Negro National League (the first)

The Negro National League was one of the several Negro Leagues which were established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated. Established in 1920, it operated mainly in midwestern and southern cities for a little over a decade until it was disbanded in 1931; a new Negro National League (the second) started in 1933, but was concentrated on the east coast. The Negro American League, founded in 1937 and including several of the same teams that played in the original Negro National League, would eventually carry on as the western circuit of black baseball.

Negro National League Franchises

• Chicago American Giants (1920-1931)
• Chicago Giants (1920-1921)
• Cuban Stars (1920; 1922-1930)/Cincinnati Cubans (1921)
• Dayton Marcos (1920; 1926)
• Detroit Stars (1920-1931)
• Indianapolis ABCs (1920-1926)
• Kansas City Monarchs (1920-1931)
• St. Louis Giants (1920-1921)
• Columbus Buckeyes (1921)
• Cleveland Tate Stars (1922)
• Pittsburgh Keystones (1922)
• St. Louis Stars (1922-1931)
• Milwaukee Bears (1923)
• Toledo Tigers (1923)
• Birmingham Black Barons (1924-1925; 1927-1930)
• Cleveland Browns (1924)
• Memphis Red Sox (1924-1930)
• Cleveland Elites (1926)
• Cleveland Hornets (1927)
• Cleveland Tigers (1928)
• Nashville Elite Giants (1930)
• Cleveland Cubs (1931)
• Indianapolis ABCs (2nd team) (1931)
• Louisville White Sox (1931)