Indianapolis Athletics

Last updated August 28, 2025

Indianapolis Athletics
Information
League	Negro American League (1937)
Location	Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark	Perry Stadium ^[1]
Established	1937
Disbanded	1937

The Indianapolis Athletics were a Negro league baseball team in the Negro American League, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1937.^[2]^[3] Ted Strong was their player-manager. After their only season in 1937, they were replaced by the Indianapolis ABCs.

References

↑ "Indianapolis Athletics". Negro Leagues Data Base. Seamheads.com. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
↑ "1937 Indianapolis Athletics Statistics -- Register | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

Team history and statistics from seamheads.com · baseball-reference.com

v t e Negro American League (1937–1962)
Pre-integration (1937–1948)	Atlanta Black Crackers/Indianapolis ABCs (IV) (1938–1939) Birmingham Black Barons (1937–1938, 1940–1962) Chicago American Giants (1937–1952) Cincinnati Tigers (1937) Cincinnati/Cleveland/Louisville Buckeyes (1942–1950) Detroit Stars (III) (1937) Indianapolis Athletics (1937) Cincinnati/Indianapolis Clowns (1943–1954) Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords (1939–1940) Jacksonville Red Caps/Cleveland Bears (1938–1942) Kansas City Monarchs (1937–1962) Memphis Red Sox (1937–1959) St. Louis Stars (II) (1937) Indianapolis ABCs (II)/New Orleans–St. Louis Stars (1938–1941)
Post-integration (1949–1962)	Baltimore Elite Giants (1949–1951) Detroit Stars/Clowns/Detroit–New Orleans Stars (1954–1960) Houston/New Orleans Eagles (1949–1951) Louisville Clippers (1954) Mobile Havana Cuban Giants (1957) New Orleans Crescent Stars (1957) Newark Indians (1959) New York Cubans (1949–1950) Philadelphia Stars (1949–1952) Raleigh Tigers (1959–1962)
Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the Negro American League. Years as an associate team are not noted.

Negro league baseball

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International competitions

Teams

Leagues

Major leagues	Negro National League (I) Eastern Colored League American Negro League East–West League Negro Southern League (I) Negro National League (II) Negro American League
Proto-leagues	Southern League of Colored Base Ballists (1886) National Colored Base Ball League (1887) International League of Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs (1906) National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba (1907–1909)
Minor leagues	Negro Southern League (1920–1936) Texas Colored League (1919–1931) Negro American Association (1939) Negro Major League (1942) United States League (1945–1946)
Post-integration	Negro Southern League (1945–1951) West Coast Negro Baseball Association (1946) Negro American Association (1948–1949) Negro American League (1951–1960)

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