Negro Major Leagues 1929
| Negro National League | 1st Half | 2nd Half | Total W-L |
| Kansas City Monarchs (P1 & P2) | 28-11 | 34-6 | 62-17 |
| St. Louis Stars | 30-14 | 28-19 | 59-33 |
| Chicago American Giants | 22-29 | 27-11 | 44-40 |
| Detroit Stars | 25-18 | 13-24 | 38-42 |
| Birmingham Black Barons | 20-24 | 9-27 | 29-51 |
| Cuban Stars | 6-14 | 12-12 | 18-26 |
| Memphis Red Sox | 14-22 | 5-22 | 19-44 |
| Nashville Elite Giants | 10-20 | ||
| American Negro League | |||
| Baltimore Black Sox (P1 & P2) | 24-11 | 25-10 | 49-21 |
| Lincoln Giants | 22-11 | 18-15 | 40-26 |
| Homestead Grays | 15-13 | 19-16 | 34-29 |
| Hilldale | 15-20 | 24-15 | 39-35 |
| Bacharach Giants | 11-20 | 8-25 | 19-45 |
| Cuban Stars (East) | 6-16 | 9-23 | 15-39 |
| Year | Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
| NNL Playoffs | ||||
| 1929 | Kansas City Monarchs | Won Both Halves | ||
| ANL Playoffs | ||||
| 1929 | Baltimore Black Sox | Won Both Halves | ||
| Colored World Series | ||||
| 1929 | Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) | NP | Baltimore Black Sox (ANL) | NP |
Key / Legend: (P) = Pennant Winners (P1) = 1st Half Pennant Winners (P2) = 2nd Half Pennant Winners NP = Not Played
Negro Major Leagues 1930
| Negro National League | 1st Half | 2nd Half | Total W-L |
| St. Louis Stars (P1) | 41-15 | 24-7 | 65-22 |
| Detroit Stars (P2) | 26-26 | 24-7 | 50-23 |
| Kansas City Monarchs | 31-14 | 8-12 | 39-26 |
| Birmingham Black Barons | 30-27 | 14-21 | 44-48 |
| Chicago American Giants | 24-39 | 23-14 | 47-56 |
| Memphis Red Sox | 21-22 | 8-23 | 29-45 |
| Cuban Stars | 17-25 | 6-12 | 23-37 |
| Nashville Elite Giants | 14-27 | ||
| American Negro League | |||
| Final Standings Unknown |
| Year | Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
| NNL Playoffs | ||||
| 1930 | St. Louis Stars | 4 | Detroit Stars | 3 |
| Colored World Series | ||||
| 1930 | St. Louis Stars (NNL) | NP | Homestead Grays (ANL) | NP |
Key / Legend: (P) = Pennant Winners (P1) = 1st Half Pennant Winners (P2) = 2nd Half Pennant Winners NP = Not Played
Negro Major Leagues 1931
| Negro National League | 1st Half | 2nd Half | Total W-L |
| Cleveland Cubs (P1 & P2)) | 24-22 | ||
| Indianapolis ABCs | 25-23 | ||
| St. Louis Stars | 11-11 | ||
| Detroit Stars | 25-26 | ||
| Louisville White Sox | 18-19 | ||
| Chicago American Giants | 10-11 | ||
| American Negro League | |||
| Hilldale | 42-13 | ||
| Homestead Grays (P) | 29-18 | ||
| Baltimore | 18-31 | ||
| Cubans | 8-18 |
| Year | Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
| Colored World Series | ||||
| 1931 | St. Louis Stars (NNL) | NP | Homestead Grays (ANL) | NP |
Key / Legend: (P) = Pennant Winners (P1) = 1st Half Pennant Winners (P2) = 2nd Half Pennant Winners NP = Not Played
Note: Philadelphia Hilldale Giants were more commonly known as just simply Hilldale.
