Introduction

7

A Note on Statistics

The Baseball Hall of Fame

A Note on Photos

Acknowledgements

A Personal Note on Researching the Negro Leagues Baseball History

Key to Abbreviations

11

The Negro Leagues: A Brief History

15

Great Teams

20

Teams and their Cities

30

Hall of Fame Players

33

Rosters

51

Standings, 1920 to 1954

159

Register

167

Seasonal Leaders

238

East-West All Star Games, 1933-1950

242

From the Negro Leagues to the Majors

255

Organized Baseball Records

261

Bibliography

337

Newspapers and Sportswriters

371

Reference Books

377

Theses and Dissertations

379

Black Stars on the Silver Screen

381