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Chicago American Giants

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The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team, owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Foster. [1]

40 relations: Bacharach Giants, Bruce Petway, Bush Stadium, Chicago, Chicago Columbia Giants, Chicago Giants, Chicago Unions, Chicago White Sox, Comiskey Park, Dave Malarcher, Detroit Stars, Frank Dyll, Frank Leland, Frank Wickware, Home Run Johnson, Indianapolis, Inside baseball (strategy), J. B. Martin, John Henry Lloyd, Kansas City Monarchs, Leland Giants, Lou Chirban, Lou Clarizio, Major League Baseball, Negro American League, Negro league baseball, Negro National League (1920–31), Negro National League (1933–48), Negro Southern League (1920–36), Negro World Series, Pete Hill, Philadelphia Stars (baseball), Pittsburgh Crawfords, Player-coach, Rube Foster, South Side Park, Stanley Miarka, Ted Radcliffe, 1926 Colored World Series, 1927 Colored World Series.

Bacharach Giants

The Bacharach Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Bruce Petway

Bruce Franklin Petway (born Nashville, Tennessee in December 23, 1885 - died Chicago, Illinois in July 4, 1941) was a Negro League catcher in the early 20th century who came to be known as having one of the best throwing arms in the league.

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Bush Stadium

Owen J. Bush Stadium was a former baseball stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Columbia Giants

The Columbia Giants were a professional, black baseball team based in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, prior to the Negro leagues.

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Chicago Giants

The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro leagues.

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Chicago Unions

The Chicago Unions were a professional, black baseball team that played in the late 19th century, prior to the formation of the Negro leagues.

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Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Comiskey Park

Comiskey Park was a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square community on the near-southwest side of the city.

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Dave Malarcher

David "Gentleman Dave" Julius Malarcher (October 18, 1894 – May 11, 1982) was an American third baseman in Negro league baseball.

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Detroit Stars

The Detroit Stars were an American baseball team in the Negro leagues and played at historic Mack Park.

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Frank Dyll

Frank Dyll was one of the five white professional baseball players to be the first to join the Negro American League.

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Frank Leland

Frank C. Leland (1869 – November 14, 1914) was an African-American baseball player, field manager and club owner in the Negro Leagues.

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Frank Wickware

Frank Wickware (March 8, 1888 in Coffeyville, Kansas – November 2, 1967 in Schenectady, New York) was a baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues from 1909 to 1925.

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Home Run Johnson

Grant U. "Home Run" Johnson (September 23, 1872 – September 4, 1963) was an American shortstop and second baseman in baseball's Negro Leagues.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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Inside baseball (strategy)

Inside baseball is a strategy in baseball developed by the 19th-century Baltimore Orioles team and promoted by John McGraw.

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J. B. Martin

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John Henry Lloyd

John Henry "Pop" Lloyd (April 25, 1884 – March 19, 1964), nicknamed "El Cuchara", was an American baseball shortstop and manager in the Negro leagues.

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Kansas City Monarchs

The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro Leagues.

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Leland Giants

The Leland Giants, originally the Chicago Union Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century.

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Lou Chirban

Lou Chirban (born 1932 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Greek American former professional baseball player.

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Lou Clarizio

Lou Clarizio was one of the six white professional baseball players signed to play in the Negro Leagues, the second ever signed.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Negro American League

The Negro American League was one of the several Negro leagues created during the time organized American baseball was segregated.

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Negro league baseball

The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans.

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Negro National League (1920–31)

The Negro National League (NNL) was one of the several Negro leagues which were established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated.

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Negro National League (1933–48)

The second Negro National League was one of the several Negro leagues created during the time organized baseball was segregated.

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Negro Southern League (1920–36)

The Negro Southern League (NSL) was one of the several Negro baseball leagues created during the time organized baseball was segregated.

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Negro World Series

The Negro World Series was a post-season baseball tournament that was held from 1924 to 1927 and from 1942 to 1948 between the champions of the Negro leagues, matching the mid-western winners against their east-coast counterparts.

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Pete Hill

John Preston "Pete" Hill (October 12, 1882 – December 19, 1951) was an American outfielder and manager in baseball's Negro leagues from 1899 to 1925.

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Philadelphia Stars (baseball)

The Philadelphia Stars were a Negro league baseball team from Philadelphia.

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Pittsburgh Crawfords

The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Player-coach

A player-coach (also playing coach, captain-coach, or player-manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties.

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Rube Foster

Andrew "Rube" Foster (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues.

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South Side Park

South Side Park was the name used for three different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois, at different times, and whose sites were all just a few blocks away from each other.

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Stanley Miarka

Stanley V. Miarka (born February 8, 1932, Died May 21, 2001) was one of the five white professional baseball players to be the first to join the Negro American League.

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Ted Radcliffe

Theodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" Radcliffe (July 7, 1902 &ndash) was a professional baseball player in the Negro leagues.

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1926 Colored World Series

In the 1926 Colored World Series, the Chicago American Giants, champions of the Negro National League (1920–1931), beat the Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, New Jersey, champions of the Eastern Colored League, five games to four.

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1927 Colored World Series

In the 1927 Colored World Series, the Chicago American Giants, champions of the Negro National League (1920–1931), beat the Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, New Jersey, champions of the Eastern Colored League, five games to three.

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Cole's American Giants, Coles American Giants, Indianapolis American Giants.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_American_Giants

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