1924-1927 and from 1942-1948 between the champions of the Negro leagues
, matching the mid-western winners against their east coast counterparts.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
tournament which was held from 1924-1927 and from 1942-1948 between the champions of the Negro leagues
Negro league baseball
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in...
, matching the mid-western winners against their east coast counterparts.
Negro National League vs Eastern Colored League
- 19241924 Colored World SeriesThe 1924 Colored World Series was a best-of-nine match-up between the Negro National League champion Kansas City Monarchs and the Eastern Colored League champion Hilldale. In a ten-game series, the Monarchs narrowly defeated Hilldale 5 games to 4, with one tie game. It was the first World Series...
Kansas City MonarchsKansas City MonarchsThe Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro Leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri and owned by J.L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 1930. J.L. Wilkinson was the first Caucasian owner at the time...
NNL 5-4 Hilldale ClubHilldale ClubThe Hilldale Athletic Club was an African American professional baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia....
ECL - 1925 Hilldale Club ECL 5-1 Kansas City Monarchs NNL
- 1926 Chicago American GiantsChicago American GiantsChicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team, owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Foster. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball...
NNL 5-3 Bacharach Giants ECL - 1927 Chicago American Giants NNL 5-3 Bacharach Giants ECL
Negro American League vs Negro National League
- 19421942 Colored World SeriesThe Colored World Series was a best-of-seven match-up between the Negro American League champion Kansas City Monarchs and the Negro National League champion Washington-Homestead Grays. In a six-game series, the Monarchs swept the Grays four games to none, with two additional games not counted in...
Kansas City Monarchs NAL 4-0 Homestead GraysHomestead GraysThe Homestead Grays were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in the United States. The team was formed in 1912 by Cumberland Posey, and would remain in continuous operation for 38 seasons. The team was based in Homestead, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Pittsburgh.-Franchise...
NNL - 1943 Homestead Grays NNL 4-3 Birmingham Black BaronsBirmingham Black BaronsThe Birmingham Black Barons played professional baseball for Birmingham, Alabama, in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1960 when the Major Leagues successfully integrated...
NAL - 1944 Homestead Grays NNL 4-1 Birmingham Black Barons NAL
- 1945 Cleveland BuckeyesCleveland BuckeyesThe Cleveland Buckeyes were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. They were established in 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio . The following season, the team moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where they played their games at League Park...
NAL 4-0 Homestead Grays NNL - 1946 Newark EaglesNewark EaglesThe Newark Eagles was a professional Negro league baseball team that played in the second Negro National League from 1936 to 1948.- Formation :...
NNL 4-3 Kansas City Monarchs NAL - 1947 New York CubansNew York CubansThe New York Cubans were a Negro league baseball team that played during the 1930s and from 1939 to 1950. Despite playing in the Negro leagues, the team occasionally employed white-skinned Hispanic baseball players as well, because Hispanics in general were largely ignored by the major league...
NNL 4-1 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL - 1948 Homestead Grays NNL 4-1 Birmingham Black Barons NAL
Series appearances by club
| Series appearances |
Team | League | Wins | Losses | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Homestead Grays Homestead Grays The Homestead Grays were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in the United States. The team was formed in 1912 by Cumberland Posey, and would remain in continuous operation for 38 seasons. The team was based in Homestead, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Pittsburgh.-Franchise... |
NNL | 3 | 2 | .600 |
| 4 | Kansas City Monarchs Kansas City Monarchs The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro Leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri and owned by J.L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 1930. J.L. Wilkinson was the first Caucasian owner at the time... |
NNL/NAL | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| 3 | Birmingham Black Barons Birmingham Black Barons The Birmingham Black Barons played professional baseball for Birmingham, Alabama, in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1960 when the Major Leagues successfully integrated... |
NAL | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| 2 | Chicago American Giants Chicago American Giants Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team, owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Foster. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball... |
NNL | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2 | Cleveland Buckeyes Cleveland Buckeyes The Cleveland Buckeyes were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. They were established in 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio . The following season, the team moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where they played their games at League Park... |
NAL | 1 | 1 | |.500 |
| 2 | Hilldale Club Hilldale Club The Hilldale Athletic Club was an African American professional baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia.... |
ECL | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| 2 | Bacharach Giants Bacharach Giants The Bacharach Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played in Atlantic City, New Jersey.- Founding :The club was founded when two African-American politicians moved the Duval Giants of Jacksonville, Florida, to Atlantic City in 1916 and renamed them after Harry Bacharach, the city's mayor... |
ECL | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| 1 | New York Cubans New York Cubans The New York Cubans were a Negro league baseball team that played during the 1930s and from 1939 to 1950. Despite playing in the Negro leagues, the team occasionally employed white-skinned Hispanic baseball players as well, because Hispanics in general were largely ignored by the major league... |
NNL | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1 | Newark Eagles Newark Eagles The Newark Eagles was a professional Negro league baseball team that played in the second Negro National League from 1936 to 1948.- Formation :... |
NNL | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |