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The team in first place at the end of the season was declared the
Pennant winner. Due to the unorthodox nature of the schedule (and little incentive to enforce it), some teams frequently played many more games than others did in any given season. This led to some disputed championships and two teams
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1928: Dropped
Harrisburg Giants; Added Homestead Grays. The league broke up midway through the season due to the breakdown of the founder (and manager of Hilldale) although the individual teams continued to
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were recruited to bring the league up to five teams for 1928. The ECL staggered through May, but finally disbanded in the midst of disputes over player contracts at the beginning of June.
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1923: Formation of ECL consisting of 6 teams — Hilldale, Cuban Stars, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Atlantic City
Bacharach Giants, New York Lincoln Giants and Baltimore Black Sox
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For the duration of the league, a
Colored World Series took place four times, from 1924 through 1927. The ECL Pennant winner met the champion of the rival
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between their champions. This series was played each year from 1924 through 1927. The only ECL club to win the World Series was
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In 1925 the
Washington Potomacs moved to Wilmington, Delaware, but still disbanded in July. Their 1926 replacement, the
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670:
142:
817:
1168:
686:
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889:
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joined, bringing the circuit to eight clubs. The ECL raided the NNL for players, including Hall of Famers
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810:
1120:
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562:
548:
538:
524:
759:
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1027:
1007:
833:
735:
491:
474:
295:
233:
158:
113:
48:
643:
629:
615:
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587:
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Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the
Eastern Colored League. Years as an
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241:
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National
Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba (1907–1909)
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Beginning in 1927 the league was wracked by dissension between club owners. New York's
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Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History
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At the end of the 1924 season the two leagues made peace and arranged for a
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516:. Three out of the four years, the Eastern Colored League team (below in
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International League of
Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs (1906)
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644:"1927 Eastern Colored League Season Summary | Baseball-Reference.com"
630:"1926 Eastern Colored League Season Summary | Baseball-Reference.com"
616:"1925 Eastern Colored League Season Summary | Baseball-Reference.com"
602:"1924 Eastern Colored League Season Summary | Baseball-Reference.com"
588:"1923 Eastern Colored League Season Summary | Baseball-Reference.com"
116:, which operated during the time organized baseball was segregated.
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1926: Dropped
Washington/Wilmington Potomacs; Added Newark Stars.
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1924: Added Harrisburg Giants and Washington/Wilmington Potomacs.
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dropped out for that season. They returned the next, but then
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of Atlantic City, both associate members of the midwest-based
145:(NNL), broke with the NNL and allied with the white promoter
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to form an east coast league. The charter members were:
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claiming the title. Generally, the team with the best
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1044:Southern League of Colored Base Ballists (1886)
906:List of Negro league baseball postseason games
1174:Defunct baseball leagues in the United States
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1116:West Coast Negro Baseball Association (1946)
545:beat Kansas City Monarchs, 5 games to 1 game
193:, starting a war that lasted for two years.
1189:1928 disestablishments in the United States
106:Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Clubs
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811:
701:
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1184:1923 establishments in the United States
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1121:Negro American Association (1948–1949)
665:, Fern Park, Florida: Hastings House,
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31:The logo of the Eastern Colored League
1179:Sports leagues disestablished in 1928
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682:
74:
395:(all except for the first in 1923).
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13:
1164:Sports leagues established in 1923
710:Eastern Colored League (1923–1928)
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310:of Darby, Pennsylvania (1923–1927)
14:
1200:
1126:Negro American League (1951–1960)
1111:Negro Southern League (1945–1951)
1085:Negro American Association (1939)
1075:Negro Southern League (1920–1936)
247:
119:
1095:United States League (1945–1946)
1080:Texas Colored League (1919–1931)
880:Negro leaguers who played in MLB
565:– Chicago American Giants beat
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636:
622:
608:
594:
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567:Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
557:Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
326:Washington/Wilmington Potomacs
284:Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
200:, folded after only 11 games.
112:(ECL), was one of the several
1:
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559:, 5 games to 4 games (2 ties)
108:, more commonly known as the
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535:, 5 games to 4 games (1 tie)
7:
364:1927: Dropped Newark Stars.
133:when the Philadelphia-area
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1023:Negro National League (II)
930:International competitions
875:First black players in MLB
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505:
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998:Negro National League (I)
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950:
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840:
787:
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911:List of league champions
661:Holway, John B. (2001),
254:Annual final standings:
921:East–West All-Star Game
760:New York Lincoln Giants
553:Chicago American Giants
314:New York Lincoln Giants
129:The ECL was founded in
1169:Negro baseball leagues
1003:Eastern Colored League
958:List of teams by state
240:all dropped out. The
110:Eastern Colored League
20:Eastern Colored League
1028:Negro American League
1008:American Negro League
834:Negro league baseball
736:Brooklyn Royal Giants
514:Negro National League
296:Brooklyn Royal Giants
234:Brooklyn Royal Giants
169:of New York, and the
159:Brooklyn Royal Giants
143:Negro National League
49:Negro league baseball
16:Negro League Baseball
529:Kansas City Monarchs
502:Colored World Series
210:Colored World Series
778:Washington Potomacs
772:Philadelphia Tigers
730:Baltimore Black Sox
338:Philadelphia Tigers
290:Baltimore Black Sox
242:Philadelphia Tigers
179:Washington Potomacs
171:Baltimore Black Sox
21:
968:minor league teams
963:major league teams
916:Negro World Series
742:Cuban Stars (East)
508:Negro World Series
393:Negro World Series
385:winning percentage
302:Cuban Stars (East)
163:Cuban Stars (East)
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238:Harrisburg Giants
175:Harrisburg Giants
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487:Bacharach Giants
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424:John Henry Lloyd
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373:League champions
191:John Henry Lloyd
183:Oscar Charleston
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139:Bacharach Giants
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389:games behind
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332:Newark Stars
253:
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207:
204:Uneasy peace
198:Newark Stars
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71:No. of teams
55:First season
40:Major league
899:Post-season
780:(1924–1925)
762:(1923–1928)
756:(1923–1927)
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92:Most titles
1158:Categories
885:Color line
574:References
492:Dick Lundy
475:Dick Lundy
410:Reference
236:, and the
187:Biz Mackey
147:Nat Strong
216:in 1925.
1143:Category
407:Manager
308:Hilldale
230:Hilldale
214:Hilldale
151:Hilldale
137:and the
125:Founding
96:Hilldale
984:Leagues
841:Players
655:Sources
82:Country
890:Museum
774:(1928)
768:(1926)
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232:, the
220:Demise
189:, and
165:, the
161:, the
157:, the
153:, the
63:Ceased
951:Teams
717:Teams
555:beat
531:beat
401:Year
368:play.
45:Sport
667:ISBN
563:1927
549:1926
539:1925
525:1924
518:bold
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432:1924
415:1923
276:1928
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268:1926
264:1925
260:1924
256:1923
177:and
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104:The
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863:M–R
858:E–L
853:A–D
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