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This is for players of the Houston Eagles Negro league baseball team, which played in the Negro American League from 1949-50. Pages in category "Houston Eagles players" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
After the close of the 1948 season, in the aftermath of Jackie Robinson's successful integration of Major League Baseball a year earlier, the Negro National League contracted and merged into the Negro American League. The Eagles were sold and moved to Houston, Texas for the 1949 season, [5] where they became known as the Houston Eagles, part of ...
For the duration of the league, a Negro World Series took place seven times, from 1942 through 1948. The NAL Pennant winner met the champion of the rival Negro National League. Five out of the seven years, the Negro American League team (below in bold) succumbed. 1942 – Kansas City Monarchs beat Washington Homestead Grays, 4 games to 0 games
Houston Eagles – Negro American League (1949–1950) Location: Leeland Street (north, left field); St. Bernard (now Cullen Boulevard) (east, right field); Coyle Street (south, first base); Milby Street (west, third base); in the East End Currently: Fingers Furniture Center and Houston Sports Museum Colt Stadium Occupant: Houston Colt .45s ...
James Alfred Wallace (April 7, 1929 – April 14, 2000) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues.He played with the Newark/Houston Eagles in 1948 and 1949. [1] In 1950, he split time between the Ottawa Nationals of the Border League and the Bridgeport Bees in the Colonial League.
Johnny B. Washington (born April 20, 1930) played for the Chicago American Giants and the Houston Eagles in baseball's Negro league. [1] Washington was born in Chicago and attended that city's Morgan Park High School, graduating in 1949. In 1951 Washington joined the U.S. Marine Corps, serving in Korea. He played on the Marine's national ...
Baltimore Elite Giants, Mexican League, New York Black Yankees, Kansas City Monarchs, Philadelphia Stars, Indianapolis Clowns [220] Acie Griggs: 1946: 1951: Second baseman: Atlanta Black Crackers, New York Cubans, Birmingham Black Barons [221] Wiley Griggs: 1948: 1958: Infielder: Cleveland Buckeyes, Houston Eagles, Birmingham Black Barons ...
Willie C. Williams (May 25, 1925 – August 23, 2011), nicknamed "Curley", was an American Negro league baseball infielder who played for the Newark Eagles, Houston Eagles, New Orleans Eagles and in the minor leagues in a career that spanned from 1945 to 1953.