Early U.S. blackball teams in Cuba
Subtitle: box scores, rosters, and statistics for the American Series, 1900-1945
By: Severo Nieto ; foreword by Peter C. Bjarkman.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780786419289
Subjects: Baseball -- Cuba -- History; Baseball -- Statistics; African American baseball players -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Statistics.
Description: "In the early 20th century, winners of the "colored" championship in the U.S. traveled to Cuba to compete against the top Cuban League teams, amateur clubs, and All-Star squads. Here are presented box scores, statistics, rosters, and summaries of the games, as well as biographical information for the players, of the American Series from 1900 through 1945"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1900 Cuban X-Giants; title: 1903 Cuban X-Giants; title: 1904 Cuban X-Giants; title: 1905 Cuban X-Giants; title: 1906 Cuban X-Giants; title: 1907 Philadelphia Giants; title: 1908 Brooklyn Royal Giants; title: 1910 Chicago Leland Giants; title: 1912 Lincoln Giants; title: 1914 Lincoln Stars; title: 1915 Indianapolis ABCs; title: 1920 Bacharach Giants; title: 1925 All-Yankees; title: 1938 Homestead Grays; title: 1939 Homestead Grays; title: 1945 New York Cubans.