List of major Negro league baseball teams


This list of major Negro league baseball teams consists of teams that played in the seven major Negro baseball leagues. For a league to be considered "major," there were usually two top-tier leagues at a time: one representing the northeastern states – known as the "East", and one representing the north-central states – known as the "West". Formal leagues were organized in 1920.
In December 2020, 75 years and one month after Jackie Robinson signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Major League Baseball announced they were finally recognizing these seven major leagues on par with other major leagues.
The following teams played at least one partial season in one of the major Negro leagues. Some teams also played as either a barnstorming team, a minor league team or a team that existed after the integration of Major League Baseball when the talent level declined dramatically.

District of Columbia

Indiana

Michigan

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Team1st YrLast YrAffiliationNotesRef
Harrisburg Giants19221927Independent
ECL
Harrisburg–St. Louis Stars
19431943NNL2
  • Played all home games in Harrisburg; none in St. Louis
  • Disbanded mid-season 1943
Bacharach Giants 19311942Independent NNL2
Independent
  • Based in Philadelphia
Hilldale Club19161932Independent ECL
ANL
Independent
EWL
  • Also known as Hilldale Daisies, Darby Daisies
  • Based near Philadelphia
Philadelphia Stars19331952Independent NNL2
NAL
Philadelphia Tigers19281928ECL
Homestead Grays club
Independent ANL
Independent
EWL
Independent
NNL2
Independent
  • Based near Pittsburgh
  • Started to split home games with Washington, D.C. 1939
  • Sparingly used Pittsburgh as home field after
Pittsburgh Crawfords club
  • Pittsburgh Crawfords
  • Toledo Crawfords
  • Indianapolis Crawfords
    		• 19311940Independent NNL2
    NAL
    Pittsburgh Keystones (II)19211922NNL1