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Negro American League (NAL)
Seasons 1937-1948 (12 seasons)

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Beginning in 1937, the Negro National League, which had been the sole Negro League since 1933, concentrated on franchises located in the East, and the Negro American League was organized under leadership by Dr. J.B. Martin to focus on franchises located in the Midwest.

From 1942-1948, the two leagues agreed to play in a Negro League World Series, resuming a championship event that had not taken place in Negro League Baseball since the demise of the ECL ended the Colored World Series in 1927.

After the signing of Jackie Robinson in 1947 into the MLB, the integration of baseball signaled and end to Negro League Baseball. The Negro American League resorted to barnstorming an minor league status sometime between 1950-1951.

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Other concurrent negro baseball leagues:    
USNL  ·  NNL
1948 NAL Season
1948 NAL Season
Birmingham Black Barons
1947 NAL Season
1947 NAL Season
Cleveland Buckeyes
1946 NAL Season
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Kansas City Monarchs
1945 NAL Season
1945 NAL Season
Cleveland Buckeyes
1944 NAL Season
1944 NAL Season
Birmingham Black Barons
1943 NAL Season
1943 NAL Season
Birmingham Black Barons
1942 NAL Season
1942 NAL Season
Kansas City Monarchs
1941 NAL Season
1941 NAL Season
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1940 NAL Season
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1939 NAL Season
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1938 NAL Season
1938 NAL Season
Memphis Red Sox
1937 NAL Season
1937 NAL Season
Kansas City Monarchs

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