Baltimore Elite Giants

Baltimore Elite Giants
Baltimore Elite Giants
Information
League	Independent (1920–1929); Negro National League (1930); Negro Southern League (1931–1932); Negro National League (1933–1948); Negro American League (1949–1950);
Location	Baltimore, Maryland
Ballpark	Sulphur Dell (1920–1928); Greenwood Park (1920–1928); Tom Wilson Park (1929–1934); Red Bird Stadium (1935); Griffith Stadium (1936-37); Bugle Field (1938–1949); Oriole Park (1938–1944); Memorial Stadium (1950); Westport Park (1950);
Established	1920
Disbanded	1950
Nickname(s)	Nashville Standard Giants (1920); Nashville Elite Giants (1921–1934); Columbus Elite Giants (1935); Washington Elite Giants (1936–1937); Baltimore Elite Giants (1938–1950);
League titles	1939; 1949;

The Baltimore Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues from 1920 to 1950. The team was established by Thomas T. Wilson, in Nashville, Tennessee as the semi-pro Nashville Standard Giants on March 26, 1920. The team was renamed the Elite Giants in 1921, and moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1938, where the team remained for the duration of their existence. The team and its fans pronounced the word "Elite" as "ee-light".^[1]

^ "Lipman Pike of the Baltimore nine was famous". The Baltimore Sun. July 25, 1992. Retrieved February 8, 2015.

[1] "Lipman Pike of the Baltimore nine was famous". The Baltimore Sun. July 25, 1992. Retrieved February 8, 2015.

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