The International League of Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs, also referred to as the International League, was a baseball league composed of a mix of white,

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and

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 ...

baseball teams in

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, as well as

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and

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, during the summer of 1906. The league was planned to continue the following year, but never materialized for 1907. The league was not a traditional "Negro league," since fewer than half the teams had all-black rosters. It was initially composed of five teams (one white American, two Cuban, and two African American), with three later replacement teams.

Teams

The Havana Stars dissolved in June and were replaced by Riverton–Palmyra; the Cuban Stars and Quaker Giants stopped playing their league schedule in July and both were replaced. *

Cuban Stars of Havana The Cuban Stars were a team of Cuban professional baseball players that competed in the United States Negro leagues from 1907 to 1930. The team was also sometimes known as the Cuban Stars of Havana, Stars of Cuba, Cuban All-Stars, Havana Reds, Alm ...

— primarily Cuban roster ** Wilmington Giants — replaced Cuban Stars in July *

Cuban X-Giants The Cuban X-Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1896 to 1906. Originally most of the players were former Cuban Giants, or ex-Giants. Like the Cuban Giants, the original players were not Cuban (though the team woul ...

— primarily negro/Cuban roster *

Havana Stars Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

— primarily Cuban roster ** Riverton–Palmyra Athletic Club — replaced Havana Stars in June; primarily white roster * Philadelphia Professionals — primarily white roster * Philadelphia Quaker Giants — based in New York; primarily negro roster **

Philadelphia Giants The Philadelphia Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1902 to 1911. From 1904 to 1909 they were one of the strongest teams in black baseball, winning five eastern championships in six years. The team was organized by Sol Whi ...

— replaced Quaker Giants in July

Freihofer Cup Champion

Winners of the season were awarded the Freihofer Cup, named after league president

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. Only 40 games were scheduled; eight games per team with each team playing each other twice. The Philadelphia Giants were declared the champions even though they joined the league later as a replacement team. They inherited a 3-0 record from the Quaker Giants and finished their schedule going 4-1, for an official record of 7-1.

References

External links

Baseball-Reference (Minors)
{{Authority control Negro baseball leagues Defunct baseball leagues in the United States