Black Baseball Out of Season : Pay for Play Outside of the Negro Leagues

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNeil, William F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American baseball players--History.

Baseball--United States--History.

Discrimination in sports--United States--History.

Negro leagues--History.

Local Subjects:

African American baseball players--History.

Baseball--United States--History.

Discrimination in sports--United States--History.

Negro leagues--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Other Title:

Black Baseball Out of Season

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Negro League ballplayers, earning paychecks comparable to those of blue-collar workers, needed an off-season source of income to make ends meet. Many of them found the answer in baseball, by joining racially integrated barnstorming teams that toured the country after the regular season ended, or by playing in the organized winter leagues that operated in Florida, California, and several Caribbean and Central and South American countries. This history recounts the experiences of American black ballplayers outside of the Negro Leagues--often in places where a lack of prejudice contrasted sharply with conditions at home. Tracing the development of the game in each location and the unique character of each winter league, it details the contributions of the Negro League players and collects their statistics in each of the winter leagues.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. All Roads Lead to Florida; 2. Cuban Paradise; 3. 25th Infantry Regiment Baseball Team; 4. California, Here I Come; 5. Barnstorming; 6. Puerto Rican Winters; 7. Dominican Republic Adventures; 8. Far Away in Venezuela; 9. Other Venues; 10. Looking Back; Appendix: Negro League Player Statistics; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4766-0062-7