Negro National League
Established: 1933
Disbanded: 1948

18 Total Franchises
4 Franchise Movements
1 Franchise Merger
2 Franchise Nickname changes


Negro National League Franchise History
Negro National League Pennant Winners
1 Baltimore Black Sox (1933-1934)
2 Brooklyn Royal Giants (1933)
3 Cole's American Giants (1933-1934)
          Chicago American Giants (1933-1935)
4 Columbus Blue Birds (1933)
          *Cleveland Giants (1933)
5 Detroit Stars (1933)
6 Indianapolis ABCs (1933)
7 Nashville Elite Giants (1933-1934)
          Columbus Elite Giants (1935)
          Washington Elite Giants (1936-1937)
          Baltimore Elite Giants (1938-1948)
8 Pittsburgh Crawfords (1933-1938)
9 Bacharach Giants (1934)
10 Cleveland Red Sox (1934)
11 Homestead Grays (1934-1948)
12 Newark Dodgers (1934-1935)
          ~Newark Eagles (1936-1948)
13 Philadelphia Stars (1934-1948)
14 Brooklyn Eagles (1935)
15 New York Cubans (1935-1936; 1939-1948)
16 New York Black Yankees (1936-1948)
17 Washington Black Senators (1938)
18 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars (1943)

*-Team moved midway through the season

~Brooklyn Eagles and Newark Dodgers merged 
into the Newark Eagles in 1936

See Also Negro League World Series
1948
Homestead Grays
Baltimore Elite Giants 
1947
New York Cubans 
Newark Eagles 
1946
Newark Eagles
 
1945
Homestead Grays
 
1944
Homestead Grays
 
1943
Homestead Grays
 
1942
Homestead Grays
 
1941
Homestead Grays
New York Cubans 
1940
Homestead Grays
 
1939
Homestead Grays
 
1938
Homestead Grays
 
1937
Homestead Grays
 
1936
Pittsburgh Crawfords
Washington Elite Giants
1935
Pittsburgh Crawfords
New York Cubans 
1934
Philadelphia Stars
Cole's American Giants
1933
Cole's American Giants
Pittsburgh Crawfords 

NLL Pennants by Franchise

10
Homestead Grays
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
   
1942
1943
1944
1945
1948
2
Pittsburgh Crawfords
1935
1936
1
Cole's American Giants
1933
1
Philadelphia Stars
1934
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