Newark Eagles

The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team which played in the Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. They were owned by Abe and Effa Manley.

 History 
The Newark Eagles were created in 1936 when the Newark Dodgers joined with the Brooklyn Eagles. Abe Manley and his wife Effa Manley owned the Brooklyn Eagles.  They bought the Newark Dodgers team.  They put the teams' players together into one team. Charles Tyler, who had owned the Dodgers, signed the team over so that Abe Manley would forgive an about $500 debt that Tyler owed him.

Effa was in charge of decisions about the team.  This made the Eagles the third professional baseball team owned and run by a woman. The first team was the St. Louis Cardinals, which was owned by Helene Hathaway Britton from 1911 to 1917. The second team was the Indianapolis ABCs who were owned by Olivia Taylor from 1922 to 1926. 

The Eagles shared Ruppert Stadium with the minor league Newark Bears.

After the 1948 season, the Negro National League combined with the Negro American League (NAL). The Eagles were sold and moved to Houston, Texas for the 1949 season. They became known as the Houston Eagles, part of the NAL's western division. Two years later they moved to New Orleans. The New Orleans Eagles played the 1951 season.  Then, the team disbanded.

 Negro World Series champions 
The 1946 team won the Negro World Series, upsetting the Kansas City Monarchs in a 7-game series. 

 Players 

 Baseball Hall of Famers 
Newark Eagles Hall of FamersPlayerPositionYears with NewarkWhen they were put in the Hall of FameRay Dandridge3B1934–19381942, 19441987Leon DayP1937–19391941–1943, 19461995Larry DobyCF1942–19441945–19471998Monte IrvinLF1938–19421945–19481973Biz MackeyC1939–19421945–19472006Mule Suttles1B1936–19401942–1944)2006Willie WellsSS1937–19391997Effa ManleyOwner1935–19482006

 References 

Category:Baseball teams in the United States
Category:Newark, New Jersey