List of Baltimore Elite Giants seasons

This list of Baltimore Elite Giants seasons compiles games played by the Baltimore Elite Giants. Seasons in which the Elite Giants were league members (or an associate team), only games that counted in official league standings are included. Seasons in which they had no league membership and played an independent/barnstorming schedule include games against primarily major-league-caliber teams.

Contemporary coverage of games and won-loss standings was spotty and inconsistent. On-going research continuously discovers unreported or misreported games, while some games are probably lost forever. Therefore, Negro league seasonal finishes will likely remain incomplete and subjective.

Year by year

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Negro World Series Champions
(1924–1927 & 1942–1948)
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League Champions Other playoff ^
Season Level League Season finish Games Wins Loses Ties Win%[a] Postseason Ref
Full[b] Split[c]
Nashville Standard Giants
1920 Independent
Nashville Elite Giants
1921 Minor NSL 1 118 72 46 0 .610 Won NSL playoff (Montgomery Grey Sox2nd) 4–1 [1]
1922 Minor NSL 1 71 47 24 0 .662 Won pennant outright [2]
1923 Minor NSL 4 7 0 7 0 .000 [3]
1924 Independent
1925 Independent
1926 Minor NSL 5 26 11 15 0 .423 [4]
6 36 15 21 0 .417
1927 Minor NSL 2 27 18 9 0 .667 [5]
1928 Independent
1929 Independent 40 14 22 4 .389 [6]
Minor NSL 1 12 9 3 0 .750 Won pennant outright [7]
1930 Major NNL1 9 DNQ 82 26 55 1 .321 [8]
1931 Minor NSL 1 33 22 11 0 .667 Won pennant outright [9]
1932^ Major NSL 4 2nd 47 24 23 0 .511 Lost NSL split-season playoff (Chicago American Giants1) 4–3 [10]
1933 Major NNL2 4 42 19 22 1 .463 [11]
1934 Major NNL2 5 DNQ 47 18 28 1 .391 [12]
Columbus Elite Giants
1935 Major NNL2 3 DNQ 55 29 24 2 .547 [13]
Washington Elite Giants
1936^ Major NNL2 5 2nd 64 29 34 1 .460 Declared NNL split-season runner-up to (Pittsburgh Crawfords1) [14]
1937 Major NNL2 5 62 23 36 3 .390 [15]
Baltimore Elite Giants
1938 Major NNL2 3 52 26 23 3 .531 [16]
1939 Major NNL2 4 44 21 23 0 .477 Won NNL tournament (Homestead Grays1st) 3–1–1
Won 1st round of NNL tournament (Newark Eagles2nd) 3–1
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1940 Major NNL2 2 55 32 23 0 .582 [18]
1941 Major NNL2 2 DNQ 68 44 24 0 .647 [19]
1942 Major NNL2 2 66 38 27 1 .585 [20]
1943 Major NNL2 5 47 18 26 3 .409 [21]
1944 Major NNL2 4 DNQ 72 34 38 0 .472 [22]
1945 Major NNL2 3 DNQ 70 36 32 2 .529 [23]
1946 Major NNL2 2 DNQ 75 38 34 3 .528 [24]
1947 Major NNL2 3 83 41 40 2 .506 [25]
1948^ Major NNL2 2 1st 76 46 28 2 .622 Lost NNL split-season playoff (Homestead Grays2) 2–1–1 [26]
1949 Minor NAL 1 (E) 89 59 30 0 .633 Won NAL split-season playoff (Homestead GraysW) ?–? [27]
1950 Minor NAL 2 (E) 45 24 20 1 .545 [28]
1951 Minor NAL 2 (E) 64 28 36 0 .438 [29]
Key
  1. ^ Placement in annual standings were generally decided by win percentage; "games behind" were never used.
  2. ^ Finish in years when only a full season was indicates actual place in standings. Finish in years a split season was played indicates combined place in standings for both halves of the season.
  3. ^ Years with a "—" did not play a split season. "1st" or 2nd" indicate which half of the season was won. "DNQ" indicates team did not win either half and did not qualify for postseason.

References

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  25. ^ "1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  26. ^ "1948 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  27. ^ "Negro American League Standings (1937-1962)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
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  29. ^ "Negro American League Standings (1937-1962)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-03-24.