Biographies of the Negro Leagues players on the 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants team.

Provides a history of the Elite Giants of Baltimore baseball team in the Negro League. Highlights pivotal games, players, and league decisions. Also discusses t

The result of a study commissioned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and funded by a grant from Major League Baseball(, this richly illustrated, comprehensi

Baseball lore is replete with the tales of such legendary Negro League stars as Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson and a few others. But the stories of

Like virtually every other aspect of American life, baseball was affected by World War II. Many of its players left the playing field for the battlefield, but t