The Negro National Baseball Association was a minor league organized in 1954. The league was one of the several

Negro leagues 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 ...

and operated near the end of the era in which organized baseball was segregated and after the integration of Major League Baseball. The Negro National Baseball Association was an eight-team league, with the league franchises based in

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was the league president.

History

The Negro National Baseball Association was founded in the spring of 1954, with the league schedule first announced on April 13, 1954. League games were scheduled on Sundays through July 4, 1954. Officials for the league were President

of Winston-Salem; Vice-president Lamar Gordon of Durham; Secretary James Austin of Greensboro and Treasurer Garfield Campbell of High High Point. The league member teams were the Charlotte Red Sox, Danville Stars, Durham Rams, Greensboro Red Wings, High Point Red Sox, Statesville, Whiteville Tigers and Winston-Salem Pond Giants. The Lexington Miners, Raleigh Tigers and Wilmington Clippers franchises submitted applications, but were not chosen for league play. The league openers were scheduled on Sunday May 2, 1954, with four games: Winston-Salem at Durham; Greensboro at Whiteville; High Point at Danville and Charlotte at Statesville. The league standings on June 12, 1954, showed the Greensboro Red Wings in first place with a record of 10–1. Greensboro was followed by Winston-Salem (8–3), Durham (6–6), Charlotte (4–6), Statesville (3–5), Whiteville (2–5), Danville (2–5) and High Point (2–6) in the standings on that date. The final standings and statistics of eight–team are unknown.

1954 Negro National Baseball Association teams

Standing & statistics

The final standings and statistics for the 1954 Negro Southeastern League are unknown.

References

External links

Center for Negro League Baseball Research
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