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Negro Teams
Algona (Iowa) Brownies (I) 1902-1903
All Nations (I) 1912-1918
Argyle Hotel Athletics (I) 1885
Atlanta Black Crackers (I, NSL, NAL) 1938
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 1916-1934
      (I) 1916-1922, 1930-1933, (ECL) 1923-1928,
      (ANL) 1929, (NNL) 1934

Baltimore Black Sox 1916-1934
      (I) 1916-1922, (ECL) 1923-1928, (ANL) 1929,
      (I) 1930-1931, (EWL) 1932, (NNL) 1933 1934
Baltimore Elite Giants 1938-1950
      (NNL) 1938-1948, (NAL) 1949-1950
Birminghham Black Barons 1924-1950
      (NNL) 1924-1925, 1927-1930, (NSL) 1926,
      1931-1936, (NAL) 1937-1938, 1940-1950
Brooklyn Eagles (NNL) 1935
Brooklyn Royal Giants 1905-1942
      (I) 1905-1922, 1934-1941,
      (ECL) 1923-1927, (NNL) 1933

Chicago American Giants 1911-1950
      (I) 1911-1919, 1936, (NNL) 1920-1931,
      1933-1935, (NSL) 1932, (NAL) 1937-1950

[Chicago] Columbia Giants (I) 1899-1900
Chicago Giants 1910-1921
      (I) 1910-1919, (NNL) 1920-1921

[Chicago] Leland Giants (I) 1905-1910
Chicago Unions (I) 1888-1900
Chicago Union Giants (I) 1901-1904
Cincinnati Buckeyes (NAL) 1942
CincinnatiClowns (NAL) 1943
Cincinnati-Indpls Clowns (NAL) 1944-1945
CincinnatiTigers 1934-1937
      (I) 1934-1936, (NAL) 1937

Cleveland Bears (NAL) 1939-1940
Cleveland Browns (NNL) 1924
Cleveland Buckeyes (NAL) 1943-1948, 1950
Cleveland Cubs (NNL) 1931
Cleveland Elites (NNL) 1926
Cleveland Giants (NNL) 1933
Cleveland Hornets (NNL) 1927
Cleveland Red Sox (NNL) 1934
Cleveland Stars (EWL) 1932
Cleveland Tate Stars (NNL) 1922
Cleveland Tigers (NNL) 1928
Cole's American Giants 1932-1935
      (NSL) 1932, (NN) 1933-1935

Columbia Giants (I) 1933
Columbus Blue Birds (NNL) 1899-1900
Columbus Buckeyess (NNL) 1921
Columbus Elite Giants (NNL) 1935
Cuban Giants 1885-1899
      (I) 1885-1888,1892-1899, (MSL) 1889-1890,
      (CSL) 1891

°Cuban House of David no data
Cuban Stars (East) 1916-1929
      (I) 1916-1922, (ECL) 1923-1928,
      (ANL) 1929

Cuban Stars (West) 1907-1930
      (I) 1907-1919, (NNL) 1920-1930

Cuban X-Giants (I) 1897-1907
Dayton Marcos 1919-1926
      (I) 1921-1925, (NNL) 1919,1926

Detroit Stars 1919-1931
      (I) 1919, (NNL) 1920-1931, 1933,
      (NAL) 1937

Detroit Wolves (EWL) 1932
°Ethiopian Clowns no data
Harrisburg Giants 1922-1927
      (I) 1922-1923, (ECL) 1924-1927

Harrisburg-St.Louis Stars (NNL) 1943
Havana Red Sox (I) 1917
Havana Stars (I) 1917
Hilldale Daisies 1916-1932
      (I) 1916-1922,1930-1931 (ECL) 1923-1928,
      (ANL) 1929, (EWL) 1932

Homestead Grays 1912-1950
      (I) 1912-1928,1930-1933,1949-1959,
      (ANL) 1929, (NNL) 1934-1938

