Philadelphia Giants
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The Philadelphia Giants were a prominent early 20th-century Negro league baseball team based in Philadelphia, known for featuring several of the era’s top Black players.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia Giants canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Negro league baseball team
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defunct baseball team ⓘ |
| associatedWith | The Philadelphia Item newspaper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityRepresented | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitiveStatus | one of the strongest Black baseball teams of the 1900s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| dissolved | circa 1911 ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition | African American players ⓘ |
| featuredIn | Sol White’s History of Colored Base Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
H. Walter Schlichter
NERFINISHED
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Harry A. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Sol White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped establish high-level Black professional baseball before formal Negro National League ⓘ |
| homeField |
Columbia Park
NERFINISHED
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various ballparks in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| inception | 1902 ⓘ |
| league | Negro leagues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| manager |
Rube Foster
NERFINISHED
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Sol White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | covered in African American press ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | dominant barnstorming team in the 1900s ⓘ |
| notableHitter | Pete Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableInfielder | John Henry Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePitcher |
Danny McClellan
NERFINISHED
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Rube Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Danny McClellan
NERFINISHED
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Grant Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Home Run Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Henry Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Rube Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Sol White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | H. Walter Schlichter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedAgainst |
Chicago Leland Giants
NERFINISHED
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Cuban X-Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ various white semi-professional teams ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| roleInBaseballHistory | stepping stone for future Negro league stars ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| teamColors | unknown or not consistently documented ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wonChampionship |
unofficial Negro championship 1904
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unofficial Negro championship 1905 ⓘ unofficial Negro championship 1906 ⓘ |
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