As part of our new collection, Major League 7 - today we celebrate the Negro National League (II) which played from 1933-1948.
BACKGROUND
MLB announced in 2020 that seven Negro Leagues would be elevated to "Major League" status. The seven leagues that comprised the Negro Leagues of 1920-1948 were the Negro National League (I) (1920–1931); the Eastern Colored League (1923–1928); the American Negro League (1929); the East-West League (1932); the Negro Southern League (1932); the Negro National League (II) (1933–1948); and the Negro American League (1937–1948).
NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE (II) (1933–1948)
The Negro National League (II) featured among others:
- Baltimore Elite Giants
- Homestead Grays
- Newark Eagles
- New York Black Yankees
- New York Cubans
- Philadelphia Stars
- Pittsburgh Crawfords
- Washington Black Senators
LEAGUE CREATION
The second Negro National League was established in 1933 by Gus Greenlee two years after the original NNL had disbanded.
CHAMPIONS
- 1933 – Cole's Chicago American Giants (first half), Pittsburgh Crawfords (second half)
- 1934 – Philadelphia Stars
- 1935 – Pittsburgh Crawfords
- 1936 – Pittsburgh Crawfords
- 1937 – Homestead Grays
- 1938 – Homestead Grays
- 1939 – Baltimore Elite Giants
- 1940 – Washington Homestead Grays
- 1941 – Washington Homestead Grays
- 1942 – Washington Homestead Grays
- 1943 – Washington Homestead Grays
- 1944 – Washington Homestead Grays
- 1945 – Washington Homestead Grays
- 1946 – Newark Eagles
- 1947 – New York Cubans
- 1948 – Washington Homestead Grays
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