1948 in the Negro Leagues

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1948 in the Negro Leagues

Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
1	Homestead Grays	68	44	23	1	0.657	--
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	70	49	29	2	0.628	0.5
3	Newark Eagles	58	29	28	1	0.509	10.0
4	Philadelphia Stars	60	28	31	1	0.475	12.0
5	New York Cubans	48	17	30	1	0.362	17.0
6	New York Black Yankees	44	9	35	0	0.204	23.5

Homestead Grays defeated Baltimore Elite Giants, 2-1-1, in League Championship Series

Negro American League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
1	Birmingham Black Barons	92	60	30	2	0.667	--
2	Kansas City Monarchs	68	46	21	1	0.687	2.5
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	78	41	35	2	0.539	12.0
4	Indianapolis Clowns	85	32	50	3	0.390	24.0
5	Chicago American Giants	74	27	47	0	0.365	25.0
6	Memphis Red Sox	77	28	51	2	0.354	26.5

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Kansas City Monarchs, 4-3-1, in League Championship Series

Independent Teams

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

• Greensboro Red Wings
• Harlem Globetrotters

Postseason

In the Negro World Series, the Homestead Grays (NNL) defeated the Birmingham Black Barons (NAL), 4 games to 1.

Further Reading

• Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin, ed.: Bittersweet Goodbye: the Black Barons, the Grays, and the 1948 Negro League World Series, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2017. ISBN 978-1-943816-55-2