Negro “Minor” League Teams
The following listing does not represent every Negro “Minor” League or every Negro “Minor”
League team. Our research is on going and we are adding new leagues and teams to this listing.
Team
League (s)
Years
Albany Giants
Negro Southern League
1926
Ashville Blues
Negro Southern League
Negro American Association
1945-1947
1948
Atlanta Black Crackers
Negro Southern League
1920-1921, 1926, 1945-1947, 1950
Negro American Association 1948-1949
Atlanta Braves
Negro Southern League
Austin Black Senators
Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League
Baltimore Grays
Negro Major League
1942
Baltimore Black Orioles
Negro Major League
1942
Baltimore Panthers
Negro American Association
1948
Bessemer Stars
Negro Southern League
1921
Birmingham Black Barons
Negro Southern League
1920-1922, 1926, 1931, 1934
Birmingham Black Eagles
Negro Southern League
1951
Boston Blues
United States League
1945
Boston Royal Giants
Negro Major League
1942
Brooklyn Brown Dodgers
United States League
1945-1946
Brooklyn Royal Giants
Negro Major League
1942
Charlotte Black Hornets
Negro Carolina League
1947
Chattanooga Black Lookouts
Negro Southern League
1920-1922 and 1931
Chattanooga Choo Choos
Negro Southern League
1945, 1947 and 1950
Chattanooga White Sox
Negro Southern League
1926
Chicago Brown Bombers
Negro Major League
1942
Chicago Brown Bombers
United States League
United States League
1945
1946 (Associate Member)
1951
1929
Cincinnati Clowns
Negro Major League
1942
Cincinnati Crescents
United States League
1946 (Associate Member)
Cincinnati Tigers
Negro Southern League
1934
Cleveland Clippers
United States League
1945
Coffeyville
Western League of Colored Baseball Clubs
Dallas
Texas Colored League
Dallas Giants
Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League
1929
Texas-Louisiana League
1930-1931
Danville All Stars
Negro Carolina League
Negro American Association
1947
1948
Delta Giants
Negro Southern League
1950
Detroit Motor City Giants
United States League
1945-1946
Durham Eagles
Negro Carolina League
Negro American Association
1947
1948
Evansville Braves
Negro Southern League
1951
Fort Worth
Texas Colored League
1914
Fort Worth Black Cats
Texas-Louisiana League
1931
Fort Worth Black Panthers
Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League
Fresno-San Diego Tigers
West Coast Negro Baseball Association 1946
Gadsen (AL)
Negro Southern League
1921
Gadsen Tigers
Negro Southern League
1950
Galveston
Texas-Louisiana League
1931
Greensboro Red Wings
Negro Carolina League
Negro American Association
1947
1948-1949
Harrisburg Giants
Negro Eastern League
1954-1955
Homestead Grays
Negro American Association
1949
Houston Black Buffaloes
Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League
1929
Texas-Louisiana League
1930-1931
1914
1929
1922
Independence (MO)
Western League of Colored Baseball Clubs
1922
Jacksonville
Negro American Association
1948
Jackson Cubs
Negro Southern League
1951
Jacksonville Eagles
Negro Southern League
1946-1947
Jacksonville Stars
Negro Southern League
1920
Kansas City
Western League of Colored Baseball Clubs
Knoxville Giants
Negro Southern League
1920-1922, 1931 and 1946
Knoxville Grays (Black Sox)
Negro Southern League
1945
Little Rock Grays
Negro Southern League
1945
Los Angeles White Sox
West Coast Negro Baseball Association 1946
Louisville
Negro Southern League
1920 and 1922
Louisville Black Colonels
United States League
1946 (Associate Member)
Louisville Caps
Negro Southern League
1934
Louisville-Nashville Cubs
Negro Southern League
1950
Monroe Monarchs
Negro Southern League
1934
Memphis Blues
Negro Southern League
1947
Memphis Red Caps
Negro Southern League
1950
Memphis Red Sox
Negro Southern League
1920-1922, 1926 and 1934
Memphis Giants
Negro Southern League
1931
1922
Minneapolis-St. Paul Gophers Negro Major League
1942
Mobile Black Bears
Negro Southern League
1945
Mobile Black Shippers
Negro Southern League
1951
Monroe Monarchs
Texas-Louisiana League
Negro Southern League
1931
1934
Montgomery Grey Sox
Negro Southern League
1920-1922, 1926, 1931
Nashville Black Vols
Negro Southern League
1945
Nashville Cubs
Negro Southern League
Negro American Association
1946-1947 and 1951
1948
Nashville Elite Giants
Negro Southern League
1926 and 1931
Nashville White Sox
Newark Buffaloes
Negro Southern League
United States League
1920-1922
1946 (Associate Member)
New Orleans Black Creoles
Negro Southern League
1947 and 1951
New Orleans Black Pelicans
Negro Southern League
Texas-Louisiana League
1926, 1945 and 1950
1930-1931
New Orleans Caulfied Ads
Negro Southern League
1920-1922
New Orleans Crescent Stars
Negro Southern League
1934
Norfolk-Newport News
Negro American Association
1948
Norfolk Royals
Negro Carolina League
1947
Oakland Oaks
West Coast Negro Baseball Association 1946
Oklahoma City Black Indians
Western League of Colored Baseball Clubs
Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League
1929
1922
Omaha
Western League of Colored Baseball Clubs
1922
Orangeburg (SC)
Negro American Association
1948
Owensboro Dodgers
Negro Southern League
1950
Paris
Texas Colored League
1914
Pensacola Giants
Negro Southern League
1920
Philadelphia Hilldales
United States League
1945
Pittsburg Crawfords
United States League
1945-1946
Port Arthur Black Panthers
Texas-Louisiana League
1930
Portland Rosebuds
West Coast Negro Baseball Association 1946
Raleigh Tigers
Negro Carolina League
Negro American Association
1947
1948-1949
Richmond Giants
Negro Carolina League
Negro American Association
1947
1948-1949
San Antonio Black Indians
Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League
1929
Texas-Louisiana League
1930-1931
San Francisco Sea Lions
West Coast Negro Baseball Association 1946
Seattle Steelheads
West Coast Negro Baseball Association 1946
Shreveport
Texas Colored League
Shreveport Black Sports
Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League
1929
Texas-Louisiana League
1930-1931
Shreveport-Raleigh Tigers
Negro Southern League
St. Joseph
Western League of Colored Baseball Clubs
St. Louis Stars
United States League
1945 (Associate Member)
Toledo Cubs
United States League
1946
Toledo Rays
United States League
1945
Trenton Stars
United States League
1946 (Associate Member)
Topeka
Western League of Colored Baseball Clubs
1922
Tulsa
Western League of Colored Baseball Clubs
1922
Tulsa Black Oilers
Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League
Waco
Texas Colored League
Waco Black Cardinals
Texas-Louisiana League
Wichita
Western League of Colored Baseball Clubs
Wichita Falls
Texas Colored League
Wichita Falls Black Spudders
Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League
Winston-Salem Pond Giants
Negro Carolina League
Negro American Association
1914
1947
1922
1929
1914
1930
1914
1929
1947
1948-1949
1922