The second Negro Southern League (NSL) was one of the several Negro baseball leagues created during the time organized baseball was segregated. The NSL was organized as a minor league in 1945 and lasted until 1951.
5-678: Nine team owners met in February 1945 in Nashville, Tennessee, to form a new minor league named after an old minor league. The 1948 season received very little coverage in the press and is hard to piece together. Additionally, a new league, the Negro American Association , formed and lured away at least four of the stronger teams, including the Atlanta Black Crackers . The league did not organize for
10-626: The Negro Southern League (NSL), including the league's defending champion Asheville Blues, steadfast Atlanta Black Crackers , and another five teams from a new league, the Negro Carolina League (NCL). After the collapse of the Negro National League (NNL) in 1948, the three-time Negro World Series champion Homestead Grays joined the league and crushed the competition. The league folded after
15-459: The 1952 season due to attendance figures being expected to be too low to be profitable. The second Negro Southern League was dissolved after seven seasons. Most seasons were split in halves, with the winner of the first half of the season playing the winner of the second half of the season in a formal league play-off that decided the Pennant winner. For some years it is unclear if a split season
20-425: Was played and if the second half schedule was completed. In the below list, the first half winner is noted with a raised "1" and the second half winner is noted with a raised "2". Negro American Association The Negro American Association was the name of two different minor league Negro baseball leagues . The first Negro American Association was organized in 1939, lasting one season. This league
25-424: Was to be a farm system for major league-caliber Negro league teams during the years of segregated baseball , but was not profitable. Another Negro American Association was organized in 1948, lasting two seasons. This league was formed after the integration of Major League Baseball and was meant to rival the existing Negro American League . Included in the founding 12 teams were four established teams from
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