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top 1 barnstorming years 2 negro league years toggle negro league years subsection 2 1 national league 2 2 southern league 2 3 second national league 2 4 american league 3 baseball hall of fame inductees 4 championships 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents baltimore elite giants add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia negro league baseball team baltimore elite giants logo cap insignia information league independent 1920 1929 negro national league 1930 negro southern league 1931 1932 negro national league 1933 1948 negro american league 1949 1950 location baltimore maryland ballpark sulphur dell 1920 1928 greenwood park 1920 1928 tom wilson park 1929 1934 red bird stadium 1935 griffith stadium 1936 1937 bugle field 1938 1949 oriole park 1938 1944 memorial stadium 1950 westport park 1950 established 1920 disbanded 1950 nicknames nashville standard giants 1920 nashville elite giants 1921 1934 columbus elite giants 1935 washington elite giants 1936 1937 baltimore elite giants 1938 1950 league titles 1939 1949 the baltimore elite giants were a professional baseball team that played in the negro leagues from 1920 to 1950 the team was established by thomas t wilson in nashville tennessee as the semi pro nashville standard giants on march 26 1920 the team was renamed the elite giants in 1921 and moved to baltimore maryland in 1938 where the team remained for the duration of their existence the team and its fans pronounced the word elite as ee light 1 barnstorming years edit for a list of annual win loss records see list of baltimore elite giants seasons the nashville standard giants were formed as a semi professional all negro team in nashville tennessee on march 26 1920 2 the club was chartered by thomas t wilson t clay moore j b boyd marshall garrett walter phillips w h pettis j l overton and r h tabor 2 the team s origins lie in that of two of nashville s local negro amateur baseball teams the nashville maroons formed in 1909 and the elites formed in 1913 2 their home games were played at sulphur dell and greenwood park the african american community s local park 2 the standard giants welcomed any and all competition including white only teams but played independently of any organized leagues until the mid 1920s 2 the team was renamed the nashville elite giants pronounced ee light in 1921 3 that same year they swept the montgomery grey sox of the minor league negro southern league in a four game championship series to win the right to declare themselves the southern colored champions 4 they continued to play independently until joining the negro southern league in 1926 2 nashville completed its first season in the league with a 15 15 500 record 5 in 1929 nashville was granted an associate membership in the negro national league 6 the team finished in eighth last place with a 10 20 333 record 6 that same year wilson built a new ballpark for his team tom wilson park which also served as a spring training site for other negro league teams as well as white only minor league teams such as the southern association s nashville vols 7 babe ruth lou gehrig and roy campanella are known to have played at the park 7 the 8 000 or 4 000 2 seat facility featured a single decked covered grandstand 7 the ballpark was centrally located in nashville s largest black community known as trimble bottom near the convergence of second and forth avenues just north of the fairgrounds 2 negro league years edit national league edit in 1930 the team gained admission into their first organized league the negro national league the elite giants finished in seventh place with a 39 47 record southern league edit the elite giants joined the negro southern league where they played in 1931 and 1932 second national league edit a second incarnation of the negro national league was formed in 1933 where the elite giants played for the following two seasons nashville finished the 1933 season in fifth place with a 29 22 record and tied as winners of the second half of the season with the pittsburgh crawfords nashville lost a three game playoff with pittsburgh for a spot in the league championship game in 1934 the elite giants finished in fourth place with a 20 28 record in 1935 the team moved to columbus ohio and became the columbus elite giants they played only one season in columbus 1935 finishing in fourth place with a 16 17 record in 1936 the team moved to washington d c and became the washington elite giants in their first season they finished in fifth place with a 21 24 record in 1937 the elites finished in third place with a 27 17 record the team moved again in 1938 to baltimore maryland and became the baltimore elite giants in 1939 the elites won the negro national title defeating the homestead grays in 