Philadelphia Giants

This article is about the Negro league baseball team that played from 1902 to 1911. For the Negro league baseball team that played after 1923, see Boston Royal Giants. For the 19th-century minor league baseball team, see Philadelphia Athletics (minor league).
Philadelphia Giants
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League
  • Independent
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Ballpark
Established1902
Disbanded1911

The Philadelphia Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1902 to 1911. From 1904 to 1909 they were one of the strongest teams in black baseball, winning five eastern championships in six years. The team was organized by Sol White, Walter Schlichter,[1] and Harry Smith.

  1. ^ "Colored Baseball Men Organize Association" The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, MT, Sunday Morning, November 11, 1906, Page 2, Column 7