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Top 10 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Negro Leagues Baseball

Top 10 Facts about Negro League History 1. The Negro National League was formed on February 13, 1920. Founded by Rube Foster, the league began with eight teams. 2. The first game was contested on May 2, 1920, with the Indianapolis ABCs defeating the Chicago Giants 4-2 at Washington Park in Indianapolis. 3. Because of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, Rube Foster was forced to cancel their season. Later that year, in March of 1920, the Negro Southern League joined the National Association of Colored Professional Base Ball Clubs. 4. In 1933, a second Negro National League was formed and a Negro American League started in 1937. 5. Josh Gibson led the Negro Leagues with 384 home runs in his Negro Leagues career and is believed to have hit nearly 800 including league and independent baseball throughout his 17-year career. Gibson was a 12x All-Star and 2x Negro League World Series Champion. 6. Leroy "Satchel" Paige was not only one of the best pitchers and players in Negro League history, but he's also the oldest ever to play in a Major League Baseball game. He made his "rookie" debut at the age of 43, and played in his last game just days shy of his 60th birthday! 7. By the end of the 1940s, the Negro Leagues were starting to disband. 8. In 2010, the U.S. Postal Service created a pair of commemorative 44-cent postage stamps to honor the all-black professional baseball leagues including the Negro Leagues. 9. One hundred years after their inception, the Negro Leagues were officially recognized as a Major League by Major League Baseball in 2020. 10. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is a place “where history touches home.” #top10 #justintime #sportsaturday @countdown #negroleagues #history