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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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Chicago American Giants
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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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Indianapolis ABC's, 1916
Kansas City Monarchs
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Memphis Red Sox, 1938
Newark Eagles
1937
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New York Lincoln Giants
1913
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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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In the inaugural East-West All-Star game played in 1933, seven players in the starting lineup for the West squad came from the Chicago American Giants. Noted homerun sluggers Turkey Stearnes and Mules Suttles batted first and sixth, respectively, in the talent laden ballclub. Other All-Stars were shortstop Willie Wells, thirdbaseman Alex Radcliffe, leftfielder "Steel Arm" Davis and catcher Larry Brown. With no rules limiting him, Willie Foster pitched the entire game to pick up the victory. Under new owner Robert A. Cole, the team won the Negro Southern League pennant in 1932 and, when the second Negro National League was organized in 1933, they won the new league's first pennant as well. The next season, Cole's American Giants also annexed the first half title in the league but lost a controversial seven game play-off for the Championship in an effort to three-peat.