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1949. The Baltimore Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues from 1920 to 1950. The team was established by Thomas T. Wilson, in Nashville, Tennessee as the semi-pro Nashville Standard Giants on March 26, 1920. The team was renamed the Elite Giants in 1921, and moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1938, where ...
This list of Baltimore Elite Giants seasons compiles games played by the Baltimore Elite Giants. Seasons in which the Elite Giants were league members (or an associate team ), only games that counted in official league standings are included. Seasons in which they had no league membership and played an independent/ barnstorming schedule include ...
The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.570) in Major League Baseball history. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...
The 1949 Baltimore Elite Giants baseball team represented the Baltimore Elite Giants in the Negro American League (NAL) during the 1949 baseball season. The team won the NAL pennant. [1] Hoss Walker and Lennie Pearson were the team's managers. [2] [3] The team's owner, Vernon Green, died of a heart attack in late May 1949. [4]
After a disastrous weekend in a Houston tournament, Texas baseball just got scalded at home by rival Texas A&M. Now comes the Big 12 schedule. Gulp.
Roy Campanella. Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993), nicknamed " Campy ", was an American professional baseball player, primarily as a catcher. The Philadelphia native played in the Negro leagues and Mexican League for nine years before entering the minor leagues in 1946. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 1948 ...
Little League Baseball, a youth program, headquartered in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Pony Baseball, a youth program, headquartered in Washington, Pennsylvania. Roy Hobbs Baseball, an over 30 amateur, adult men's baseball organization, headquartered out of Ft. Myers, FL, with national and international Leagues and Teams.
Throughout the history of Major League Baseball, numerous franchises have moved or become defunct. Many of these franchises played in the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), the two existing major leagues, but other franchises played in one of the eleven major leagues that ultimately went defunct.