page_title: Brooklyn Royal Giants
section_title: League play
hierarchical_section_title: Brooklyn Royal Giants / League play
caption_attribution_description: English: Sepia tone photo of 1919 Brooklyn Royal Giants baseball team
context_page_description: The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 1905 by John Wilson Connor, owner of the Brooklyn Royal Cafe, the team initially played against white semi-pro teams. They were one of the prominent independent teams prior to World War I before organized league play began.
context_section_description: In 1907, the Brooklyn Royal Giants joined the National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba. The league lasted three seasons and included the teams Philadelphia Giants, Cuban X-Giants, Cuban Stars of Havana, and the Cuban Giants of New York.
  During the 1920s, under the ownership of Nat Strong, a white New York City booking agent, the team fell into somewhat of a decline, and did very poorly while in the Eastern Colored League.  The Giants played their home games while part of the Eastern Colored League at Dexter Park in Queens.
caption: 1919 Brooklyn Royal Giants team photo
exif: {}