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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.
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
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 ...
Buffaloes (Buffs), 1888–1961 (Texas League, American Association), reorganized and relocated to Oklahoma City after their buyout by the Houston Astros. The team still exists as the Oklahoma City RedHawks. Eagles, 1949-c.1950s (Negro league baseball team, remnants of legendary Newark Eagles) [1]
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 ...
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.
Houston Eagles (1949) Raymon Taylor Lacy (August 12, 1922 – February 10, 2020) was an American Negro league baseball player in the 1940s. A native of Bullard, Texas , Lacy attended Stanton High School , Prairie View A&M University , Texas College and Stephen F. Austin State University .
Port Arthur Sea Hawks (1955–1956), moved from Evangeline League (1954) and Gulf Coast League (1950–1953); Port Arthur Redlegs (1957) Sherman-Denison Twins (1947–1951) Temple Eagles (1949–1954); Temple Redlegs (1957) Texarkana Bears (1947–1953), moved from East Texas League (1946) Texas City Hubbers (1955); Texas City Exporters (1956)