Andrew "Rube" Foster was an American baseball player,manager,and executive in the Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams 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 1920 that are sometimes termed "Negro Major Leagues".
John Preston "Pete" Hill was an American outfielder and manager in baseball's Negro leagues from 1899 to 1925. He played for the Philadelphia Giants,Leland Giants,Chicago American Giants,Detroit Stars,Milwaukee Bears,and Baltimore Black Sox. Hill starred for teams owned by Negro league executive Rube Foster for much of his playing career.
Marcus Elmore Baldwin,nicknamed "Fido" and "Baldy",was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). In 346 career games,he pitched to a 154–165 win–loss record with 295 complete games. Baldwin set the single-season MLB wild pitches record with 83 that still stands today.
The Leland Giants,originally the Chicago Union Giants,were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century. The team was formed via a merge of the Chicago Unions and the Chicago Columbia Giants in 1901,and then split in 1910 to form the Chicago Giants and what would become known as the Chicago American Giants. The team was named after its owner and manager,Frank Leland.
Frank C. Leland was an American baseball player,field manager and club owner in the Negro leagues.
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."
William Stitt Peters was an American baseball,player,manager,and owner who played in predecessor teams to the Negro leagues. Peters played first base and managed the Chicago Unions from 1887 to 1900. After owner Frank Leland moved many of the team's players to the Chicago Union Giants,Peters formed his owned team,the Peters Union Giants. He ran the club until 1923.
Henry William Moore was an American baseball utility player in the pre-Negro leagues. He was known as "Harry Moore," "Henry Moore," or "Mike Moore."
Charles Albert "Joe" Green was an American baseball outfielder and manager in the pre-Negro leagues and the beginning of the Negro National League.
Harry Hyde was a Negro leagues pitcher and Infielder for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. He played several years with Frank Leland and his Chicago Union Giants,playing with Dangerfield Talbert,Rube Foster,Chappie Johnson,Walter Ball,William Binga,and Charles "Joe" Green.
George Hopkins was an American baseball pitcher and second baseman in the pre-Negro leagues. He played many seasons for the Chicago Unions,and for Iowa's Algona Brownies and Minnesota's Minneapolis Keystones.
William Holland was a Negro leagues pitcher and infielder for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.
William T. "Big Bill" Smith was a Negro leagues catcher and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. He played for several teams,most of the seasons appear to be played for the Chicago Unions,Brooklyn Royal Giants and Cuban Giants.
William Lindsay,nicknamed the "Kansas Cyclone" and "Lightning",was a Negro leagues pitcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.
Willis Jones was an American baseball outfielder and manager in the pre-Negro leagues.
Dell Richard Matthews was a Negro leagues pitcher for a few years before the founding of the first Negro National League.
The Kansas City Blues was the primary moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Kansas City,Missouri between 1885 and 1901. The Kansas City minor league teams played as members of the Class A level Western League in 1885 and 1887,the Western Association in 1888,1890 and 1891,Western League in 1892,Western Association in 1893 and Western League from 1894 to 1899. The Blues transitioned to the American League in 1900,a year before the league became a major league,before returning to the Western League in 1901. The American League Blues evolved into today's Minnesota Twins. The minor league team played under the "Cowboys" moniker in 1885,1887 and 1894. The Kansas City Blues/Cowboys played home games at Exposition Park.
The Troy Browns were a minor league baseball team based in Troy,Kansas,In 1895,the Browns played as members of the independent Kansas State League,winning the league championship in their only season of play.
Minor League Baseball teams were based in Portsmouth,Virginia,in various seasons between 1895 and 1968. Early,Portsmouth teams,called the Portsmouth Truckers,Portsmouth Pirates and Portsmouth Browns were Virginia League members based in Portsmouth,playing between 1895 and 1928. The Portsmouth Cubs were affiliates of the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies,playing in the Class B level Piedmont League from 1935 to 1955. The team became the Portsmouth Merrimacs from 1953 to 1955.
