Texas Colored League

Baseball league

Texas Colored League
TX–OK–LA League
Texas–Louisiana Negro LeagueClassification| Minor league

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Sport| Baseball
Founded| 1919
Ceased| 1931
Country| United States

The Texas Colored League was a minor league Negro baseball league organized in 1919 and lasted until 1926.[1] The league did not play a schedule in 1922.

The league was revived three years later in 1929 as the Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League[2][3] and renamed the Texas–Louisiana Negro League for the 1930 and 1931 seasons.[4]

## Teams[edit]

### 1919–26[edit]

Teams listed alphabetically by city for the 1919–21 and 1923–26 seasons. Some teams may be the same franchise with a different name or location.

* Austin (1919–20)
* Austin Black Senators (1923–26)
* Beaumont (1919)
* Beaumont Black Oilers (1920–21, 1924)
* Beaumont Black Exporters (1923)
* Dallas Black Marines (1919, 1921)
* Dallas Black Giants (1920, 1923–26)
* Fort Worth (1919)
* Fort Worth Black Panthers (1920–21, 1923–24)
* Fort Worth Wonders (1923)
* Dallas-Fort Worth Black Wonders (1925)
* Fort Worth Monarchs (1926)
* Galveston (1919)
* Galveston Black Pirates (1920)
* Galveston Black Sand Crabs (1921)
* Houston (1919)
* Houston Black Buffaloes (1920–21, 1924–26)
* (a.k.a. Black Buffalos 1924–26)

* Monroe Southern Giants (1923)
* New Orleans Crescent Stars (1923)
* New Orleans (1925)
* Oklahoma City Black Indians (1925)
* San Antonio Black Aces (1919–20)
* San Antonio Black Bronchos (1923, 1925)
* San Antonio Porters (1924)
* San Antonio (1926)
* Shreveport Giants (1923)
* Shreveport Black Sports (1926)
* Tulsa (OK) (1920)
* Tulsa Black Oilers (1923)
* Waco (1919)
* Waco Black Navigators (1920)
* Wichita Falls Black Spudders (1921)
* Wichita Falls (1926)

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### 1929–31[edit]

* Dallas Black Giants (1929–31)
* Fort Worth Black Panthers (1929)
* Houston Black Buffaloes (1929–31) (a.k.a. Black Buffalos 1929)
* Oklahoma City Black Indians (1929)
* San Antonio Black Indians (1929–31)
* Shreveport Black Sports (1929, 1931)
* Tulsa Black Oilers (1929)
* Wichita Falls (1929)
* New Orleans Black Pelicans (1930–31)
* Port Arthur (1930)
* Waco (1930)
* Monroe Monarchs (1931)
* Galveston Black Buccaneers (1931)
* Fort Worth Black Cats (1931)

## Champions[edit]

* 1919 San Antonio Black Aces
* 1920 Austin
* 1921 Houston Black Buffaloes
* 1923 Austin Black Senators
* 1924 Austin Black Senators
* 1925 Austin Black Senators
* 1926 Austin Black Senators
* 1929 no information available
* 1930 last half of season not reported; possibly Houston Black Buffaloes
* 1931 Monroe Monarchs

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Texas Colored League 1919-1926" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
2. ^ Heaphy, Leslie A. (2003). The Negro League [1869-1960]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 142\. ISBN 0786413808. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
3. ^ "Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League (1929)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
4. ^ "Texas–Louisiana League (1930-1931)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Center for Negro League Research

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Major independent teams

| Pre-1920 teams|

* Algona Brownies
* All Cubans
* All Nations
* Austin Black Senators
* Birmingham Giants
* Chicago Columbia Giants
* Chicago Unions
* Chicago Union Giants/Leland Giants
* Cuban Giants
* Cuban X-Giants
* French Lick Plutos
* Lincoln Stars
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* Minneapolis Keystones
* New York Gorhams
* Oklahoma Monarchs
* Page Fence Giants
* Philadelphia Giants
* Philadelphia Pythians
* San Antonio Black Bronchos
* Schenectady Mohawk Giants
* St. Paul Colored Gophers
* West Baden Sprudels

