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Atlanta Black Crackers, 1938
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, 1926
Baltimore Black Sox , 1929
Baltimore Elite Giants, 1942
Birmingham Black Barons
1943
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1948
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Chicago American Giants
1917 Team
1921
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1927
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1933
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Chicago Leland Giants, 1910,
Cleveland Buckeyes 1945
Detroit Stars, 1930
Hilldale Daisies, 1925
Harrisburg Giants, 1925
Homestead Grays
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1938 Team
1943
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1948 Team
Indianapolis ABC's, 1916
Kansas City Monarchs
1924
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1942
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1946
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Memphis Red Sox, 1938
Newark Eagles
1937
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1946
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New York Lincoln Giants
1913
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1930
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New York Cubans, 1947
Philadelphia Stars, 1934
Pittsburgh Crawfords
1932
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St. Louis Stars, 1930
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Owner-manager Rube Foster called this aggregation of talent, the greatest team of all-time, black or white. Led by Hall-of-Fame shortstop John Henry Lloyd, the ballclub was a virtual All-Star team, and included superstar outfielder Pete Hill, catcher Bruce Petway and secondbaseman "Home Run" Johnson. Foster, a Hall-of-Fame pitcher, was the third best hurler on the staff, behind Frank Wickware and Pat Dougherty. During his career, Wickware won recognition by out-dueling Walter Johnson in two of three encounters. The Lelands fashioned a 101-4-1 record for the season, and then traveled to Cuba for the winter to defeat the Island's best teams. The Cuban teams signed Lloyd, Hill, Johnson and Petway to play with them against the touring Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics. It was in the Detroit series that the black players gained recognition by outhitting Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford.