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We list 35,000+ teams from Negro League, Japanese league, and minor league history. This list is not exhaustive and may be missing teams from certain leagues and years or with a small number of games played. We apologize for any omissions.
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Washington (632 tms)
West Virginia (343 tms)
Wisconsin (636 tms)
Wyoming (12 tms)
Alberta (152 tms)
British Columbia (125 tms)
Manitoba (96 tms)
New Brunswick (3 tms)
Nova Scotia (14 tms)
Ontario (364 tms)
Quebec (220 tms)
Saskatchewan (63 tms)
Aguascalientes (54 tms)
Baja California (94 tms)
Campeche (57 tms)
Chihuahua (47 tms)
Ciudad Mendoza (1 tms)
Coahuila (176 tms)
Distrito Federal (221 tms)
Durango (16 tms)
Guanajuato (64 tms)
Hidalgo (7 tms)
Jalisco (45 tms)
Mexico (2 tms)
Nuevo Leon (98 tms)
Oaxaca (25 tms)
Puebla (68 tms)
Quintana Roo (24 tms)
San Luis Potosi (38 tms)
Sinaloa (278 tms)
Sonora (311 tms)
Tabasco (58 tms)
Tamaulipas (136 tms)
Veracruz (192 tms)
Yucatan (59 tms)
Zacatecas (24 tms)
Australia (125 tms)
China (10 tms)
Colombia (20 tms)
Cuba (878 tms)
Dominican Republic (1049 tms)
Israel (6 tms)
Italy (164 tms)
Japan (1176 tms)
Netherlands (128 tms)
New Zealand (2 tms)
Panama (81 tms)
Puerto Rico (198 tms)
San Marino (21 tms)
South Korea (323 tms)
Taiwan (170 tms)
United Kingdom (23 tms)
Venezuela (352 tms)
Indiana
City | From | To | # | Teams |
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Anderson | 1890 | 1997 | 11 | Anderson Lawmen, Logansport/Anderson Whitecaps, Anderson/Grand Rapids Orphans, Columbus Senators/Anderson Anders, Lafayette/Anderson, Anderson |
Bluffton | 1890 | 1911 | 5 | Bluffton Babes, Bluffton |
Connersville | 1896 | 1896 | 1 | Connersville |
Crawford | 1899 | 1899 | 1 | Muncie/Crawford |
Crawfordsville | 1888 | 1888 | 1 | Crawfordsville Hoosiers |
Danville | 1899 | 1899 | 1 | Danville |
Decatur | 1907 | 1907 | 1 | Decatur |
East Chicago | 1995 | 1995 | 1 | East Chicago Conquistadores |
Elkhart | 1888 | 1910 | 3 | Elkhart Blue Sox, Elkhart |
Elwood | 1896 | 1900 | 2 | Elwood Wanderers, Elwood |
Evansville | 1877 | 2019 | 100 | Evansville Otters, Evansville Triplets, Evansville White Sox, Evansville Braves, Evansville Bees, Evansville Giants, Evansville Hubs, Evansville Pocketeers, Evansville Little Evas, Evansville Evas, Evansville Yankees, Evansville Strikers/South Bend Bux, Evansville River Rats, Evansville Brewers, Evansville Black Birds, Evansville Hoosiers, Evansville, Evansville Red |
Fort Wayne | 1871 | 2021 | 72 | Fort Wayne TinCaps, Fort Wayne Wizards, Fort Wayne Generals, Fort Wayne Daisies, Fort Wayne Chiefs, Fort Wayne Cubs, Fort Wayne Champs, Fort Wayne Brakies, Fort Wayne Billikens, Fort Wayne Railroaders/Canton Red Stockings, Fort Wayne Railroaders, Fort Wayne Indians, Fort Wayne Farmers, St. Paul Saints/Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne Hoosiers, Fort Wayne Kekiongas |
Frankfort | 1888 | 1888 | 1 | Frankfort |
Gary | 1910 | 2019 | 19 | Gary Southshore Railcats, Gary Sand Fleas |
Huntingburg | 1996 | 2020 | 11 | Indy Windstorm, California Dogecoin, Indiana Barn Owls, Baseball Resume Bandits, Dubois County Dragons |
Huntington | 1909 | 1998 | 4 | Huntington, Huntington Indians, Huntington Johnnies |
Indianapolis | 1877 | 2021 | 158 | Indianapolis Clowns, Cincinnati/Indianapolis Clowns, Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords, Indianapolis Athletics, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Indianapolis/Matthews Hoosiers, Indianapolis Indians, Indianapolis Hoosiers/Indians, Indianapolis Hoosiers, Indianapolis Blues |
Kokomo | 1890 | 2019 | 13 | Kokomo Jackrabbits, Kokomo Dodgers, Kokomo Giants, Kokomo Wild Cats, Kokomo Blues, Kokomo |
Lafayette | 1888 | 2005 | 15 | Ohio Valley Redcoats, Lafayette Leopards, Lafayette Red Sox, Lafayette Chiefs, Lafayette Farmers, Lafayette Wets, Lafayette |
Ligonier | 1910 | 1910 | 1 | Ligonier |
Logansport | 1888 | 1910 | 4 | Logansport Whitecaps, Logansport Ottos, Marion/Logansport, Logansport |
Marion | 1888 | 1948 | 8 | Marion Indians, Marion Boosters, Marion Glass Blowers, Marion |
Merrillville | 1995 | 1995 | 1 | Merrillville Muddogs |
Michigan City | 1956 | 1959 | 4 | Michigan City White Caps |
Muncie | 1890 | 1950 | 8 | Muncie Reds, Muncie Fruit Jars, Muncie |
Peru | 1890 | 1890 | 1 | Peru |
Portland | 1907 | 1907 | 1 | Portland |
Richmond | 1907 | 2005 | 21 | Richmond Roosters, Richmond Tigers, Richmond Roses, Richmond Quakers, Richmond |