1948 they won the first half but lost the championship to second half winners the homestead grays american league edit in 1949 the negro national league ceased operations and the elite giants joined the negro american league in their first season with the new league baltimore captured the eastern and western division titles earning them a second negro national title in thirteen seasons in baltimore of the eleven which have available standings the elite giants finished in the top three during nine of those seasons in dire financial straits the club played one final season in 1950 before dissolving baseball hall of fame inductees edit for a more comprehensive list see baltimore elite giants all time roster these baltimore elite giants alumni have been inducted to the national baseball hall of fame and museum baltimore elite giants hall of famers inductee position tenure inducted roy campanella c 1937 1945 1969 ray dandridge 3b 2b ss 1933 1987 leon day p 1949 1995 biz mackey c ss 1b 1936 1939 2006 willie wells ss 3b 1946 1997 a number of future major leaguers wore the uniform of the elite giants including hall of famers roy campanella and leon day who played in with the team in the non major league years of 1949 50 also a member of the elite giants were two future national league rookie of the years in junior gilliam 1953 and joe black 1952 each who played with campanella for the brooklyn dodgers the elite giants also added the first known professional baseball player of cape verdean descent joe campini to their roster in 1948 championships edit the elite giants won four negro southern league pennants while based in nashville the nsl was considered a minor league during those years after relocation to baltimore the elite giants won a major negro league pennant in the negro national league four team playoff the fourth place giants beat the 2nd place eagles and the first place grays to win the pennant after integration the giants won a pennant in the negro american league season manager record postseason 1921 72 46 1st place won nsl playoff montgomery grey sox 2nd place 4 1 1922 47 24 1st place won pennant outright 1929 9 3 1st place won pennant outright 1931 22 11 1st place won pennant outright total negro southern league pennants 4 1939 felton snow 22 25 4th place 2nd round 3 1 1 over 1st place homestead grays 1st round 3 1 over 2nd place newark eagles total negro national league pennants 1 1949 hoss walker 59 30 1st place east division won nal playoff homestead grays west division total negro american league pennants 1 references edit nipper skip baseball in nashville charleston sc arcadia publishing 2007 isbn 978 0 7385 4391 8 baltimore elite giants negro league baseball players association 2007 28 december 2007 lipman pike of the baltimore nine was famous the baltimore sun july 25 1992 archived from the original on june 22 2013 retrieved february 8 2015 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 nipper skip october 18 2013 tom wilson and the nashville elite giants 262 down right archived from the original on february 3 2015 retrieved february 2 2015 baltimore elite giants negro league baseball players association retrieved february 2 2015 holway john 2001 the complete book of baseball s negro leagues the other half of baseball history fern park florida hastings house publishers p 160 isbn 0 8038 2007 0 negro southern league 1920 1951 pdf center for negro league baseball research archived pdf from the original on february 2 2015 retrieved february 2 2015 1 2 negro national league standings 1920 1948 pdf center for negro league baseball research archived pdf from the original on february 3 2015 retrieved february 2 2015 1 2 3 healey paul tom wilson park project ballpark retrieved february 2 2015 external links edit team history and statistics from seamheads com baseball reference com v t e nashville baltimore elite giants operated 1919 1951 also known as nashville standard giants columbus elite giants washington elite giants based in nashville tennessee columbus ohio washington d c baltimore maryland franchise players seasons ballparks nashville sulphur dell greenwood park tom wilson park columbus red bird stadium baltimore bugle field oriole park memorial stadium westport park hall of famers roy campanella ray dandridge leon day biz mackey willie wells league pennants 6 negro southern league 1921 1922 1929 1931 negro national league 1939 negro american league 1949 other play off appearances 1932 1948 seasons 33 1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 category v t e negro southern league 1920 1936 classifications major league de facto 1932 minor league 1920 1931 1933 1936 major league teams 1932 atlanta black crackers birmingham black barons cole s american giants columbus turf club indianapolis abcs ii little rock grays louisville