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Bookmark or Share- Negro League Stats and History | Baseball-Reference.comOn June 15, 2021 we dramatically expanded our coverage of the Negro Leagues and historical Black major league players. Major Negro Leagues (from 1920-1948) are now listed with the National League and American League as major leagues.
- Negro league | Overview, History, Players, & Facts | BritannicaThe Negro leagues were associations of African American baseball teams active largely between 1920 and the late 1940s, when Black players were at last contracted to play in major and minor league baseball.
- Negro League Baseball - HISTORYThe successes of Robinson, Doby and other African Americans like Roy Campanella and Monte Irvin drew the attention of Black communities and drained the Negro Leagues of its fan base.
- The Negro Leagues Are Major Leagues - Baseball-Reference.comThe Negro Leagues data is not complete. While the quality of play in the Negro Leagues was on a major league level, the wages, travel, playing conditions, press coverage, and record-keeping were more varied, primarily due to systemic racism.
- Welcome to NLBM - Negro Leagues Baseball MuseumExperience a timeline of American and Latin baseball history, see detailed baseball histories of several countries and learn about significant baseball players who crossed cultural lines. A Virtual Exhibition Chronicling Baseball’s Integration Pioneers.
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