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