Colored World Series
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The Colored World Series was a championship series in Negro league baseball that pitted the top teams from rival Black professional leagues against each other to determine a de facto world champion.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colored World Series canonical | 1 |
| Colored World Series 1924 | 1 |
| Colored World Series 1925 | 1 |
| Colored World Series 1926 | 1 |
| Colored World Series 1927 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Negro league baseball championship series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Negro League World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience | fans of Negro league baseball ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top-tier Negro league baseball ⓘ |
| competitionType | professional postseason series ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Black athletic excellence during segregation ⓘ |
| demographic | Black professional baseball players ⓘ |
| endYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| firstEditionChampion | Kansas City Monarchs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionOpponent | Hilldale Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| followedBy | integration of Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| historicalContext | segregated era of American professional baseball ⓘ |
| inception | 1924 ⓘ |
| leagueFormat | postseason championship series ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | covered primarily by African American newspapers ⓘ |
| notablePlayerParticipation |
Buck Leonard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cool Papa Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ Monte Irvin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Dandridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Satchel Paige NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTeam |
Baltimore Elite Giants
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Birmingham Black Barons NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago American Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleveland Buckeyes NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilldale Club NERFINISHED ⓘ Homestead Grays NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas City Monarchs NERFINISHED ⓘ Newark Eagles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizer |
Eastern Colored League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Negro American League NERFINISHED ⓘ Negro National League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participant |
Eastern Colored League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Negro League NERFINISHED ⓘ Negro American League NERFINISHED ⓘ Negro National League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | informal Negro league championship matchups ⓘ |
| purpose | to determine the de facto world champion of Black professional baseball ⓘ |
| reasonForEnd | decline of Negro leagues after MLB integration ⓘ |
| relationToMLB | parallel championship to the white Major League Baseball World Series ⓘ |
| revivalPeriod | 1942–1948 ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| typicalFormat |
best-of-nine series
ⓘ
best-of-seven series ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Colored World Series 1924
this entity surface form:
Colored World Series 1925
this entity surface form:
Colored World Series 1926
this entity surface form:
Colored World Series 1927