Negro Major Leagues 1932
| Negro Southern League | 1st Half | 2nd Half | Total W-L |
| Chicago American Giants (P1) | 34-7 | ||
| Monroe Monarchs | 33-7 | ||
| Nashville Elite Giants | 24-15 | ||
| Montgomery Grey Sox | 22-18 | ||
| Memphis Red Sox | 24-22 | ||
| Louisville Black Caps | 13-17 | ||
| Indianapolis ABCs | 14-19 | ||
| Birmingham Black Barons | 8-11 | ||
| Little Rock Travelers | 3-3 | ||
| Atlanta Black Crackers | 1-7 | ||
| Cleveland Cubs | 22-18 | ||
| East-West League | |||
| Baltimore Black Sox | 20-9 | ||
| Homestead Grays | 16-8 | 29-19 | |
| Cuban Stars | 12-15 | ||
| Washington Pilots | 13-18 | ||
| Hilldale | 10-17 | ||
| Cleveland Stars (Cubs) | 8-16 | ||
| Newark Browns | 3-14 | ||
| Detroit Wolves | 29-13 | ||
| New York Black Yankees | |||
| Pittsburgh Crawfords | 32-16 |
| Year | Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
| NSL Playoff | P1 v P2 Winners | |||
| 1932 | Chicago American Giants | 4 | Nashville Elite Giants | 3 |
| Colored World Series | ||||
| 1932 | Chicago American Giants | NP | ?? |
Key / Legend: (P) = Pennant Winners (P1) = 1st Half Pennant Winners (P2) = 2nd Half Pennant Winners
Negro Major Leagues 1933
| Negro National League | 1st Half | 2nd Half | Total W-L |
| Cuban American Giants (P1) | 21-7 | ||
| Pittsburgh Crawfords (P2) | 20-8 | ||
| Baltimore Black Sox | 10-9 | ||
| Nashville Elite Giants | 12-13 | ||
| Detroit Stars | 13-20 | ||
| Columbus Blue Birds | 11-18 | ||
| Homestead # | 11-9 |
| Year | Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
| NSL Playoff | P1 v P2 Winners | |||
| 1933 | Chicago American Giants | ? | Pittsburgh Crawfords | ? |
| Colored World Series | ||||
| 1933 | No Colored World Series |
Key / Legend: (P) = Pennant Winners (P1) = 1st Half Pennant Winners (P2) = 2nd Half Pennant Winners. # Dropped Out 11 July 1933.
Negro Major Leagues 1934
| Negro National League | 1st Half | 2nd Half | Total W-L |
| Cole’s American Giants (Chicago) (P1) | 17-6 | 11-9 | 28-15 |
| Philadelphia Stars (P2) | 12-9 | 11-4 | 23-13 |
| Pittsburgh Crawfords | 14-8 | 15-9 | 29-17 |
| Newark Dodgers | 6-5 | 5-9 | 11-14 |
| Nashville Elite Giants | 9-11 | 6-3 | 15-14 |
| Cleveland Red Sox | 2-22 | 2-3 | 4-25 |
| Bacharach Giants | 3-12 | ||
| Baltimore Black Sox | 1-6 |
| Year | Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
| NNL Playoff | P1 v P2 Winners | |||
| 1934 | Philadelphia Stars | 4 | Cole’s American Giants | 3 |
| Colored World Series | ||||
| 1934 | No Colored World Series |
Key / Legend: (P) = Pennant Winners (P1) = 1st Half Pennant Winners (P2) = 2nd Half Pennant Winners
Negro Major Leagues 1935
| Negro National League | 1st Half | 2nd Half | Total W-L |
| Pittsburgh Crawfords (P1) | 26-6 | 13-9 | 39-15 |
| New York Cubans (P2) | 10-16 | 20-7 | 30-23 |
| Columbus Elite Giants | 17-11 | 10-10 | 27-21 |
| Philadelphia Stars | 14-17 | 14-10 | 28-27 |
| Homestead Grays | 14-13 | 9-10 | 23-23 |
| Brooklyn Eagles | 15-15 | 13-16 | 28-31 |
| Cole’s American Giants (Chicago) | 14-16 | 7-13 | 21-29 |
| Newark Dodgers | 8-20 | 9-21 | 17-41 |
| Year | Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
| NNL Playoff | P1 v P2 Winners | |||
| 1935 | Pittsburgh Crawfords | 4 | New York Cubans | 3 |
| Colored World Series | ||||
| 1935 | No Colored World Series |
Key / Legend: (P) = Pennant Winners (P1) = 1st Half Pennant Winners (P2) = 2nd Half Pennant Winners
Negro Major Leagues 1936
| Negro National League | 1st Half | 2nd Half | Total W-L |
| Pittsburgh Crawfords (P2) | 16-15 | 20-9 | 36-24 |
| Newark Eagles | 15-18 | 15-11 | 30-29 |
| New York Cubans | 9-11 | 13-12 | 22-23 |
| Washington Elite Giants (P1) | 14-10 | 7-14 | 21-24 |
