1948 Negro World Series

1948 Negro World Series
Teams 1 2 3 4 5* Games Washington Homestead Grays  3 5 3 14 10 4 Birmingham Black Barons  2 3 4 1 6 1 * indicates extra innings
Location: Kansas City: Blues Stadium (1) Birmingham: Rickwood Park (2,3,5) New Orleans: Pelican Stadium (4) Format: Best-of-seven Managers: Washington: Sam Bankhead Birmingham: Piper Davis Dates: September 26–October 5 Hall of Famers: Washington: Buck Leonard Birmingham: Willie Mays
< 1947 Negro World Series

In the 1948 Negro World Series, the Washington Homestead Grays, champions of the Negro National League, beat the Birmingham Black Barons, champions of the Negro American League, four games to one.^[1][2][3][4] The Black Barons featured the 17-year-old Willie Mays in his first professional season.^[5]

References

1. Holway, John B. (2001), The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History, Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, pp. 459–460, ISBN 0803820070
2. "Grays Score First Win in World Series", The Afro-American, p. 9, October 2, 1948, retrieved January 5, 2013
3. "Grays Hold 3–1 Lead in Series", The Afro-American, p. 8, October 9, 1948, retrieved January 5, 2013
4. "Grays Win, 10–6 in World Series", The Afro-American, p. 8, October 16, 1948, retrieved January 5, 2013
5. Klima, John (2009), Willie's Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 9780470400135