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