List of Negro League Baseball Teams (159 items)report

• NSL was a minor league every season except 1932 (Alabama)

• Did not field a team for 1939 (Alabama)

• Disbanded mid-season 1925 (Delaware)

• Disbanded in August before season ended (District of Columbia)

• Washington Potomacs (1923–24) (District of Columbia)

• Wilmington Potomacs (1925) (District of Columbia)

• Split home games in Pittsburgh (District of Columbia)

• Alternately known as Washington Grays later (District of Columbia)

• Sparingly used Pittsburgh as home field after c. 1948 (District of Columbia)

• Jacksonville Red Caps (1938) (Florida)

• Cleveland Bears (1939–40) (Florida)

• Jacksonville Red Caps (1941–42) (Florida)

• Disbanded midway through 1942 season (Florida)

• Based in Miami (Florida)

• Also known as Miami Giants c. 1930s (Florida)

• Atlanta Black Crackers (I) (1919–38) (Georgia)

• Indianapolis ABCs (IV) (1939) (Georgia)

• NSL was a minor league every season except 1932 (Georgia)

• Disestablished May 1939 (Georgia)

• Formed via 1909 split of Leland Giants (Illinois)

• Known as Leland Giants (II) 1910 (Illinois)

• Also known as Cole's American Giants 1932–35 (Illinois)

• Moved majority of home games temporarily to Indianapolis 1933 (Illinois)

• Merged with Chicago Unions to become Chicago Union Giants 1901 (Illinois)

• (See Leland Giants entry) (Illinois)

• Formed via 1909 split of Leland Giants (Illinois)

• Merged with Chicago Columbia Giants to become Chicago Union Giants 1901 (Illinois)

• (See Leland Giants entry) (Illinois)

• Formed via 1901 merger of: (Illinois)

• Known as Chicago Union Giants 1901–04 (Illinois)

• Split after 1909 to form: (Illinois)

• Played majority of home games temporarily in Indianapolis 1933 (Indiana)

• Indianapolis ABCs (II) (1931–33) (Indiana)

• Detroit Stars (II) (1933) (Indiana)

• Relocated to Detroit shortly after opening day 1933 (Indiana)

• Disestablished May 1939 (Indiana)

• Miami Giants (c. 1930s) (Indiana)

• Ethiopian Clowns (c. 1930s–42) (Indiana)

• Cincinnati Clowns (1943) (Indiana)

• Indianapolis–Cincinnati Clowns (1944) (Indiana)

• Cincinnati Clowns (1945) (Indiana)

• Indianapolis Clowns (1946–62) (Indiana)

• Folded after 1940 season (Indiana)

• Louisville Black Caps (Apr–Aug) (Kentucky)

• Columbus Turfs (Aug–Sept) (Kentucky)

• Relocated to Columbus in August then folded at end of season (Kentucky)

• Based in Louisville (Kentucky)

• Folded after 1961 season (Louisiana)

• NSL only organized league to complete the 1932 season(Considered de facto Major League) (Louisiana)

• Team often referred to as the Caulfield Ads (Louisiana)

• Split home games between New Orleans and St. Louis (Louisiana)

• Only played second half of season then folded (Maryland)

• Nashville Standard Giants (1919–20) (Maryland)

• Nashville Elite Giants (1921–30) (Maryland)

• Cleveland Cubs (1931) (Maryland)

• Nashville Elite Giants (1932–34) (Maryland)

• Columbus Elite Giants (1935) (Maryland)

• Washington Elite Giants (1936–37) (Maryland)

• Baltimore Elite Giants (1938–51) (Maryland)

• Dissolved around 1951 (Maryland)

• Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1906 (Massachusetts)

• Known as Quaker Giants 1906 (Massachusetts)

• Relocated from Indianapolis shortly after opening day 1933 (Michigan)

• Detroit Stars (IV) (1954–57) (Michigan)

• Detroit Clowns (1958) (Michigan)

• Detroit Stars (IV) (1959) (Michigan)

• Detroit–New Orleans Stars (1960–61) (Michigan)

• Only season in existence (Michigan)

• Based in Adrian, Michigan (Michigan)

• Played as the Twin City Gophers 1911 (Minnesota)

• Later based in Grand Rapids, MI 1956–65 (Missouri)

• Known as St. Louis Giants 1906–21 (Missouri)

• Only season in existence (Missouri)

• Indianapolis ABCs (III) (1938) (Missouri)

• St. Louis Stars (III) (1939) (Missouri)

• New Orleans–St. Louis Stars (1940–41) (Missouri)

• Harrisburg–St. Louis Stars (1943) (Missouri)

• Played home games in New Orleans and St. Louis 1940–41 (Missouri)

• Did not field a team for 1942; team merged with New York Black Yankees of NNL (Missouri)

• Played all home games in Harrisburg; none in St. Louis 1943 (Missouri)

• Based in Atlantic City (New Jersey)

• (Not to be confused with the Philadelphia-based team of the same name.) (New Jersey)

• Based in Trenton (New Jersey)

• Part of team split after 1896 to form Cuban X-Giants (New Jersey)

• After split, known as Genuine Cuban Giants or Original Cuban Giants (New Jersey)

• Formed via 1896 split of Cuban Giants (New Jersey)

• Based in Trenton (New Jersey)

• Merged with Brooklyn Eagles to become Newark Eagles 1936 (New Jersey)

