
August 16, 1922: Chicago American Giants outlast New York Bacharach Giants in 20-inning pitchers’ duel
Harold Treadwell wasn’t the best pitcher on the 1922 New York…

October 18, 1925: Oscar Charleston’s Lincoln Giants fall to Lou Gehrig and the Bronx Giants in an avalanche of runs
For the two major-league baseball teams that called the Bronx…

October 14, 1928: Baltimore Black Sox beat Lefty Grove and all-star team
Future Hall of Famer Lefty Grove was coming off a 1928 season…

October 3, 1926: Red Grier throws a no-hitter in Negro League World Series
Red Grier wouldn’t have had the chance to pitch one of the…

September 19, 1932: Play ball at midnight: Grays, Crawfords duck the blue laws in Pittsburgh
The 1932 baseball season in Pittsburgh saw a strong challenge…

July 25, 1932: Lights at Griffith Stadium: Negro League Washington Pilots host city’s first night game
“Night baseball will never happen in Washington,” said Clark…

July 8, 1932: Satchel Paige throws first recorded no-hitter of his professional career
No other player in the history of the Negro Leagues is as mythicized…

September 9-17, 1922: Turkey Stearnes and Memphis Red Sox defeat Dallas Black Giants in Dixie Series
In September 1922, the Memphis Red Sox of the Negro Southern…

July 26, 1922: Nip Winters tosses no-hitter as Bacharach Giants teach Indianapolis ABCs a lesson
The name Jesse “Nip” Winters is unlikely to appear in a casual…

October 10, 1921: Cardinals barnstormers blow out St. Louis Giants in exhibition series finale
For at least a decade, Black baseball fans in the Gateway City…

October 9, 1921: Cardinals barnstormers smash St. Louis Giants in doubleheader sweep
While the Giants and Yankees played Game Four of the 1921 World…

July 5, 1930: Black baseball comes to Yankee Stadium on behalf of the Pullman Porters
Yankee Stadium had been open for seven seasons when the summer…

October 4, 1921: Oscar Charleston and Charlie Blackwell bash the Cardinals’ barnstormers in Game 2
The series was billed as a clash between the “recognized strongest…

October 4, 1921: Speed and power propel Chicago American Giants past Hilldale in Game 1
After the Negro Leagues ended their regular seasons, October…

October 3, 1921: A Negro League team plays in Sportsman’s Park for the first time
It was a groundbreaking event in White major-league baseball’s…

September 5, 1921: Hilldale’s Phil Cockrell tosses no-hitter against Detroit Stars
Phil Cockrell, raved the Philadelphia Inquirer, “drew transportation…

July 25, 1921: Monarchs’ Bullet Rogan hits 2-run homer in 9th-inning comeback over Detroit Stars
The 2021 All-Star Game shined a national spotlight on the Los…

October 8, 1927: Red Farrell of Bacharach Giants tosses the second Negro League World Series no-hitter
In the 1926 Negro World Series, pitcher Claude “Red” Grier…

July 31, 1921: Atlantic City Bacharach Giants pound the Indianapolis ABCs at Ebbets Field
Sunday games were the big games for Negro League teams, when…

September 10, 1933: The Game of Games: Negro Leagues stage first all-star game at Comiskey Park
"The East-West Game became the spirit and life of Negro League…

August 26, 1934: The Hottest Show in Town: Satchel Paige mows ’em down in Negro Leagues all-star game
The summer of 1934 was a scorcher in Chicago. It was one of the…

July 16, 1921: Cristóbal Torriente, Chicago American Giants knock the starch out of ‘Iron Man’ McGinnity
1921 Chicago American Giants team with manager Rube Foster…

September 7, 1929: Havana’s Luis E. Tiant knocked out in Baltimore exhibition game
The Havana Red Sox baseball team arrived in Miami in March of…

August 3, 1924: Cyclone Joe Williams leads Royal Giants to victory
Four thousand fans arrived at Maryland Park on Sunday, August…