Negro Leagues – Society for American Baseball Research

October 3, 1867: “The First Colored Baseball Championship”

September 3, 1869: Inter-racial baseball in Philadelphia

July 14, 1887: The color line is drawn in baseball

August 16, 1889: Integrated baseball in Pennsylvania: Cuban Giants defeat Lebanon Grays

April 18, 1890: Amateur John Lyston wins Atlantic League tuneup against Gorhams

September 1-3, 1904: Philadelphia Giants defeat Cuban X-Giants in championship series

Luis Bustamante (Courtesy of Stephen V. Rice)

June 14-17, 1907: Luis Bustamante and the Cuban Stars visit northern Ohio

WickwareFrank

October 5, 1913: Frank Wickware wins barnstorming battle between the Big Train and ‘Black Walter Johnson’

August 27, 1916: Chicago American Giants defeat Indianapolis ABCs on close play at the plate

Tinti Molina (Trading Card DB)

May 9, 1920: The first all-Latino lineup in major-league baseball

Bullet Rogan (TRADING CARD DB)

August 1, 1920: Bullet Rogan pitches and bats Kansas City Monarchs over Chicago American Giants in front of record crowd

Cristóbal Torriente (TRADING CARD DB)

October 17, 1920: American Giants barely avoid no-hitter and win ‘Little World Series’

Rube Foster (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 31, 1920: Chicago American Giants end historic season with loss to Jack Quinn-led Normals

José Leblanc (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

April 24, 1921: Cincinnati’s José Leblanc outduels Jim Jeffries, blanks Indianapolis ABCs in exhibition

Sol White (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

April 30, 1921: Chicago Giants defeat Columbus Buckeyes in Negro National League debut

Joe Green (SEAMHEADS.COM)

May 1, 1921: Darkness halts Chicago Giants, Columbus Buckeyes after 11 innings

Dave Brown (SEAMHEADS.COM)

May 7, 1921: Chicago’s Dave Brown outduels Monarchs’ Rube Curry on Opening Day

May 7, 1921: Detroit Stars and Bacharach Giants hit the long ball

May 9, 1921: Indianapolis ABCs pitcher Jim Jeffries fires 3-hit shutout to beat Columbus

John Beckwith (TRADING CARD DB)

May 22, 1921: Chicago Giants’ John Beckwith hits first home run over fence at Redland Field in Cincinnati

June 6, 1921: Bill Gatewood of Detroit Stars throws Negro National League’s first no-hitter

Bullet Rogan (TRADING CARD DB)

June 12, 1921: Monarchs’ Bullet Rogan bests Cincinnati’s José Leblanc in battle of Negro League aces

Dicta Johnson (CHICAGO WHIP, JUNE 11, 1921)

June 13, 1921: Unearned run spoils Dicta Johnson’s gem as Chicago American Giants edge Indianapolis ABCs in 10th

Cristóbal Torriente (TRADING CARD DB)

June 19, 1921: Cristóbal Torriente’s triple leads American Giants over intra-city rivals