The Tri State League was a minor league organized in 1935 and 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 ...

that operated during an era in which organized baseball was segregated. The Tri State League was organized as an eight-team league, with the league franchises based in

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Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

and

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History

The Tri State League was organized by Allen Page, who was owner of the Page Hotel in

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. Page also owned the

New Orleans Black Pelicans The New Orleans Black Pelicans were a minor Negro league baseball team that played in the first Negro Southern League and were based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They were formed in 1926 to replace the New Orleans Ads in the league and played at P ...

franchise and would later own the

New Orleans Creoles The New Orleans Creoles were a Negro league baseball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana, from at least 1945 until at least 1952. The team was a member of the second Negro Southern League from 1947 to 1948 and 1950 to 1951, and a member of the ...

team. The league was structured as an eight-team with standings and statistics unknown.

1935 Tri State League teams

Standing & statistics

The standings and statistics for the 1921 Negro Southeastern League are unknown.

References

External links

Center for Negro League Baseball Research
{{Professional Baseball Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States Baseball leagues in Alabama Defunct professional sports leagues in the United States Sports leagues established in 1935 Sports leagues disestablished in 1935 Negro baseball leagues Baseball leagues in Mississippi Baseball leagues in Louisiana Baseball leagues in Florida