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BALTIMORE ELITE GIANTS 1950 Westport Stadium 1950 Memorial Stadium 1949 Bugle Field BIRMINGHAM BLACK BARONS 1937 - 1938, 1940 - 1950 Rickwood Field CHICAGO AMERICAN GIANTS 1940 - 1952 Comiskey Park 1937 - 1940 Giants Park CINCINNATI TIGERS 1937 Crosley Field CLEVELAND BUCKEYES 1950 Cleveland Stadium 1949 Parkway Field (Louisville) 1942 - 1949 League Park 1942 Crosley Field (Cincinnati) DETROIT STARS 1937 Hamtramck Stadium (Hamtramck, MI) HOUSTON EAGLES 1949 - 1950 Buff Stadium INDIANAPOLIS ABCs 1938 - 1939 Ponce De Leon Park (Atlanta Black Crackers) INDIANAPOLIS ATHLETICS 1937 Perry Stadium INDIANAPOLIS CLOWNS 1950 all games played on road 1944 - 1949 Victory Field 1943, 1945 - 1949 Crosley Field (Cincinnati) INDIANAPOLIS CRAWFORDS 1940 Perry Stadium 1939 - 1940 Swayne Field (Toledo) JACKSONVILLE RED CAPS 1941 Durkee Field 1940 Ponce De Leon Park (Atlanta Black Crackers) 1940 League Park (Cleveland Bears) 1939 Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland Bears) 1938 Durkee Field KANSAS CITY MONARCHS 1937 - 1950 Blues Stadium MEMPHIS RED SOX 1937 - 1945, 1947 - 1950 Martin Park 1943 - 1946 Russwood Park NEW YORK CUBANS 1949 - 1950 Polo Grounds (II) PHILADELPHIA STARS 1949 - 1950 Shibe Park ST. LOUIS STARS 1937 Metropolitan Park ST. LOUIS - NEW ORLEANS STARS 1940 - 1941 Pelican Stadium (New Orleans) 1939 Stars Park (St. Louis) 1938 Mounds Ballfield (Mound City Blues, Mounds, IL) 1938 Perry Stadium (Indianapolis ABCs) In 1937 two regional leagues appeared, the Negro National League, now in the east, and the Negro American League in the midwest. Both leagues did very well and had a rippling effect on the black economy boosting sales in black hotels, restaurants, and bars. This lasted until 1945 when the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson and the color barrier fell. © 2003-17 Paul Healey.