Pittsburgh Keystones

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The Pittsburgh Keystones were members of the first black baseball league, the League of Colored Baseball Clubs in 1887, but the league only lasted a week. In 1922 another team from Pittsburgh, PA used the name when playing in the Negro National League and went 16-21. 1B Jess Barbour led the club with a .391 mark.

Sources: The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues by John Holway, The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues by James Riley

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