Negro World Series

The Negro World Series was an interleague championship series between the respective eastern and midwestern champions of the Negro Leagues. The Series ran for four years from 1924 through 1927 (when it was referred to as the "Colored World Series") between the winners of the Eastern Colored League and the first Negro National League, and for seven years from 1942 through 1948 between the winners of the second Negro National League and the Negro American League.

The Negro Leagues existed as an organized entity only from 1920 through 1962, and there were many years when only one viable Negro league was operating by season's end. In addition, the Colored World Series was never the financial windfall that the white World Series was, and there were seasons where rival leagues did not find it practical to hold a post-season championship. As a result, the Colored World Series never had the status of being the Negro Leagues' premier event -- the East-West Game generally claimed that honor.

Participants

• Homestead Grays: 5 (1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948)
• Kansas City Monarchs: 4 (1924, 1925, 1942, 1946)
• Birmingham Black Barons: 3 (1943, 1944, 1948)
• Hilldale: 2 (1924, 1925)
• Chicago American Giants: 2 (1926, 1927)
• Bacharach Giants: 2 (1926, 1927)
• Cleveland Buckeyes: 2 (1945, 1947)
• Newark Eagles: 1 (1946)
• New York Cubans: 1 (1947)

Champions

• Homestead Grays: 3 (1943, 1944, 1948)
• Chicago American Giants: 2 (1926, 1927)
• Kansas City Monarchs: 2 (1924, 1942)
• Cleveland Buckeyes: 1 (1945)
• Hilldale: 1 (1925)
• Newark Eagles: 1 (1946)
• New York Cubans: 1 (1947)

Results

Year	Western Champion	Results	Eastern Champion
	Negro National League		no eastern league
1920	Chicago American Giants	N/A
1921	Chicago American Giants	N/A
1922	Chicago American Giants	N/A
	Negro National League		Eastern Colored League
1923	Kansas City Monarchs	NP	Hilldale
1924	Kansas City Monarchs	5-4	Hilldale
1925	Kansas City Monarchs	1-5	Hilldale
1926	Chicago American Giants	5-4	Bacharach Giants
1927	Chicago American Giants	5-3	Bacharach Giants
1928	St. Louis Stars	NP	league disbanded no champion declared
	Negro National League		American Negro League
1929	Kansas City Monarchs	NP	Baltimore Black Sox
	Negro National League		no league team with best record
1930	St. Louis Stars	NP	Lincoln Giants
1931	Kansas City Monarchs	NP	Hilldale
	Negro Southern League		East-West League
1932	Chicago American Giants	NP	Detroit Wolves
	no western league		Negro National League
1933		N/A	Chicago American Giants
1934		N/A	Chicago American Giants
1935		N/A	Pittsburgh Crawfords
1936		N/A	Pittsburgh Crawfords
	Negro American League		Negro National League
1937	Kansas City Monarchs	NP	Homestead Grays
1938	Memphis Red Sox	NP	Homestead Grays
1939	Kansas City Monarchs	NP	Baltimore Elite Giants
1940	Kansas City Monarchs	NP	Homestead Grays
1941	Kansas City Monarchs	NP	Homestead Grays
1942	Kansas City Monarchs	4-0	Homestead Grays
1943	Birmingham Black Barons	3-4	Homestead Grays
1944	Birmingham Black Barons	1-4	Homestead Grays
1945	Cleveland Buckeyes	4-0	Homestead Grays
1946	Kansas City Monarchs	3-4	Newark Eagles
1947	Cleveland Buckeyes	1-4	New York Cubans
1948	Birmingham Black Barons	1-4	Homestead Grays

Further Reading

• Larry Lester: Baseball's First Colored World Series: The 1924 Meeting of the Hilldale Giants and the Kansas City Monarchs, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2006.