List of minor Negro league baseball teams

This list of minor Negro league baseball teams consists of teams that played in the various minor Negro baseball leagues, as well as the independent teams, teams that played in proto-leagues and teams that played after integration.
In Negro league baseball, organized major league play began in 1920, however informal "proto" leagues arose in the 1880s. Most teams up to about 1920 were able to survive, and even profit, by barnstorming small towns and playing local semi-pro teams. After 1920, most teams found financial security by forming leagues, but it was common for teams each season to play as many games outside of the league's schedule. Generally, leagues in the north were major while leagues in the south were minor.
With the integration of Organized Baseball beginning 1946, Negro leagues lost elite players to white leagues causing former major Negro leagues to slip to minor league status, and historians do not consider any Negro league "major" after 1950. By default, leagues established after integration are considered minor league, as is the one of two 1940s majors that continued after 1950. Also at this time, Negro leagues began to appear in the west.
Below are some of the better-documented leagues:
;Proto-leagues

;Minor leagues

Texas Colored League/Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League/Texas–Louisiana Negro League, 1919–1931
Negro Southern League (I), 1920–1936 –
Negro Southeastern League, 1921
Interstate League, 1926 and 1940
Tri State League, 1935
Negro American Association, 1939 and 1948–1949
Negro Major League, 1942

;Post-integration

Negro Southern League (II), 1945–1951
United States League, 1945–1946
West Coast Negro Baseball Association, 1946
East Texas Negro League, 1946
Negro Texas League, 1949
Negro American League, 1951–1960 –
Arkansas–Louisiana–Texas League, 1951
Eastern Negro League, 1954
Negro National Baseball Association, 1954

Below is the list of minor Negro league teams. Teams in bold are considered to have been of major league caliber for at least one season of their existence. Other teams included in this list were either a semi-pro, barnstorming or traveling team and not necessarily a member of a league.

Colorado

Georgia

Kentucky

Michigan

New York

Pennsylvania

Team	1st Yr	Last Yr	Affiliation	Notes	Ref
Active Club of Philadelphia	1800s
Anchor Giants	early 1900s
Bacharach Giants	1931	1942	Independent NNL2 Independent	Based in Philadelphia
Harrisburg Giants	1922	1927	Independent ECL
Harrisburg Monrovians
Hilldale Club	1916	1932	Independent ECL ANL Independent EWL	Also known as Hilldale Daisies, Darby Daisies Based near Philadelphia
Homestead Grays club Homestead Grays Washington Homestead Grays Washington Grays			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
Philadelphia Pythians	1867	1887	Independent NCBBL
Philadelphia Giants	1902	1916	Independent IL NA Independent
Philadelphia Stars	1933	1952	Independent NNL2 NAL
Pittsburgh Crawfords club Pittsburgh Crawfords Toledo Crawfords Indianapolis Crawfords	1931	1940	Independent NNL2 NAL
Pittsburgh Keystones (I)	1887	1887	NCBBL