
1923-29 Winter Meetings: The Negro Leagues Come East
1923 Eastern Colored League
After the initial success in the…

1924 Winter Meetings: Big Drama in the Big Apple
Introduction and Context
As the American and National Leagues…

1925 Winter Meetings: Different Script, Same Cast
Introduction and Context
Once again the American and National…

1926 Winter Meetings: Changing of the Guard
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
The…

1927 Winter Meetings: A Little on the Drafty Side
Introduction
Deep in the heart of Texas, the National Association…

1928 Winter Meetings: The Draft Mess and Glimpses into the Future
Introduction
The annual baseball winter meetings of 1928 took…

1929 Winter Meetings: Let's All Play by the Same Rules
Introduction
The National Association of Professional Baseball…

1930 Winter Meetings: The Judge and the Mahatma Debate the Chain Store System
Prologue
The American National Leagues each held individual…

1931 Winter Meetings: Baseball Gets a Taste of Depression
As the major-league ownership gathered in Chicago, Illinois from…

1932 Winter Meetings: Wealth of Changes Revitalizes Baseball in Poor Times
Introduction and Context
America was engulfed in the Great…

1933 Winter Meetings: The Sell-Off
Introduction and Context
Some of the best players in baseball…

1934 Winter Meetings: The Reds Go Under the Lights While the Braves Go to the Dogs
The 1934 baseball winter meetings could very easily have just…

1935 Winter Meetings: Inspirational Delegates Churn Cream Into Butter
Introduction and Context
The National Association didn’t…

1936 Winter Meetings: Home Plate and Hurlers
The 1936 Winter Meetings were not the most exciting session.…

1937 Winter Meetings: More Business Than Baseball
Introduction and Context
In 1937, both the National and the…

1938 Winter Meetings: Out of the Hat
Introduction and Context
In 1938, the major leagues returned…

1939 Winter Meetings: Tie Goes To The Commissioner
Introduction and Context
The 1939 baseball winter meetings…

1940 Winter Meetings: Judge Landis' Final Reign
The 1940 major-league winter meetings, held at Chicago's Palmer…

1941 Winter Meetings: War and Uncertainty
Minor-League Winter Meeting
The prospect of war cast a long…

1942 Winter Meetings: Green Light Matters of Manpower and the Military
Introduction
In January 1942, one month after the attack on…

1943 Winter Meetings: War on the Home Front
Introduction and Context
Baseball’s 1943 winter meetings…

1944 Winter Meetings: A New Era Without Landis
Introduction and Context
As World War II seemed to be winding…

1945 Winter Meetings: Resuming Peacetime Baseball
For the first time since 1941, major-league baseball was able…

1946 Winter Meetings: Tranquility and Turbulence
Punctuated by Enos Slaughter’s mad dash around the bases…