The 1942 Negro League Season

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For the 1942 season, Retrosheet has found 481 games involving major-league quality Negro League players.
Retrosheet has found box scores for 269 of these games.


These games break down as follows:

Official NAL Games:            139
Official NNL Games:            108
Intra-League Exhibition Games: 143
NAL v. NNL Exhibition Games:   76 
All-Star Games:                2  
Playoff Games:                 5  
Inter-Racial Exhibition Games: 7  

Retrosheet's release for the 1942 season includes the following teams.

Negro American League

Birmingham Black Barons (BIR)
Chicago American Giants (CAG)
Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes (CCB)
Jacksonville Red Caps (JAX)
Kansas City Monarchs (KCM)
Memphis Red Sox (MEM)

Negro National League

Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG)
Homestead Grays (HOM)
Newark Eagles (NW2)
New York Black Yankees (NY5)
New York Cubans (NY6)
Philadelphia Stars (PH5)

Other Teams

Dizzy Dean All Stars (ASD)
East All Stars (ASE)
West All Stars (ASW)
Cincinnati Clowns (CI2)
Negro American League All Stars (NAL)
Pirrone All Stars (PIR)
Philadelphia Royal Giants (PRG)
Parker All Stars (PRK)


Complete Game Log for 1942
Player Game Logs for 1942
Ballparks used in 1942


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