1949 Baltimore Elite Giants season

Negro American League team season

1949 Baltimore Elite Giants

League

Negro American League

Ballpark

Bugle Field

City

Baltimore

League place

1st

Owners

Vernon Green

Managers

Hoss Walker, Lennie Pearson

Seasons

The 1949 Baltimore Elite Giants baseball team represented the Baltimore Elite Giants in the Negro American League (NAL) during the 1949 baseball season. The team won the NAL pennant.^[1] Hoss Walker and Lennie Pearson were the team's managers.^[2]^[3] The team's owner, Vernon Green, died of a heart attack in late May 1949.^[4] The team played its home games at Bugle Field in Baltimore.^[1]

Players included

Harry Bayliss
Joe Black
Pee Wee Butts
Bill Byrd
John Davidson
Butch Davis
Leon Day
Leroy Ferrell
Junior Gilliam
Vic Harris
Johnny Hayes
Henry Kimbro
Lester Lockett
Lennie Pearson
Frazier Robinson
Sylvester Rogers
Bob Romby
Frank Russell
Hoss Walker
Alfred Wilmore

^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bob Luke (2009). The Baltimore Elite Giants. JHU Press. ISBN 0801891167.
^ ^a ^b "Elite Giants To Play Today". The Baltimore Sun. May 1, 1949. p. Sports 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Frazier Robinson (1999). Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues. Syracuse University Press. p. 150.
^ "Green, Elite Owner, Dies". The Baltimore Sun. May 28, 1949 – via Newspapers.com.

Nashville / Baltimore Elite Giants

Operated: 1919–1951
Also known as: Nashville Standard Giants
Columbus Elite Giants
Washington Elite Giants
Based in: Nashville, Tennessee
Columbus, Ohio
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Nashville: Sulphur Dell
Greenwood Park
Tom Wilson Park
Columbus: Red Bird Stadium
Baltimore: Bugle Field
Oriole Park
Memorial Stadium
Westport Park

Hall of Famers

League pennants (6)

Negro Southern League: 1921
1922
1929
1931
Negro National League: 1939
Negro American League: 1949

Other play-off
appearances

1932
1948

Seasons (33)
1910s	· 1910 · 1911 · 1912 · 1913 · 1914 · 1915 · 1916 · 1917 · 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959

Category

v t e Negro league baseball champions
1920s	1919: Bacharach Giants (East), Detroit Stars (West) 1920: Brooklyn Royal Giants (East [tie]), Hilldale Club (East [tie]), Chicago American Giants (West) 1921: Bacharach Giants (East [tie]), Hilldale Club (East [tie]), Chicago American Giants (West) 1922: Chicago American Giants 1923: Hilldale Club (NNL1), Kansas City Monarchs (ECL) 1924: Kansas City Monarchs 1925: Hilldale Club 1926: Chicago American Giants 1927: Chicago American Giants 1928: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Bacharach Giants (East) 1929: Kansas City Monarchs (NNL1), Baltimore Black Sox (ANL)
1930s	1930: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Homestead Grays (East) 1931: Homestead Grays 1932: Cole's American Giants (NSL), Detroit Wolves (EWL) 1933: Pittsburgh Crawfords 1934: Philadelphia Stars 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords 1936: Pittsburgh Crawfords (East) 1937: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1938: Homestead Grays (East), Memphis Red Sox (West) 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
1940s	1940: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1941: Washington Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1942: Kansas City Monarchs 1943: Washington Homestead Grays 1944: Washington Homestead Grays 1945: Cleveland Buckeyes 1946: Newark Eagles 1947: New York Cubans 1948: Washington Homestead Grays 1949: Baltimore Elite Giants
Negro League World Series	1924 1925 1926 1927 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Postseason games	1913 1921 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948