List of Negro league baseball teams
Team 1st Yr Last Yr Affiliation ( s )
Active Club of Philadelphia 1800s
Anchor Giants early 1900s
Bacharach Giants ( II ) 1931 1942 Independent ( 1931-33 ) NNL2 ( 1934 ) Independent ( 1935-42 )
Hilldale Club 1916 1932 Independent ( 1916-22 ) ECL ( 1923-28 ) ANL ( 1929 ) Independent ( 1930-31 ) EWL ( 1932 )
Philadelphia Pythians 1867 1887 Independent ( 1867-86 ) NCBBL ( 1887 )
Philadelphia Giants 1902 1916 Independent ( 1902-05 ) IL ( 1906 ) NA ( 1907-09 ) Independent ( 1910-16 )
Philadelphia Stars 1933 1952 Independent ( 1933 ) NNL2 ( 1934-48 ) NAL ( 1949-52 )
Philadelphia Tigers 1928 1928 ECL ( 1928 )
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
This list of Negro league baseball teams is based in part on the list maintained by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum of Kansas City, Missouri, in using the term Negro leagues for varying levels of black baseball during racial segregation in the United States. Many of these teams reorganized or relocated which necessitated changing of names and frequently its players, staff and owner. Teams in bold are considered to have been of major league caliber for at least one season of their existence. Other teams were either a semi-pro, barnstorming or traveling team; a minor league team; or a team that existed after the integration of Major League Baseball (1946) when the talent level declined dramatically.