| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1906 |
| Ceased | 1906 |
| No. of teams | 8 (5 original and 3 replacement) |
| Country | United States |
| Last champion(s) | Philadelphia Giants |
The International League of Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs, also referred to as the International League,[1] was a racially-integrated independent baseball league league that played a single season during the summer of 1906. It was composed of a mix of white, Cuban and Negro league baseball teams in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as New Jersey and Wilmington, Delaware, . The league was planned to continue the following year,[2] but never materialized for 1907.
The league's integrated status was unique, given the baseball color line in effect in Major League Baseball and its minor league affiliates. In that sense, it was also not a traditional "Negro league," since fewer than half the teams had all-black rosters. The International League was initially composed of five teams (one white American, two Cuban, and two African American),[1] with three later replacement teams.