Houston Eagles (NAL) 1949-1950
Indianapolis ABCs 1913-1926,1931-1933,1938-1939
      (I) 1913-1919, (NNL) 1920-1926,1931,1933,
      (NSL) 1932, (NAL) 1938-1939

Indianapolis Athletics (NAL) 1937
Indianapolis-Cincinnati Clowns (NAL) 1944
Indianapolis Clowns (NAL) 1943-1950
Indianapolis Crawfords (NAL) 1940
Jacksonville Red Caps (NNL) 1938,1941-1942
Kansas City Kansas Giants (I) 1909-1915
Kansas City Monarchs 1920-1950
      (NNL) 1920-1931, (I) 1932-1936,
      (NAL) 1937-1950

Long Branch Cubans (I) 1915-1916
Louisville Black Caps (NSL) 1932
Louisville Buckeyes (NAL) 1949
Louisville White Sox (NNL) 1931
Memphis Red Sox 1923-1950
      (I) 1923, (NNL) 1924-1930,
      (NSL) 1926,1932, (NAL) 1936-1950

°Miami Ethiopian Clowns no data
Milwaukee Bears (NNL) 1923
Mohawk Giants (I) 1913-1915
Monroe Monarchs (NSL) 1932
Montgomery Grey Sox (NSL) 1932
Nashville Elite Giants 1921-1934
      (I) 1921-1925, (NSL) 1926-1929,1932
      (NNL) 1930,1933-1934

New Orleans-St.Louis Stars 1940-1941
      (I) 1940, (NAL) 1941

New York Black Yankees 1932-1950
      (I) 1932-1950,1949-1959, (NAL) 1936-1948

New York Cubans 1935-1950
      (NNL) 1935-1936,1939-1948, (NAL) 1949-1950

New York Gorhams (I) 1887-1891
°New York Harlem Stars no data
[New York] Lincoln Giants 1911-1930
      (I) 1911-1922,1927,1930, (ECL) 1923-1926,
      (ANL) 1929

[New York] Lincoln Stars (I) 1914-1916
Newark Browns (EWL) 1932
Newark Dodgers 1933-1935
      (I) 1933, (NNL) 1934-1935

Newark Eagles (NNL) 1936-1948
Newark Stars (ECL) 1926
Page Fence Giants (I) 1894-1898
Pennsylvania Red Caps
    of New York (I) 1917-1919
Philadelphia Giants (I) 1902-1916
Philadelphia Stars 1933-1950
      (I) 1933, (NNL) 1934-1948,
      (NAL) 1949-1950

Philadelphia Tigers (ECL) 1928
Pittsburgh Crawfords 1931-1938
      (I) 1931-1932, (NNL) 1933-1938

Pittsburgh Keystones (I) (LCBC) 1887
Pittsburgh Keystones (II) (NNL) 1922
St.Louis Giants 1909-1921
      (I) 1909-1919, (NNL) 1920-1921

St.Louis Stars (I) (NNL) 1922-1931
St.Louis Stars (II) 1937-1943
      (NAL) 1937,1939,1941 (I) 1940
      (NNL) 1943

St.Paul Gophers (I) 1909
Stars of Cuba (I) 1910
Toledo Crawfords (NAL) 1938
Toledo Tigers (NNL) 1923
Washington Black Senators (NNL) 1938
Washington Elite Giants (NNL) 1937-1938
Washington Pilots (EWL) 1932
Washington Potomacs 1923-1924
      (I) 1923, (ECL) 1924

Wilmington Potomacs (I) 1925
Zulu Cannibal Giants (I) 1934-1937

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Negro Leagues
ANL The American Negro League.
CSL The Connecticut State League.
ECL The Eastern Colored League.
EWL The East-West League.
I Independent. Many early professional teams and Negro teams operated independently, without benefit of a league.
LCBC The League of Colored Baseball Clubs was a league of eight teams that existed for a week in 1887.
MSL The Middle States League.
NAL The Negro American League.
NNL The Negro National League.
NSL The Negro Southern League.

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