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Negro National League (1920–1931)

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From 1920 through 1924, the team in first place at the end of the season was declared the Pennant winner. Due to the unorthodox nature of the schedule (and little incentive to enforce it), some teams frequently played many more games than others did in any given season. This led to some disputed
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The NNL survived controversies over umpiring, scheduling, and what some perceived as league president Rube Foster's disproportionate influence and favoritism toward his own team. It also outlasted Foster's decline into mental illness in 1926, and its eastern rival, the ECL, which folded in early
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From 1925 through 1931, the NNL split the season into two halves. The winner of the first half played the winner of the second half for the league Pennant. As mentioned above, disputes also occurred in the split season finishes. 1929 and 1931 saw Kansas City win both halves.
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1920: Formation of NNL consisting of 8 teams – Chicago American Giants, Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs, Indianapolis ABCs, St. Louis Giants, Cuban Stars, Dayton Marcos and Chicago Giants.
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of Atlantic City, were affiliated with the NNL as associate clubs from 1920 to 1922, but did not compete for the championship. In 1923 they and four other eastern teams formed the
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To distinguish between the two unrelated leagues, they are usually referred to as the first Negro National League (NNL I) and the second Negro National League (NNL II).
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1931: Dropped Memphis Red Sox, Birmingham Black Barons, Cuban Stars; Added Louisville White Sox, (new) Indianapolis ABCs. League fell apart before season end.
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championships and two teams claiming the title. The 1931 season did not finish all games, which meant that while St. Louis was awarded the title, non-member
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1924: Dropped Toledo Tigers, Milwaukee Bears, Indianapolis ABCs (mid-season); Added Cleveland Browns, Birmingham Black Barons, Memphis Red Sox (mid-season).
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For the duration of the league, a Colored World Series took place four times, from 1924 through 1927. The NNL Pennant winner met the champion of the rival
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The new league was the first African-American baseball circuit to achieve stability and last more than one season. At first the league operated mainly in
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in 1924. The war between the two leagues came to an end in 1924, when they agreed to respect each other's contracts and arranged for the
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1923: Dropped Cleveland Tate Stars (mid-season), Pittsburgh Keystones; Added Toledo Tigers (mid-season), Milwaukee Bears.
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1926: Dropped Memphis Red Sox, Birmingham Black Barons; Added Cleveland Elites, re-added Dayton Marcos.
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1927: Dropped Dayton Marcos, Indianapolis ABCs; Re-added Birmingham Black Barons, Memphis Red Sox.
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1922: Dropped Columbus Buckeyes, Chicago Giants; Added Cleveland Tate Stars, Pittsburgh Keystones.
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disputed their status as champion. From 1924 to 1927, the pennant champion went to play in the
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Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the Negro National League. Years as an
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National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba (1907–1909)
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The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History
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1928. The NNL finally fell apart in 1931 under the economic stress of the
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that were established during the period in the United States when
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was organized in 1933, but eventually became concentrated on the
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1925: Dropped Cleveland Browns; Re-added Indianapolis ABCs.
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Index

Negro National League (1920-1931)
Negro National League (1933–1948)
Negro league baseball
Rube Foster
United States
Chicago American Giants
Negro leagues
organized baseball was segregated
Rube Foster

Rube Foster
Chicago American Giants
Kansas City
YMCA
Cary B. Lewis
Indianapolis Ledger
Indianapolis Freeman
midwestern
Pittsburgh
south
Birmingham, Alabama
Memphis, Tennessee
Hilldale Club
Darby, Pennsylvania
Bacharach Giants
Eastern Colored League
John Henry Lloyd
Biz Mackey
George Scales
George Carr

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