Negro American League
Established: 1937

Lost major league status: 1950

18 Total Franchises
7 Franchise Movements
1 Franchise Nickname Change


Negro American League Franchise History
Negro American League Pennant Winners
1 Birmingham Black Barons (1937-1938; 1940-1950)
2 Chicago American Giants (1937-1950)
3 Cincinnati Tigers (1937)
4 Detroit Stars (1937)
5 Indianapolis Athletics (1937)
6 Kansas City Monarchs (1937-1950)
7 Memphis Red Sox (1937-1950)
8 St. Louis Stars (1937)
9 Indianapolis ABC's (1938-1939)
10 Jacksonville Red Caps (1938; 1941-1942)
          Cleveland Bears (1939-1940)
11 St. Louis Stars (II) (1939)
          New Orleans-St. Louis Stars (1940-1941)
12 Toledo Crawfords (1939)
          Indianapolis Crawfords (194)
13 Cincinnati Buckeyes (1942)
          Cleveland Buckeyes (1943-1948)
          Louisville Buckeyes (1949)
14 Cincinnati Clowns (1943)
          Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns (1944-1945)
          Indianapolis Clowns (1946-1950)
15 ^Baltimore Elite Giants (1949-1950)
16 ^Houston Eagles (1949-1950)
17 ^New York Cubans (1949-1950)
18 ^Philadelphia Stars (1949-1950)

^-Joined NAL after NNL folded in 1948.

See Also Negro League World Series
 
Champion
Runner-Up
1950
Indianapolis Clowns 
Kansas City Monarchs 
1949
Baltimore Elite Giants
 Chicago American Giants
1948
Birmingham Black Barons
Kansas City Monarchs 
1947
Cleveland Buckeyes
Birmingham Black Barons
1946
Cleveland Buckeyes
Birmingham Black Barons
1945
Cleveland Buckeyes
Birmingham Black Barons
1944
Birmingham Black Barons
Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns
1943
Birmingham Black Barons
Memphis Red Sox 
1942
Kansas City Monarchs
Cincinnati Buckeyes
1941
Kansas City Monarchs
New Orleans-St. Louis Stars
1940
Kansas City Monarchs
Memphis Red Sox
1939
Cleveland Bears
Kansas City Monarchs
1938
Kansas City Monarchs
Memphis Red Sox
1937
Cincinnati Tigers
 Chicago American Giants

NAL Pennants by Franchise

4
Kansas City Monarchs
1938
1940
1941
1942
3
Birmingham Black Barons
1943
1944
1948
3
Cleveland Buckeyes
1945
1946
1947
1 Baltimore Elite Giants 1949
1 Cincinnati Tigers 1937
1
Indianapolis Clowns
1950
1
Memphis Red Sox
1938
 Major League Sports Almanac