• (See Newark Eagles entry) (New Jersey)

• Newark Eagles (1936–48) (New Jersey)

• Houston Eagles (1949–50) (New Jersey)

• Formed via 1936 merger of: (New Jersey)

• Merged with Newark Dodgers to become Newark Eagles 1936 (New York)

• (See Newark Eagles entry) (New York)

• Deteriorated to minor league status by the 1930s (New York)

• Based in New York City (New York)

• Based in New York City (New York)

• Known as Harlem Black Bombers 1931 (New York)

• Did not field a team 1937–38 (New York)

• Played no league games due to NCBBL folding
  
  (Cincinnati) (Ohio)

• Played independent of a league briefly, then folded
  
  (Cincinnati) (Ohio)

• Played home games in Indianapolis and Cincinnati 1944–45
  
  (Cincinnati) (Ohio)

• Also known as Indianapolis–Cincinnati Clowns 1944–45
  
  (Cincinnati) (Ohio)

• Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes (1942)
  
  (Cleveland) (Ohio)

• Cleveland Buckeyes (1943–48)
  
  (Cleveland) (Ohio)

• Louisville Buckeyes (1949)
  
  (Cleveland) (Ohio)

• Cleveland Buckeyes (1950)
  
  (Cleveland) (Ohio)

• Half of 1942 home schedule in Cincinnati, half in Cleveland
  
  (Cleveland) (Ohio)

• Disbanded mid-season 1950
  
  (Cleveland) (Ohio)

• Teams are considered separate but closely linked
  
  (Cleveland) (Ohio)

• Formed from remnants of the Akron Black Tyrites for end of 1933
  
  (Cleveland) (Ohio)

• Only season in existence
  
  (Cleveland) (Ohio)

• Folded mid-season 1932
  
  (Cleveland) (Ohio)

• Played as NNL team in 1922, played as associate team in 1923
  
  (Cleveland) (Ohio)

• Dissolved/merged with Akron Black Tyrites mid-season 1933
  
  (Columbus) (Ohio)

• Only season in existence
  
  (Columbus) (Ohio)

• Relocated from Louisville in August then folded at end of season
  
  (Columbus) (Ohio)

• Played all home games in Harrisburg; none in St. Louis
  
  (Harrisburg) (Pennsylvania)

• Disbanded mid-season 1943
  
  (Harrisburg) (Pennsylvania)

• Based in Philadelphia
  
  (Philadelphia) (Pennsylvania)

• (Not to be confused with the Atlantic City-based team of the same name.)
  
  (Philadelphia) (Pennsylvania)

• Also known as Hilldale Daisies, Darby Daisies
  
  (Philadelphia) (Pennsylvania)

• Based near Philadelphia
  
  (Philadelphia) (Pennsylvania)

• Homestead Grays (c. 1912–38)
  
  (Pittsburgh) (Pennsylvania)

• Washington Homestead Grays (1939–c. 50s)
  
  (Pittsburgh) (Pennsylvania)

• Washington Grays (1939–c. 50s)
  
  (Pittsburgh) (Pennsylvania)

• Based near Pittsburgh
  
  (Pittsburgh) (Pennsylvania)

• Started to split home games with Washington, D.C. 1939
  
  (Pittsburgh) (Pennsylvania)

• Sparingly used Pittsburgh as home field after c. 1948
  
  (Pittsburgh) (Pennsylvania)

• Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931–38)
  
  (Pittsburgh) (Pennsylvania)

• Toledo Crawfords (1939)
  
  (Pittsburgh) (Pennsylvania)

• Indianapolis Crawfords (1940)
  
  (Pittsburgh) (Pennsylvania)

• Folded after 1920 season; re-established 1926 (Tennessee)

• Minor league farm team for Homestead Grays 1926–27 (Tennessee)

• Folded after 1922 season; re-established 1931 (Tennessee)

• Known as Nashville Standard Giants 1919–20 (Tennessee)

• Relocated as Cleveland Cubs 1931 then returned to Nashville (Tennessee)

• Folded after 1950 season (Texas)

• Only year in existence (Wisconsin)

• Precursor of Cuban Stars (West) (Traveling teams)

• Based out of Kansas City MO and Des Moines IA (Traveling teams)

• Led by George "Chappie" Johnson (Traveling teams)

• New York Cuban Stars (1916–19) (Traveling teams)

• Havana Cuban Stars (1920) (Traveling teams)

• Cuban Stars (East) (1921–c. 34) (Traveling teams)

• Played road games primarily in the New York and northeast region of the US (Traveling teams)

• Cuban Stars of Havana (1906–19) (Traveling teams)

• Cincinnati Cuban Stars (1920–21) (Traveling teams)

• Cuban Stars (West) (1922–32) (Traveling teams)

• Played road games for its first five years primarily in the eastern states near New York City and Philadelphia (Traveling teams)

• By 1916 the team was competing primarily in the northern midwestern states (Traveling teams)

• Based in Cincinnati 1920–21 and then returned to playing only road games (Traveling teams)

• Generally based out of Miami (Traveling teams)

• Generally based out of northern Iowa (Traveling teams)

• Generally based out of various East coast cites from New Jersey to Connecticut (Traveling teams)

• Based out of New Orleans (Traveling teams)

• Sponsored by Louis Armstrong (Traveling teams)

• Generally not considered a Negro league team (Traveling teams)

• Based out of Holden MO (Traveling teams)

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