Rushville | 1896 | 1896 | 1 | Rushville |
South Bend | 1888 | 2021 | 60 | South Bend Cubs, South Bend Silver Hawks, South Bend White Sox, South Bend Blue Sox, South Bend Twins, South Bend Factors, South Bend Benders, South Bend Benders/Grand Rapids Grads, South Bend Bronchos, South Bend Greens, South Bend |
Terre Haute | 1884 | 1956 | 55 | Terre Haute Tigers, Terre Haute Phillies, Terre Haute Tots, Terre Haute Browns, Terre Haute Highlanders, Terre Haute Terre-iers, Terre Haute Miners, Terre Haute Stags, Toledo Swamp Angels/Terre Haute Hottentots, Terre Haute Hottentots, Terre Haute Hoosiers, Terre Haute |
Vincennes | 1903 | 1952 | 11 | Canton Citizens/Vincennes Velvets, Vincennes Velvets, Vincennes Citizens, Vincennes Hoosiers, Vincennes Reds, Vincennes Alices |
Wabash | 1899 | 1911 | 5 | Wabash Rockeries, Wabash |
Washington | 1896 | 1897 | 2 | Washington Browns, Washington Giants |
About the Register Data
Historical performance data for professional leagues (affiliated minor leagues, independent minor leagues, fall/winter leagues, and other international leagues) is provided by and licensed from 24-7 Baseball and Chadwick Baseball Bureau. It incorporates the work of many stalwart baseball researchers, including Cliff Blau, Art Cantu, Frank Hamilton, Reed Howard, Kevin Johnson, Bob McConnell, Jack Morris, and Ray Nemec, as well as members of the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.
Perhaps most importantly, it builds upon the seminal work of Ed Washuta, who magnanimously provided the framework to make the whole thing possible.
Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.
About the Negro League Data
Sources
This data comes from two sources. 1) The Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group put together by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum thanks to a grant provided by Major League Baseball. 2) Gary Ashwill and his collaborators.
The Hall of Fame data is found for the years 1920-1948 and the Ashwill data is found from 1904-1919. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources, so please be assured that we are aware there are issues with the data and will continue to work with our data providers to improve the data that appears here.
The Hall of Fame dataset
This data is constructed from the best available information as provided by Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark of the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group. It contains data culled from newspaper boxscores, covering league sanctioned games from 1920 to 1948, which was produced for a study sponsored by Major League Baseball and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It reflects totals as compiled by the NLRAG up to 2006. As new credible information is continually unearthed, these numbers will continue to change.
Baseball-Reference and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum would like to acknowledge Major League Baseball for funding this study, along with the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group for their extensive efforts to collect the raw data and construct the most comprehensive database of Negro Leagues Baseball statistics. Under the direction of Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark, this database is the largest dataset ever made publically available and we wish to express our gratitude for all their efforts to help rebuild this lost statistical history.
The Ashwill Negro Leagues Database
Playing statistics and biographical data on the Negro leagues (all pre-1920) and early Latin American professional baseball is licensed from and provided by the Negro Leagues Database, a project organized by Gary Ashwill with the participation of many historians of Negro league and Latin American baseball.
The database is a work in progress, and will include more seasons as development continues. It appears in its original form at Seamheads.com.
Playing statistics and biographical data for this portion of our dataset (The Negro Leagues Database) are all copyright 2013 by Gary Ashwill. All rights reserved.
Completeness
Note that our records are missing thousands of players who played in the Negro Leagues for minor league teams, independent teams, barnstorming teams or even Negro major league teams. We will bring their records to light as soon as suitable records are available for those players.
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