Negro National League (Negro Majors) Encyclopedia and History

League History

Year	Tm
1948	Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
1947	Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
1946	Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
1945	Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
1944	Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
1943	Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
1942	Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
1941	Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
1940	Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
1939	Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
1938	Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Washington Black Senators
1937	Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Washington Elite Giants
1936	Homestead Grays, New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Washington Elite Giants
1935	Brooklyn Eagles, Chicago American Giants, Columbus Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Cubans, Newark Dodgers, Philadelphia Stars, Pittsburgh Crawfords
1934	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, Baltimore Black Sox, Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Red Sox, Nashville Elite Giants, Philadelphia Stars, Pittsburgh Crawfords
1933	Akron Black Tyrites, Baltimore Black Sox, Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Giants, Columbus Blue Birds, Detroit Stars, Homestead Grays, Nashville Elite Giants, Pittsburgh Crawfords
1931	Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Cubs, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs, Louisville White Sox, St. Louis Stars
1930	Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Cuban Stars West, Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, Nashville Elite Giants, St. Louis Stars
1929	Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Cuban Stars West, Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, St. Louis Stars
1928	Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Tigers, Cuban Stars West, Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, St. Louis Stars
1927	Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Hornets, Cuban Stars West, Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, St. Louis Stars
1926	Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Elites, Cuban Stars West, Dayton Marcos, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs, St. Louis Stars
1925	Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Cuban Stars West, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, St. Louis Stars
1924	Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Browns, Cuban Stars West, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, St. Louis Stars
1923	Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Tate Stars, Cuban Stars West, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, Milwaukee Bears, St. Louis Stars, Toledo Tigers
1922	Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Tate Stars, Cuban Stars West, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs, Pittsburgh Keystones, St. Louis Stars
1921	Chicago American Giants, Chicago Giants, Cincinnati Cuban Stars (West), Columbus Buckeyes, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs, St. Louis Giants
1920	Chicago American Giants, Chicago Giants, Cincinnati Cuban Stars (West), Dayton Marcos, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs, St. Louis Giants

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