Indianapolis ABCs

This article is about the original Indianapolis ABCs Negro league baseball team. For other teams with the same name, see Indianapolis ABCs (disambiguation).
Indianapolis ABCs
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LocationIndianapolis, Indiana
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Established1913
Disbanded1926

The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro league baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League (NNL). They claimed the western championship of black baseball in 1915 and 1916,[2] and finished second in the 1922 NNL.[3] Among their best players were Baseball Hall of Fame members Oscar Charleston, Biz Mackey, and Ben Taylor.

  1. ^ Lowry, Philip J. (2006). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. pp. 105–106. ISBN 0-8027-1562-1.
  2. ^ ""Colored Championship" Series" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  3. ^ "1922 Negro National League Season Summary". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.