Harrisburg Giants

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The Harrisburg Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, active primarily in the 1920s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Negro league baseball team
defunct baseball team
activePeriod 1920s
basedInMetropolitanArea Harrisburg metropolitan area NERFINISHED
competitionFormat barnstorming games (in addition to league play)
competitionLevel major Negro league level
competitiveLevel top-level Negro league competition
country United States of America
culturalContext Jim Crow era United States NERFINISHED
era interwar period
eraOfActivity 1920s Negro leagues
ethnoCulturalIdentity African American baseball club
geographicRegion Mid-Atlantic United States NERFINISHED
historicalCategory Negro league baseball teams
historicalSignificance part of early 20th-century African American professional baseball
homeCity Harrisburg NERFINISHED
homeCountry USA NERFINISHED
homeState Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
homeVenueLocation Harrisburg area ballparks (exact primary park uncertain)
league Eastern Colored League NERFINISHED
leagueAffiliation independent Negro league team (in some seasons)
leagueLevel Negro major league
leagueStatus Negro leagues NERFINISHED
location Harrisburg, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
notableEra pre-integration era of American baseball
organizationalForm professional sports team
participatedIn Negro league baseball system NERFINISHED
partOf history of baseball in Pennsylvania
history of sports in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
playedAgainst Baltimore Black Sox NERFINISHED
Hilldale Club NERFINISHED
Homestead Grays NERFINISHED
New York Lincoln Giants NERFINISHED
playedHomeGamesIn Harrisburg, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
playedInEra segregated baseball era
playerDemographic predominantly African American players
professionalStatus professional team
representedCommunity African American community in Harrisburg
sport baseball
status defunct
subjectOf Negro league baseball histories
teamColors black and white (historical Negro leagues color scheme; exact colors uncertain)
teamType men's baseball team
timeframe early 20th century

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Eastern Colored League hasTeam Harrisburg Giants
Oscar Charleston memberOfSportsTeam Harrisburg Giants
Oscar Charleston managedTeam Harrisburg Giants