Negro Leagues – Page 3 – Society for American Baseball Research

Luther "Red" Farrell (SEAMHEADS.COM)

October 8, 1927: Red Farrell of Bacharach Giants tosses the second Negro League World Series no-hitter

Biz Mackey (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 14, 1928: Baltimore Black Sox beat Lefty Grove and all-star team

September 7, 1929: Havana’s Luis E. Tiant knocked out in Baltimore exhibition game

July 5, 1930: Black baseball comes to Yankee Stadium on behalf of the Pullman Porters

Satchel Paige (TRADING CARD DB)

July 8, 1932: Satchel Paige throws first recorded no-hitter of his professional career

Frank Warfield (TRADING CARD DB)

July 25, 1932: Lights at Griffith Stadium: Negro League Washington Pilots host city’s first night game

Cumberland Posey (TRADING CARD DB)

September 19, 1932: Play ball at midnight: Grays, Crawfords duck the blue laws in Pittsburgh

Mule Suttles (TRADING CARD DB)

September 10, 1933: The Game of Games: Negro Leagues stage first all-star game at Comiskey Park

August 26, 1934: The Hottest Show in Town: Satchel Paige mows ’em down in Negro Leagues all-star game

Slim Jones (TRADING CARD DB)

September 9, 1934: Satchel Paige and Slim Jones throw head-to-head pitching gems at Yankee Stadium

September 11-October 2, 1934: Philadelphia Stars win first and only Negro National League championship

Courtesy of the Center for Negro League Baseball Research

October 16, 1934: Philadelphia Stars defeat Dizzy and Daffy all-stars in double bill

May 5, 1935: Satchel Paige loses North Dakota’s semipro season opener

May 18, 1935: Negro League Brooklyn Eagles play inaugural home opener at Ebbets Field

Satchel Paige (THE RUCKER ARCHIVE)

June 6, 1935: Satchel Paige strikes out 17 for Bismarck in exhibition against Monarchs in Winnipeg

Mule Suttles (TRADING CARD DB)

August 11, 1935: The Mule Kicks the Maestro in Negro Leagues all-star game

Terris McDuffie

September 11, 1935: Lights go on at Ebbets Field for Brooklyn Eagles

From left, Leroy Matlock, Oscar Charleston, boxer John Henry Lewis, Satchel Paige, and Josh Gibson pose in front of the team bus at Greenlee Field in Pittsburgh. (NOIRTECH RESEARCH, INC.)

September 13-20, 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords rally from 3-1 deficit to beat New York Cubans in Negro League World Series

1934 Pittsburgh Crawfords pitchers, from left: Satchel Paige, Leroy Matlock, William Bell, Harry Kincannon, Sam Streeter, and Bertrum Hunter. All were expected to return in 1935, but Paige held out and Bell joined the Brooklyn Eagles in midseason. (CENTER FOR NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL RESEARCH)

September 22, 1935: Satchel Paige takes the money but not the mound at Yankee Stadium

May 3, 1936: Satchel Paige and the Pittsburgh Crawfords visit Zanesville, Ohio

July 6, 1938: Braves Field hosts an integrated baseball game

August 6, 1939: Late home runs lift West to win in Negro League all-star game

The 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants, edited by Frederick C. Bush, Thomas Kern, and Bill Nowlin

September 6-10, 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants top Newark Eagles in Negro National League playoffs

Baltimore Elite Giants pitchers at Oriole Park V, 1940. L to R: Emery Adams, Satchel Davis, Eddie Dixon, Woody Williams, Willie Hubert, and Bill Barnes. (Courtesy of David Stinson and Bernard McKenna)

September 16-24, 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants defeat Homestead Grays in five-game championship series