american negro league
American Negro League (ANL) 1923-1927
Not to be confused with Negro American League (NAL)
The American Negro League (ANL) was one of the several Negro Leagues established during the period in the United States in which organized professional baseball was segregated.
The ANL operated primarily on the East Coast of the United States and was founded in 1929.
The Eastern Colored League (ECL) was the more recognizable eastern league of two Negro Leagues, operating separately from 1923 through 1927, until its ultimate collapse during the 1928 season.
After the dissolution of the ECL, the very next winter the American Negro League (ANL) was established by five former ECL teams — the Bacharach Giants, the Baltimore Black Sox, the traveling Cuban Stars, Hilldale Club of Darby, Pennsylvania, and the Lincoln Giants of New York —along with the storied Homestead Grays, a now critically important independent club, due to scheduling.
The American Negro League (ANL) operated a split season: first half and second-half schedules with a planned playoff for a pennant in a post-season series between the two winners.
The Baltimore Black Sox, led by player-manager Dick Lundy and Hall of Fame first baseman Jud Wilson, won both halves and they were awarded the pennant without a playoff.
The league did not organize for the 1930 season, and would later fold.
Beside the downward economic spiral, bitter controversy in Baltimore and Philadelphia about the local clubs continued reliance on white baseball umpires, was a fatal blow to the league.
The ANL made a conscientious effort to compile statistics for the league's players.
These were published at season's end in the Pittsburgh Courier.
leagues
Major League Baseball (MLB) 1876
Negro National League (NNL) 1920-1931
Negro National League (NNL) 1920-1931
Major League Baseball is the oldest major professional sports league in the world. Major League Baseball is composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League and the American League.
Negro National League (NNL) 1920-1931
Negro National League (NNL) 1920-1931
Negro National League (NNL) 1920-1931
The Negro National League I was the first of two iterations of the NNL. The NNLI was founded by player/manager, Rube Foster, installing himself as League President and Commissioner.
Negro Southern League (NSL) 1920-1936
Negro National League (NNL) 1920-1931
Eastern Colored League (ECL) 1923-1928
The Negro Southern League (NSL) was a professional baseball league organized as a minor league for player development in service to the Negro National League I in 1920 and lasted until 1936.
Eastern Colored League (ECL) 1923-1928
Eastern Colored League (ECL) 1923-1928
Eastern Colored League (ECL) 1923-1928
The Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Clubs, known as the Eastern Colored League (ECL) was one of the several Negro Leagues, operating during the time organized baseball in the United States was racially segregated.
American Negro League (ANL) 1929
Eastern Colored League (ECL) 1923-1928
American Negro League (ANL) 1929
The American Negro League, (ANL) not to be confused with the Negro American League (NAL) was one of several Negro leagues established during segregation, operating on the East Coast of the United States for one season in 1929.
East-West League (EWL) 1932
Eastern Colored League (ECL) 1923-1928
American Negro League (ANL) 1929
The East–West League was a professional baseball league formed during the period when baseball in the U.S. was segregated. The league was conceived 0f by Cum Posey in 1932. However, it didn't last the full year and folded in June of that year.
Negro National League II (NNLII) 1933-1948
Negro National League II (NNLII) 1933-1948
Negro National League II (NNLII) 1933-1948
The second Negro National League II (NNLII) was founded in 1933 by Gus Greenlee as the second iteration to the former Negro National League I (NNLI), The Negro National League II (NNLII) enjoyed much broader success, lasting until integration.
Negro American League (NAL) 1937-1962
Negro National League II (NNLII) 1933-1948
Negro National League II (NNLII) 1933-1948
The American Negro League, (ANL) not to be confused with the Negro American League (NAL) was one of several Negro leagues established during segregation, operating on the East Coast of the United States for one season in 1929.
Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (1925)
Negro National League II (NNLII) 1933-1948
Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (1925)
The Liga Mexicans de Beisbol is a professional baseball league based in Mexico and the oldest running professional league in the country, with the league has 18 teams organized in two divisions, North and South with member teams participating in 114 games each season.
Federación Cubana de Béisbol
Federación Cubana de Béisbol
Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (1925)
The Federación Cubana de Béisbol is the governing body of the sport of baseball within Cuba. In 2018, a deal was struck between MLB and the Baseball Federation of Cuba, so that cuban baseball players no longer had to defect to play professionally in the United States.
United States League
Federación Cubana de Béisbol
Nippon Professional Baseball
The United States Baseball League (USL), was one of the several leagues created during the time organized baseball was segregated. The league was specifically organized as a minor league by Branch Rickey to serve as a platform for outstanding African American talent.
Nippon Professional Baseball
Federación Cubana de Béisbol
Nippon Professional Baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it's Puro Yakyū, (Professional Baseball). The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the "Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club" (大日本東京野球倶楽部) in Tokyo, founded in 1934.