The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and,to a lesser extent,Latin 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 1920 that are sometimes termed "Negro Major Leagues".
James Allen "Candy Jim" Taylor was an American third baseman and manager in Negro league baseball. He is the all-time winningest manager in the Negro League era,having 955 wins in 1,967 games along with two Negro World Series titles and one pennant in 27 seasons managed.
The St. Paul Colored Gophers was a small club of black baseball players formed in St. Paul,Minnesota in 1907. They were not a formal Negro league team,as the commonly referred-to "Negro leagues" were not created until 1920. However,like other barnstorming teams of the time,they put considerable pressure on the desegregation of baseball. Historians rarely mention the Colored Gophers in Negro baseball history,and statistics are hard to find.
Robert Wells Marshall was an American athlete. He was best known for playing football;however Marshall also competed in baseball,track,boxing,ice hockey and wrestling.
King Solomon "Sol" White was an American professional baseball infielder,manager and executive,and one of the pioneers of the Negro leagues. An active sportswriter for many years,he wrote the first definitive history of black baseball in 1907. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Frank C. Leland was an American baseball player,field manager and club owner in the Negro leagues.
William Miller "Big Bill" Gatewood was an American Negro league baseball pitcher and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League,and in its first few seasons. He pitched for the Leland Giants,Chicago Giants,St. Paul Colored Gophers,Chicago American Giants,New York Lincoln Giants,Cuban X-Giants,Philadelphia Giants,Brooklyn Royal Giants,St. Louis Giants,Indianapolis ABCs,Detroit Stars,St. Louis Stars,Toledo Tigers,Milwaukee Bears,Memphis Red Sox,Atlantic City Bacharach Giants,and Birmingham Black Barons.
George Walter Ball was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. Born in Detroit,Michigan,from 1893 he played ten years as the only black player on minor white teams in Minnesota and North Dakota. For more than a decade beginning 1903,he played for major teams,mainly in the Chicago region. Sources say he was given the nickname "The Georgia Rabbit" and "Diamond."
John Boyce Taylor was the second-oldest of four baseball-playing brothers,the others being Charles,Benjamin,and James. Taylor was a pitcher and played in professional pre-league and Negro league baseball from 1903 to 1925.
George "Chappie" Johnson Jr. was an American baseball catcher and field manager in the Negro leagues. He played for many successful teams from 1895 to 1920 and he crossed racial boundaries as a teacher and coach.
Richard Felix Wallace was an American baseball shortstop and manager in the Negro leagues. He played from 1903 to 1924 with several teams,including the Lincoln Giants and the St. Louis Giants. He was Captain of the St. Louis Giants in 1912. He managed from 1909 to 1921.
Henry William "Harry" Moore was an American baseball utility player in the pre-Negro leagues. He was known as "Harry Moore," "Henry Moore," and even "Mike Moore."
Albert Toney was an American baseball shortstop in the pre-Negro leagues. He played most seasons for Chicago teams such as Chicago Union Giants,Leland Giants,and Chicago Giants.
Clarence Lester "Dude" Lytle was an American baseball pitcher in the pre-Negro leagues. He played from 1901 to 1911 with various teams. He played mostly with the Chicago Union Giants.
William Holland was a Negro leagues pitcher and infielder for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.
Frank "Bunch" Davis was a shortstop in the Negro leagues. He played for several different teams,including the Chicago Union Giants,St. Paul Colored Gophers,and Minneapolis Keystones.
Sherman "Bucky" Barton was an Outfielder in the Negro leagues.
John Barton Davis was a Negro leagues pitcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.
George H. Taylor was an American baseball first baseman and manager in the pre-Negro leagues.
Willis Jones was an American baseball outfielder and manager in the pre-Negro leagues.
