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The Algona Brownies were an independent interracial baseball team that played in the 1902 and 1903 seasons. They were based in Algona, Iowa, and was primarily made up of former members of the Chicago Unions The Chicago Unions were a professional, black baseball team that played in the late 19th century, prior to the formation of the Negro leagues. Founding Organized as the Unions in 1887, the club was led by Abe Jones (1887–1889) and by W.S. ..., Columbia Giants, and Chicago Union Giants teams. During their second and final season, the team makeup changed from having both black and white players to a team of only black players. That year, their final year, they won the Western championship, defeating the Chicago Union Giants in a challenge playoff. Players Some of the regular players were: References * External linksAlgona Brownies at Seamheads.com Negro league baseball teams Defunct baseball teams in Iowa Algona, Iowa 1902 establishments in Iowa Basebal ...
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1902 In Baseball
Champions Major League Baseball * American League: Philadelphia Athletics * National League: Pittsburgh Pirates Other champions Statistical leaders American League *Home Runs: Socks Seybold, Philadelphia Athletics: 16 *Batting average: Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia Athletics: .378 * Wins: Cy Young, Boston Americans: 32-11 National League *Home Runs: Tommy Leach, Pittsburgh Pirates: 6 *Batting average: Ginger Beaumont, Pittsburgh Pirates: .357 * Wins: Jack Chesbro, Pittsburgh Pirates: 28-6 Major league baseball final standings American League final standings National League final standings Events January–March * March 12 – Mike Donlin of the Baltimore Orioles is arrested for assault. Donlin will plead guilty and serve a 6-month jail sentence. April * April 19 – Bob Ewing of the Cincinnati Reds, in his Major League debut, ties a National League record by walking 7 batters in one inning. * April 26 – Addie Joss of the Cleveland Bronchos throws a one-hitter in his ...
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Alex Irwin
Alexander Charles Irwin (born August 4, 1881) was a Negro leagues pitcher and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. Irwin grew up in Evanston, Illinois and played second base for the high school baseball team. During the seasons he played professional baseball, he also coached for Northwestern Academy, a white team. He was given a job at Howard University Howard University (Howard) is a Private university, private, University charter#Federal, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classifie ... in 1904, coaching the track, football, and baseball teams. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Irwin, Alexander Negro league baseball managers Leland Giants players Minneapolis Keystones players 1881 births Year of death missing Sportspeople from Evanston, Illinois Baseball players from Cook County, Illinois ...
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1902 Establishments In Iowa
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Defunct Baseball Teams In Iowa
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Negro League Baseball Teams
This list of Negro league baseball teams is split into two pages, one listing the major league Negro teams and one listing the minor league and traveling Negro teams. Some teams are included in both lists. *List of major Negro league baseball teams *List of minor Negro league baseball teams {{Set index article Negro league baseball teams Negro league baseball Negro league The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...
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Albert Toney
Albert Toney (March 3, 1879 – October 26, 1931) was an American baseball shortstop in the pre-Negro leagues. He played most seasons for Chicago teams such as Chicago Union Giants, Leland Giants, and Chicago Giants. Toney played with many popular players of the day, including Rube Foster, Dangerfield Talbert, Henry W. Moore, Chappie Johnson George "Chappie" Johnson Jr. (May 8, 1877 – August 17, 1949) was an American baseball catcher and field manager in the Negro leagues. He played for many successful teams from 1895 to 1920 and he crossed racial boundaries as a teacher and co ..., William Binga, Walter Ball. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Toney, Albert 1879 births 1931 deaths Algona Brownies players Chicago American Giants players French Lick Plutos players Leland Giants players People from Du Quoin, Illinois 20th-century African-American people Kansas City Royal Giants players ...
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Dangerfield Talbert
Dangerfield F. Talbert (March 8, 1878 – June 20, 1914) was an American baseball third baseman in the pre-Negro leagues. Talbert was born in Platte City, Missouri and moved to Omaha, Nebraska, attending the public schools there. He began his career as a baseball player at Omaha High School, working as a catcher at 16 years old. Talbert came to Chicago in 1900 signing with W. S. Peters' Chicago Unions, playing third base where he stayed for most of his career. He played mostly for Chicago teams, with the exception of a couple years with the Algona Brownies of Iowa."Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club"
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Ginney Robinson
Robert "Ginney" Robinson (birthdate unknown) was an American baseball catcher and in the pre-Negro leagues. Robinson was on teams lists in Chicago from 1902 to 1908. He then moved to Kansas City to play for the Kansas City Giants from 1909 to 1911. He caught for Bill Holland, Will Horn, Walter Ball, Bill Gatewood, Harry Buckner, Bill Lindsay, and Hurley McNair Hurley Allen McNair (October 28, 1888 - December 2, 1948) was a baseball player in the Negro leagues and the pre-Negro leagues. At the age of 21, he was pitching for the Minneapolis Keystones. He left the Keystones halfway through the 1911 season .... References External links * anSeamheads {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Robert Algona Brownies players Columbia Giants players Leland Giants players Year of birth missing Year of death missing Kansas City Giants players Kansas City Royal Giants players ...
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George Richardson (baseball)
George Richardson Jr. was a shortstop with the Chicago Union Giants the Algona Brownies The Algona Brownies were an independent interracial baseball team that played in the 1902 and 1903 seasons. They were based in Algona, Iowa, and was primarily made up of former members of the Chicago Unions The Chicago Unions were a professi ... from 1900 to 1903. References External links anSeamheads Algona Brownies players Chicago Unions players Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{US-baseball-shortstop-stub ...
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Willis Jones
Willis Jones (birthdate unknown) was an American baseball outfielder and manager in the pre-Negro leagues. Easily confused on team rosters with his team mates Abe Jones and Bert Jones, Willis Jones appears on team rosters for the Chicago Unions and Chicago Union Giants from 1895 to 1902. After a few more years in Chicago, in 1907 Jones started playing for the St. Paul Colored Gophers and eventually moved to the nearby Minneapolis Keystones. He played with several popular players of the day, including Home Run Johnson, Rube Foster, Mike Moore, Bill Gatewood, Dick Wallace Richard Felix Wallace (July 22, 1882 – July 19, 1925) was an American baseball shortstop and manager in the Negro leagues. He played from 1903 to 1924 with several teams, including the Lincoln Giants and the St. Louis Giants. He was Captain ... and George Hopkins. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Willis Algona Brownies players Chicago Unions players Leland Giants players Minnea ...
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Chappie Johnson
George "Chappie" Johnson Jr. (May 8, 1877 – August 17, 1949) was an American baseball catcher and field manager in the Negro leagues. He played for many successful teams from 1895 to 1920 and he crossed racial boundaries as a teacher and coach. Johnson was born and raised in the village of Bellaire, Ohio, on the upper Ohio River. In 1895, he debuted at the age of 17 with the Page Fence Giants, where he played short stop, left field, then first base, then moved to catcher where he stayed for most of his career. Most of the team moved to Chicago and formed the Chicago Columbia Giants in 1899. There, Johnson often caught for George Wilson, and the two became a powerful battery for the baseball club. Johnson moved on to the Chicago Union Giants, and played on and off with the Algona Brownies, then moved with George Wilson to a baseball team in Renville, Minnesota and the famous battery won the state championship in 1905, playing against mostly white teams. Previous to the 1 ...
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