Negro National League (the second)
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The second Negro National League was one of the several Negro leagues
Negro league baseball
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in...

 which were created during the time organized baseball was segregated. It established in 1933
1933 in sports
-Alpine skiing:Events* Taft Slalom, the first racing trail in North America, is cut on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire-American football:NFL championship...

, two years after the first Negro National League
Negro National League (the first)
The Negro National League was one of the several Negro leagues which were established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated. Led by Rube Foster, owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, the NNL was established on February 13, 1920 by a...

 had disbanded. The second NNL lasted until 1948
1948 in sports
-American football:* University of Michigan wins college football national championship.* Cleveland Browns 49–7 Buffalo Bills in the All-America Football Conference championship game....

, the year after Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 integrated, after which its surviving teams merged into the Negro American League
Negro American League
The Negro American League was one of the several Negro leagues which were created during the time organized baseball was segregated. The league was established in 1937, and continued to exist until 1960...

.

Negro National League Franchises

Annual final standings: 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948
  • Baltimore Black Sox
    Baltimore Black Sox
    The Baltimore Black Sox were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland.- Founding :The Black Sox started as an independent team in 1916 by George Rossiter and Charles Spedden...

     (1933-1934)
  • Brooklyn Royal Giants
    Brooklyn Royal Giants
    The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York which played in the Negro Leagues. They were one of the premier professional teams before World War I, winning multiple championships in the East.- League play :...

     (1933)
  • Cole's American Giants (1933-1934)/Chicago American Giants
    Chicago American Giants
    Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team, owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Foster. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball...

     (1933-1935)
  • Columbus Blue Birds
    Columbus Blue Birds
    The Columbus Blue Birds was a professional baseball team based in Columbus, Ohio in 1933.Their name appears to have been derived from that of the Columbus Red Birds , the top-level minor league baseball team that played in the American Association from 1931 through 1954.The Blue Birds, which was...

    /Cleveland Giants
    Cleveland Giants
    The Cleveland Giants were a Negro Leagues baseball team. The team played only one year, 1933. Their home games were contested at Cleveland's Luna Bowl in Luna Park....

     (1933) moved during season
  • Detroit Stars
    Detroit Stars
    The Detroit Stars were a United States baseball team in the Negro leagues and played at historic Mack Park.- Founding :Founded in 1919 by Tenny Blount with the help of Rube Foster, owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, the Detroit Stars immediately established themselves as one of the...

     (1933)
  • Indianapolis ABC's (1933)
  • Nashville Elite Giants (1933-1934)/Columbus Elite Giants (1935)/Washington Elite Giants (1936-1937)/Baltimore Elite Giants
    Baltimore Elite Giants
    The Baltimore Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues from to . The team was established by Thomas T. Wilson, in Nashville, Tennessee as the semi-pro Nashville Standard Giants on March 26, 1920. The team was renamed the Elite Giants in , and would move to...

     (1938-1948)
  • Pittsburgh Crawfords
    Pittsburgh Crawfords
    The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Named after the Crawford Grill, a club in the Hill District of Pittsburgh owned by Gus Greenlee, the Crawfords were originally a youth semipro team sponsored by...

     (1933-1938)
  • Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1934)
  • Cleveland Red Sox (1934)
  • Homestead Grays
    Homestead Grays
    The Homestead Grays were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in the United States. The team was formed in 1912 by Cumberland Posey, and would remain in continuous operation for 38 seasons. The team was based in Homestead, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Pittsburgh.-Franchise...

     (1934-1948)
  • †Newark Dodgers (1934-1935)/Newark Eagles
    Newark Eagles
    The Newark Eagles was a professional Negro league baseball team that played in the second Negro National League from 1936 to 1948.- Formation :...

     (1936-1948)
  • Philadelphia Stars
    Philadelphia Stars (baseball)
    The Philadelphia Stars were a Negro league baseball team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Stars were founded in 1933 when Ed Bolden returned to professional black baseball after being idle since early 1930...

     (1934-1948)
  • †Brooklyn Eagles (1935)
  • New York Cubans
    New York Cubans
    The New York Cubans were a Negro league baseball team that played during the 1930s and from 1939 to 1950. Despite playing in the Negro leagues, the team occasionally employed white-skinned Hispanic baseball players as well, because Hispanics in general were largely ignored by the major league...

     (1935-1936; 1939-1948)
  • New York Black Yankees
    New York Black Yankees
    The New York Black Yankees was a professional baseball team based in New York City, Paterson, NJ, and Rochester, NY which played in the Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. The Black Yankees played in Paterson, New Jersey from 1933-1937 and then from 1939-1945. The 1938 season saw the Black...

     (1936-1948)
  • Washington Black Senators
    Washington Black Senators
    The Washington Black Senators were a Negro league baseball team based in Washington, DC. When the Washington Elite Giants moved to Baltimore, MD in 1938, the gap was filled in by the Black Senators. They were just 2–13 in the Negro National League...

     (1938)
  • Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars (1943)


†The Brooklyn Eagles and Newark Dodgers merged into the Newark Eagles in 1936.

Champions

  • 1933 Cole's Chicago American Giants (first half), Pittsburgh Crawfords (second half with better overall)
  • 1934 Philadelphia Stars won best half of season however Crawfords with better whole season record disputed title.
  • 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords
  • 1936 Pittsburgh Crawfords
  • 1937 Homestead Grays
  • 1938 Homestead Grays
  • 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants
  • 1940 Homestead Grays
  • 1941 Homestead Grays
  • 1942 Homestead Grays
  • 1943 Homestead Grays
  • 1944 Homestead Grays
  • 1945 Homestead Grays
  • 1946 Newark Eagles
  • 1947 New York Cubans
  • 1948 Homestead Grays
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