Philadelphia Tigers

Philadelphia Tigers
Information
LeagueEastern Colored League (1928)
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
BallparkPencoyd Field
Established1928
Disbanded1928

The Philadelphia Tigers were a Negro league baseball team that played briefly in the 1928 Eastern Colored League (ECL) before the circuit disbanded in early June. The Tigers, organized by Smittie Lucas, featured a few well-known east coast players, such as Bill Yancey, George Johnson, and McKinley Downs, but no real stars.

They played at Pencoyd Field,[1] which was near Wissahickon station in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia[2] at 40°0′53″N 75°12′29″W / 40.01472°N 75.20806°W / 40.01472; -75.20806.[3]

After the ECL fell apart, the Tigers struggled on as a marginal independent team into July before disbanding.

  1. ^ Ashwill, Gary. "1928 Season Eastern Colored League". Negro Leagues Data Base. Seamheads.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ Gordon, Patrick (November 18, 2022). "Murder, drama, and the story of the 1928 Philadelphia Tigers in the Eastern Colored League". Philadelphia Baseball Review. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ "[Aerial Survey of the Philadelphia Region], 1928 (circa) - Plate 53". www.philageohistory.org. Retrieved 2023-08-10. The field is southwest of the intersection of Ridge Avenue and Wissahickon Avenue (now Lincoln Drive).