1949 Baltimore Elite Giants season
| 1949 Baltimore Elite Giants | ||
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| League | Negro American League | |
| Ballpark | Bugle Field | |
| City | Baltimore | |
| League place | 1st | |
| Owners | Vernon Green | |
| Managers | Hoss Walker, Lennie Pearson | |
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The 1949 Baltimore Elite Giants baseball team represented the Baltimore Elite Giants in the Negro American League (NAL) during the 1949 baseball season. The team won the NAL pennant.[1] Hoss Walker and Lennie Pearson were the team's managers.[2][3] The team's owner, Vernon Green, died of a heart attack in late May 1949.[4] The team played its home games at Bugle Field in Baltimore.[1]
Players included
- Harry Bayliss
- Joe Black
- Pee Wee Butts
- Bill Byrd
- John Davidson
- Butch Davis
- Leon Day
- Leroy Ferrell
- Junior Gilliam
- Vic Harris
- Johnny Hayes
- Henry Kimbro
- Lester Lockett
- Butch McCord
- Lennie Pearson
- Frazier Robinson
- Sylvester Rogers
- Bob Romby
- Frank Russell
- Hoss Walker
- Alfred Wilmore
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bob Luke (2009). The Baltimore Elite Giants. JHU Press. ISBN 0801891167.
- ^ a b "Elite Giants To Play Today". The Baltimore Sun. May 1, 1949. p. Sports 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Frazier Robinson (1999). Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues. Syracuse University Press. p. 150.
- ^ "Green, Elite Owner, Dies". The Baltimore Sun. May 28, 1949 – via Newspapers.com.
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