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3fbrown · 10-12-2020, 06:51 PM

The League Years - I haven’t gotten here yet, but the Negro Leagues as we think of them now began in 1920. My league is currently in 1912, so I have a few years before that. But there are players in my league that did play in the NNL later in their careers, which helps with statistical information.

When I describe a player here, I will give their debut year, and this may give you a hint as to the circumstances of their baseball career, and the amount of data I am likely to be working with. I will try to include a bit of biographical background if such information exists. But there are hundreds of Black ballplayers, so I will only be mentioning a small fraction of them. After all, just like in MLB, most of them were marginal players with brief careers. But in these cases, I don’t know anything at all. In many cases, even their first names are unknown.

10-12-2020, 06:51 PM	#9
3fbrown Major Leagues Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 414	A brief summary of early Black baseball, part 2 of 2 The League Years - I haven’t gotten here yet, but the Negro Leagues as we think of them now began in 1920. My league is currently in 1912, so I have a few years before that. But there are players in my league that did play in the NNL later in their careers, which helps with statistical information. When I describe a player here, I will give their debut year, and this may give you a hint as to the circumstances of their baseball career, and the amount of data I am likely to be working with. I will try to include a bit of biographical background if such information exists. But there are hundreds of Black ballplayers, so I will only be mentioning a small fraction of them. After all, just like in MLB, most of them were marginal players with brief careers. But in these cases, I don’t know anything at all. In many cases, even their first names are unknown.