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Post-1920 teams|

* Bismarck Churchills
* Boston Royal Giants
* Brooklyn Bushwicks
* Cuban House of David
* Ethiopian Clowns
* Gilkerson's Union Giants
* Illinois Giants
* Jamestown Red Sox
* Mineola Black Spiders
* Mobile Black Bears
* Philadelphia Tigers
* St. Louis Giants (1924)
* Zulu Cannibal Giants

Major leagues and teams

| Negro National
League (1920–1931)|

* Birmingham Black Barons
* Chicago American Giants
* Chicago Giants
* Cleveland Browns
* Cleveland Elites
* Cleveland Hornets
* Cleveland Tate Stars
* Cleveland Tigers
* Columbus Buckeyes
* Cuban Stars (West)
* Dayton Marcos
* Detroit Stars
* Indianapolis ABCs
* Indianapolis ABCs (II)
* Kansas City Monarchs
* Louisville Black Caps/White Sox
* Memphis Red Sox
* Milwaukee Bears
* Cleveland Cubs/Nashville Elite Giants
* Pittsburgh Keystones
* St. Louis Giants/St. Louis Stars
* Toledo Tigers

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Eastern Colored
League (1923–1928)|

* Bacharach Giants
* Baltimore Black Sox
* Brooklyn Royal Giants
* Cuban Stars (East)
* Harrisburg Giants
* Hilldale Club
* Homestead Grays
* Lincoln Giants
* Newark Stars
* Washington Potomacs

American Negro
League (1929)|

* Bacharach Giants
* Baltimore Black Sox
* Cuban Stars (East)
* Hilldale Club
* Homestead Grays
* Lincoln Giants

East–West
League (1932)|

* Baltimore Black Sox
* Cleveland Stars
* Pollock's Cuban Stars
* Detroit Wolves
* Hilldale Club
* Homestead Grays
* Newark Browns
* Washington Pilots

Negro Southern
League (1932)|

* Cole's American Giants
* Indianapolis ABCs (II)
* Little Rock Grays
* Louisville Black Caps/Columbus Turfs
* Memphis Red Sox
* Monroe Monarchs
* Montgomery Grey Sox
* Nashville Elite Giants

2nd Negro National
League (1933–1948)|

* Bacharach Giants
* Baltimore Black Sox
* Baltimore Elite Giants
* Cole's American Giants
* Cleveland Red Sox
* Columbus Blue Birds/Akron Black Tyrites/Cleveland Giants
* Indianapolis ABCs(II)/Detroit Stars (II)
* Harrisburg–St. Louis Stars
* (Washington) Homestead Grays
* New York Black Yankees
* New York Cubans
* Newark Eagles
* Philadelphia Stars
* Pittsburgh Crawfords
* Washington Black Senators

Negro American
League (1937–1960s)|

* Atlanta Black Crackers/Indianapolis ABCs (IV)
* Baltimore Elite Giants
* Birmingham Black Barons
* Chicago American Giants
* Cincinnati Tigers
* Cleveland Buckeyes/Louisville Buckeyes
* Detroit Stars (III)
* Houston Eagles
* Indianapolis Athletics
* Indianapolis Clowns
* Indianapolis Crawfords
* Jacksonville Red Caps/Cleveland Bears
* Kansas City Monarchs
* Memphis Red Sox
* New York Cubans
* Philadelphia Stars
* St. Louis Stars (II)
* Indianapolis ABCs (II)/St. Louis–New Orleans Stars

Other leagues

| Proto-leagues|

* Southern League of Colored Base Ballists (1886)
* National Colored Base Ball League (1887)
* International League of Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs (1906)
* National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba (1907–1909)

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Minor leagues|

* Negro Southern League (1920–1936)
* Texas Colored League (1919–1931)
* Negro American Association (1939)
* Negro Major League (1942)
* United States League (1945–1946)

Post-integration|

* Negro Southern League (1945–1951)
* West Coast Negro Baseball Association (1946)
* Negro American Association (1948–1949)
* Negro American League (1951–1960)

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