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The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 1905 by John Wilson Connor (1875–1926), [ 2 ] [ Note 1 ] owner of the Brooklyn Royal Cafe, the team initially played against white semi-pro teams. [ 3 ]
The following is the list of players on the Brooklyn Royal Giants all-time roster. These are Brooklyn Royal Giants players who appeared in at least one game for the Royal Giants from 1905 to 1942. On-going research continuously discovers unreported or misreported games (and the affected players), while some games and players may be lost forever.
Brooklyn Royal Giants: 1904: Independent — — — 5 0 5 0 .000 [1] 1905^ Independent — — — 13 0 12 1 .000 Lost challenge to East-region championship ...
Initially, the Cuban X-Giants were included in the league but folded prior to the inaugural 1907 season. The league's members were otherwise constant for its duration. The Cuban Giants and Cuban Stars were based in New York City at this time. Brooklyn Royal Giants 1907-1910; Cuban Giants 1907-1909; Cuban Stars of Havana 1907-1910; Philadelphia ...
Pages in category "Brooklyn Royal Giants players" The following 173 pages are in this category, out of 173 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
A popular player, he was called the "king of second basemen," "idol of all the ladies," and "the most sensational player on the American Giants' team." In 1914 the American Giants easily won the western title and swept the eastern champion Brooklyn Royal Giants in four straight games, with Monroe hitting fifth. [4]
Smith broke into the professional Brooklyn Royal Giants later that year. He recorded batting averages of .341 in 1925 and .439 in 1927. In 1929, he joined the New York Lincoln Giants of the new American Negro League, and batted .464, collecting 118 hits in only 67 games, with 23 home runs and 24 doubles, all of which paced the league. The ...
Kenneth Fuller Gardner (March 5, 1899 – March 9, 1984), nicknamed "Ping", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s and 1930s. A native of Washington, DC, Gardner made his Negro leagues debut in 1920 with the Brooklyn Royal Giants. He went on to play with several teams, finishing his career in 1932 with the Newark Browns.