Negro World Series
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The Negro World Series was the championship series of Negro league baseball in the United States, pitting the top teams from the major Black professional leagues against each other to determine the overall champion.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Negro League World Series | 1 |
| Negro league World Series competition | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Negro league baseball event
ⓘ
baseball championship series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Colored World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionType | postseason series ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact | symbol of Black athletic excellence during segregation ⓘ |
| endTime | 1948 ⓘ |
| era | segregation era in American baseball ⓘ |
| firstEdition | 1924 Negro World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | establishment of multiple major Negro leagues ⓘ |
| governingBody | Negro league owners and league officials ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
1920s
ⓘ
1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ |
| inception | 1924 ⓘ |
| lastEdition | 1948 Negro World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leagueLevel | top level ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | covered primarily by the Black press ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Buck Leonard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cool Papa Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ Monte Irvin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Dandridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Satchel Paige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTeam |
Birmingham Black Barons
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chicago American Giants NERFINISHED ⓘ Homestead Grays NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas City Monarchs NERFINISHED ⓘ Newark Eagles NERFINISHED ⓘ Pittsburgh Crawfords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGamesFormat | best of nine games (in many years) ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Eastern Colored League
NERFINISHED
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Negro American League NERFINISHED ⓘ Negro National League NERFINISHED ⓘ second Negro National League ⓘ |
| participantCriteria | champions of major Negro leagues ⓘ |
| precededBy | informal Black baseball championship series ⓘ |
| purpose | to determine the overall champion of Negro league baseball ⓘ |
| reasonForEnd |
decline of Negro leagues after Jackie Robinson joined MLB in 1947
ⓘ
integration of Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Eastern Colored League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Major League Baseball World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Negro American League NERFINISHED ⓘ Negro National League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | served as the World Series equivalent for Black professional baseball ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| typicalVenue | Negro league ballparks across the United States ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Negro League World Series
this entity surface form:
Negro league World Series competition