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BIRMINGHAM BLACK BARONS
1924 - 1925, 1927 - 1930Rickwood Field
CHICAGO AMERICAN GIANTS
1920 - 1931South Side Park (III)
CLEVELAND CUBS
1931Tate Park
1931Hardware Field
1930Wilson Park (Nashville Elite Giants)
CLEVELAND BROWNS
1924Tate Park
CLEVELAND ELITES
1926Tate Park
CLEVELAND HORNETS
1927Tate Park
1920 - 1926Greenlawn Park (Indianapolis ABCs)
CLEVELAND TATE STARS
1922Tate Park
CLEVELAND TIGERS
1928Luna Bowl
CUBAN STARS
1922 - 1930no home games
1920 - 1921Crosley Field (Cincinnati)
COLUMBUS BUCKEYES
1921Neil Park
1920Ducks Park (Dayton Marcos)
DAYTON MARCOS
1926Ducks Park
DETROIT STARS
1930 - 1931Hamtramck Stadium (Hamtramck, MI)
1920 - 1929Mack Park
INDIANAPOLIS ABCs
1931Greenlawn Park
KANSAS CITY MONARCHS
1923 - 1927, 1929 - 1930Municipal Stadium
1920 - 1922Association Park (II)
LOUISVILLE WHITE SOX
1931Parkway Field
MEMPHIS RED SOX
1924 - 1925, 1927. 1929 - 1930Martin Park
MILWAUKEE BEARS
1923Borchert Field
PITTSBURGH KEYSTONES
1922Ammon Field
ST. LOUIS GIANTS / STARS
1922 - 1931Stars Park
1920 - 1922Giants Park
1920 - 1921South Side Park (III) (Chicago Giants)
TOLEDO TIGERS
1923Swayne Field

In 1920, Chicago American Giants owner Rube Foster met with other owners of independent black baseball teams at the Paseo YMCA in Kansas City, MO and formed the first black baseball league to survive a full season, the Negro National League. Their motto "We Are the Ship. All else the Sea." symbolized their relationship with Major League Baseball. Most of the teams were located around the midwest. When Foster fell ill in 1928 he left the League leaderless. In 1931, with the onset of the depression and trying to survive with no leader, the League broke up.

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