| Philadelphia Stars | 15-12 | 10-18 | 25-30 |
| Homestead Grays | 10-13 | 12-14 | 22-27 |
| New York Black Yankees | 7-14 | 7-14 |
| Year | Winners | Games | Runners-Up | Games |
| NSL Playoff | P1 v P2 Winners | |||
| 1936 | Washington Elite Giants | NP | Pittsburgh Crawfords | NP |
| Colored World Series | ||||
| 1936 | No Colored World Series |
Key / Legend: (P) = Pennant Winners (P1) = 1st Half Pennant Winners (P2) = 2nd Half Pennant Winners. NP = Not Played
Report
The Colored World Series was not played from 1929 to 1936. The American Negro League reappeared in 1929, although with the effects of the Great Depression, Both the Negro National League and Negro American League had disbanded in 1932 to be replaced for that year only by the East-West League and the Southern Negro League. The Southern Negro League had a team called the Little Rock Travelers, from Arkansas. The conditions of Irish Travelers has often been compared to that of African-Americans. In 1933 the Negro National League returned, although there was still no Colored World Series as the American Negro League did not reappear until 1937.
With Segregation in American Sport as with practically all parts of US Society at the time, the top African-American Sportsmen played in the Negro Leagues as they called themselves at the time. These Baseball Leagues were the National Basketball Association of the time, equal with the Major Leagues as we know them today, although excluded from playing from them due to their skin colour, race or ethnic background.
From interviews with fans conducted by Dick Clark and Larry Lester of the Society for American Baseball Research it can be seen that they saw the Leagues as Eastern and Western Leagues, even though most Leagues went by the name Negro National League and American Negro League. The Statistics gleaned from what was reported in the newspapers give only a partial record, and show the top players were the equal of the top players in Major League Baseball at the time, something which has been recognised recenltly (2021) by MLB.
The term Negro for African-Americans has fallen out of favour in recent times, much like the term Tinker for Irish Travelers, whose conditions have often been compared to African-Americans. It has been kept here and by MLB to prevent re-writing of history.
There were many players with Irish surnames or family names on the teams, perhaps as many as two dozen in 1920 alone.
Players with Irish Names (Colored World Series Winners)
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Team |
| 1924 | ||||
| Hurley McNair | rf | of | p | Kansas City Monarchs |
| Walter Moore (Dobie) | ss | Kansas City Monarchs | ||
| Harold Morris | p | Kansas City Monarchs | ||
| Wilber Rogan (Bullet Joe) | p | cf | of | Kansas City Monarchs |
| 1925 | ||||
| Luther Farrell | p | Hilldale | ||
| 1926 | ||||
| George Harney | p | Chicago American Giants | ||
| 1927 | ||||
| George Harney | p | rf | Chicago American Giants |
Key / Legend: p = Pitcher, ss = Short Stop, cf = Center Field, rf = Right Field, of = Outfield.
References
Bibliography
[1] Dick Clark & Larry Lester (1994) “League Standings 1920-1954” The Negro Leagues Book. The Society for American Baseball Research. Cleveland, Ohio. 1994.
Websites
[2] Major League Baseball (2019) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.mlb.com/standings [Accessed 29 August 2019]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Hugh Mulcahy.
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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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