Pittsburgh was the only city in the country to be home of two of the Negro Leagues teams, The Homestead Grays, and the Pittsburgh Crawfords. The Giants were an amateur team competing against other similar Pittsburgh area teams. The teams became formalized initially through the efforts of Bill Harris (originally of Calhoun, Alabama) and Teenie Harris (no relation), who managed teams that emerged from local Hill schools. http://blog.cmoa.org/2014/09/kings-on-the-hill-rise-of-the-pittsburgh-crawfords/ (retrieved June 9, 2017). The Pittsburgh Crawfords were a professional Negro League baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Craws might have survived these losses, but their attendance flatlined after the white members of the team's board forced Greenlee to shut out blacks from jobs at Greenlee Field (ushers, ticket-takers, etc.). Chet Brewer went 8-4 with a 4.72 ERA. The Pirates won the game, 4–3 in 13 innings. Pete Hill – NL All Star Roster Rap Dixon – NL All Star Roster Originally, the team was composed … #NLBM101. They moved to Indianapolis, becoming the Indianapolis Crawfords , for the 1940 season, before folding. "Kings on the Hill: Rise of the Pittsburgh Crawfords". Aug 8, 2018 - History: The Crawfords won back-to-back Negro National League pennants in 1935 and 1936, with a star-studded roster led by Hall of Famers Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, Judy Johnson, and player-manager Oscar Charleston. You can reply to threads. CATCHERS – Roy Campanella, Bill Perkins and Double Duty Radcliff. The Pittsburgh Crawfords also spent their earliest years (1931-32) as independents. They wore their respective uniforms again on May 19, 2012. In addition, Bell competed in the Mexican and California Winter leagues and in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Gus Greenlee, back row left, was the Crawfords owner. Great defensive depth at the position. On June 28, 2008, in Pittsburgh, the Tampa Bay Rays and Pittsburgh Pirates honored the Negro leagues by wearing uniforms of the Jacksonville Red Caps and the Crawfords, respectively, in an interleague game. Despite his absence, the Crawfords took the first-half title with a 26–6 record, then defeated the New York Cubans in a close seven-game series for their only undisputed NNL pennant. It will be interesting to see how the addition of Campanella helps this team. He was the top numbers racketeer in Pittsburgh, and in 1932 began the process of raiding the Grays roster, signing both Josh Gibson and Oscar Charleston. The Crawfords played in the new Greenlee Field, named after the owner and builder; this was one of the few parks to be built and owned by a Negro League team. On July 18, 2015, during the Pittsburgh Pirates game at the Milwaukee Brewers, the Pirates wore Pittsburgh Crawford uniforms while the Brewers wore the respective Negro league uniforms of the Milwaukee Bears. Owned by Gus Greenlee, the Pittsburgh Crawfords played in the Negro National League in the 1930s. You can create polls. The league and the new Crawfords lasted two seasons. Carnegie Museum of Art: Storyboard. In the infield there was Oscar Charleston, John Henry Russell, Judy Johnson and Chester Williams. Take the 1935 club. They might not hit for much of an average, but should provide occasional pop and keep the base stealers honest. By late that year, Greenlee signed many of the top African-American stars to his team, most notably Satchel Paige. Resident families included black migrants from the South and European immigrants, all of whom were attracted to industrial jobs in the city. [4] Greenlee sold the club, Greenlee Field was demolished and the Crawfords moved to Toledo, becoming the Toledo Crawfords, for the 1939 season. The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bill Harris played with a team, which he later managed, from McKelvey High School, while Teenie's team formed from the Watt School. In honor of the Negro National League’s 101st anniversary, the White Sox celebrated its flagship ballclub, the Chicago American Giants, and the team’s profound impact on baseball, society and the greater Chicago community by raising a flag at Guaranteed Rate Field. On July 13, 2018, during the Milwaukee Brewers game at the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Brewers wore the Negro league uniforms of the Milwaukee Bears while the Pirates wore their respective Pittsburgh Crawford uniforms. Satch, Josh, Cool Papa, Turkey, Fats, Slim, Boojum, Dobie, Biz, Pop, El Maestro, Mule, Ghost, Needle Nose, Count, Home Run, Candy, El Diablo, Tubby, Flash, Rap, Hooks, Heavy, Bingo, Cannonball, Spot, Frog, Spoony, Superman, Bullet, and Buck all play here. "Crawfords" redirects here. Description 1932 Harrison Studio Pittsburgh Crawfords Real Photo Postcard SGC 60 EX 5--Only Example Known! The next season, as Gibson led the league with 16 home runs and Paige won 20 games, the Crawfords were near the top of the overall standings, but won neither half. Pittsburgh Crawfords: Home: Minor & T-Ball Pittsburgh Crawfords. The Crawford Grill was considered one of the best jazz clubs in the east and featured the top national acts of the day. It was a time of an organizational vacuum, as the major African-American leagues of the 1920s, the Negro National League and the Eastern Colored League, had fallen apart under pressures of the Great Depression. 1934 Pittsburgh Crawfords Replay. The squad from “Smoketown” — a nickname that the Pittsburgh Courier often applied to the metropolis better-known as “Steel City” — boasted four Hall of Fame players in outfielder James “Cool Papa” Bell, first baseman/manager Oscar Charleston, catcher Josh Gibson, and … Giants GM (Troy): yeah guys, we should all add our emails, I oromise not to spam you Mar 5, 2020 13:53:14 GMT -5. They partly recovered the next season, finishing third with a 24–16 record, but, with the exception of the 41-year-old Charleston, whose playing career was nearly over, the heart of the old Crawfords' team—Paige, Gibson, Bell—had all moved on to other teams. [3], In 1935, Paige skipped most of the NNL season to play for a semipro team in North Dakota. This season was the first great Pittsburgh Crawfords team. Roster / Stats News Schedule / Results Tournaments Practices Photo Album Favorite Links & Sponsors Home Admin. Suttles led the trial season in rbi’s. Pittsburgh Crawfords Manager – Buck Leonard. In 1935 the Pittsburgh Crawfords fielded perhaps the best baseball team of all time, said Ruck. Junco and Charleston’s splits should add to the bullpens depth. Louis Stars, Southern League of Colored Base Ballists (1886), International League of Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs (1906), National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba (1907–1909), West Coast Negro Baseball Association (1946), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Crawfords&oldid=989776776, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 November 2020, at 23:36. “A roster of 16,” he said. For other uses, see, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, biography of, Kings on the Hill: Rise of the Pittsburgh Crawfords, http://blog.cmoa.org/2014/09/kings-on-the-hill-rise-of-the-pittsburgh-crawfords/, Atlanta Black Crackers/Indianapolis ABCs (IV), Indianapolis ABCs (II)/New Orleans–St. Formed by Gus Greenlee from a youth team in 1931, the new owner loaded the team with outstanding talent, including Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, and the Crawfords became a powerhouse for the following five years (1932-1936).The Crawfords played as an independent in 1932, finishing with a 99-36 record for the season. The club narrowly lost the first-half title to the Chicago American Giants; both teams claimed the second-half title, and Greenlee as league president awarded it to his Crawfords. Cooper joins the starting rotation giving Pittsburgh a nice righty-lefty combination. On June 12, 2010, in Detroit, during an interleague game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers, the Pirates wore Pittsburgh Crawford uniforms while the Tigers wore the respective Negro league uniforms of the Detroit Stars. STARTING PITCHERS – Slim Jones (L 1R), Ray Brown (R 3R), Andy Cooper (L 1R) and Chet Brewer (R 2R).
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