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Indianapolis Crawfords
The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team, previously known as the Crawford Colored Giants, was named after the Crawford Bath House, a recreation center in the Crawford neighborhood of Pittsburgh's Hill District. In 1931 Gus Greenlee, an African-American businessman in Pittsburgh, bought the Crawfords. In 1933 he founded what is known as the second Negro National League, and built Greenlee Field as a ball park for his team. During the mid-1930s, the Crawfords were one of the strongest Negro league teams ever assembled. History As Richard L. Gilmore recounts in a 1996 article on the history of the team, the Crawfords began as an interracial team of local Hill District youth who played ball together in neighborhood sandlots. Resident families included black migrants from the South and European immigrants, all of whom were attracted to industrial jobs in the city. As the Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 In Baseball
Champions *World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over Philadelphia Athletics (4–3) Awards and honors *MLB Most Valuable Player Award ** Lefty Grove, Philadelphia Athletics, P ** Frankie Frisch, St. Louis Cardinals, 2B Statistical leaders 1MLB Pitching Triple Crown Winner Major league baseball final standings American League final standings National League final standings Negro leagues final standings Negro National League final standings † Columbus and HoD were not in the league but their games counted in the standings. *No official standings were published. *St. Louis was declared champion. East (independent teams) final standings A loose confederation of teams were gathered in the East to compete with the West, however East teams did not organize a formal league as the West did. Events January–April *January 24 – Following his release from the Cleveland Indians four days earlier, Joe Sewell joins the New York Yankees. *February 5 – Chicago Cubs outfielder H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