black caps memphis red sox monroe monarchs montgomery grey sox nashville elite giants minor league teams multi seasons played knoxville giants 1920 22 31 montgomery grey sox 1920 22 26 31 33 35 36 atlanta black crackers 1920 21 26 27 29 35 36 birmingham black barons 1920 21 23 26 31 34 36 new orleans caulfield ads 1920 22 26 29 35 nashville elite giants 1921 23 26 27 29 31 32 memphis red sox 1921 23 26 31 33 36 new orleans crescent stars 1922 23 33 34 chattanooga black lookouts 1926 27 29 31 35 36 louisville black caps 1929 two seasons played or less jacksonville stars 1920 pensacola giants 1920 nashville white sox 1920 chattanooga tigers 1921 22 bessemer al stars grey sox 1921 27 gadsden al giants 1921 mobile braves 1921 louisville stars 1922 albany ga giants 1926 evansville reichert giants 1927 29 hopkinsville ky athletics 1927 36 jackson tn cubs 1927 atlanta panthers 1931 shreveport cubs 1933 algiers la giants 1933 little rock stars 1933 jackson tn senators 1933 alexandria la lincoln giants 1933 pine bluff ar boosters 1933 cincinnati tigers 1934 36 atlanta athletics 1934 claybrook ar tigers 1935 louisville caps 1934 nashville black vols 1936 years in parentheses are years as a full member in the negro southern league years as an associate team are not noted the negro southern league did not organize for the following seasons 1924 1925 1928 1930 v t e negro national league 1920 1931 teams birmingham black barons 1924 1925 1927 1930 chicago american giants 1920 1930 chicago giants 1920 1921 cleveland browns 1924 cleveland cubs 1931 cleveland elites 1926 cleveland hornets 1927 cleveland tate stars 1922 1923 cleveland tigers 1928 columbus buckeyes 1921 cuban stars west 1920 1930 dayton marcos 1920 1926 detroit stars 1920 1931 indianapolis abcs 1920 1924 1925 1926 indianapolis abcs ii 1931 kansas city monarchs 1920 1930 louisville black caps white sox 1931 memphis red sox 1924 1925 1927 1930 milwaukee bears 1923 nashville elite giants 1930 pittsburgh keystones 1922 st louis giants st louis stars 1920 1931 toledo tigers 1923 years in parentheses are years as a full member in the negro national league years as an associate team are not noted v t e negro national league 1933 1948 teams bacharach giants 1934 baltimore black sox 1933 1934 baltimore elite giants 1933 1948 cole s american giants 1933 1935 cleveland red sox 1934 columbus blue birds akron grays cleveland giants 1933 indianapolis abcs ii detroit stars ii 1933 harrisburg st louis stars 1943 washington homestead grays 1934 1948 new york black yankees 1936 1948 new york cubans 1935 1936 1939 1948 newark eagles 1934 1948 philadelphia stars 1934 1948 pittsburgh crawfords 1933 1938 washington black senators 1938 years in parentheses are years as a full member in the negro national league years as an associate team are not noted v t e negro american league 1937 1962 pre integration 1937 1948 atlanta black crackers indianapolis abcs iv 1938 1939 birmingham black barons 1937 1938 1940 1962 chicago american giants 1937 1952 cincinnati tigers 1937 cincinnati cleveland louisville buckeyes 1942 1950 detroit stars iii 1937 indianapolis athletics 1937 cincinnati indianapolis clowns 1943 1954 toledo indianapolis crawfords 1939 1940 jacksonville red caps cleveland bears 1938 1942 kansas city monarchs 1937 1962 memphis red sox 1937 1959 st louis stars ii 1937 indianapolis abcs ii new orleans st louis stars 1938 1941 post integration 1949 1962 baltimore elite giants 1949 1951 detroit stars clowns detroit new orleans stars 1954 1960 houston new orleans eagles 1949 1951 louisville clippers 1954 mobile havana cuban giants 1957 new orleans crescent stars 1957 newark indians 1959 new york cubans 1949 1950 philadelphia stars 1949 1952 raleigh tigers 1959 1962 years in parentheses are years as a full member in the negro american league years as an associate team are not noted v t e negro league baseball players list of players a d e l m r s z first black players in mlb negro leaguers who played in mlb post season list of negro league baseball postseason games list of league champions negro world series international competitions american series serie monumental teams list of teams by state major league teams minor league teams timeline of teams leagues major leagues negro national league i eastern colored league american negro league east west league negro southern league i negro national league ii negro american league proto leagues southern league of colored base ballists 1886 national colored base ball league 1887 international league of independent professional base ball clubs 1906 national association of colored baseball clubs of the united states and cuba 1907 1909 minor leagues negro southern league 1920 1936 texas colored league 1919 1931 negro american association 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