Newark Eagles
American professional Negro League baseball team (1936–1950)
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::summary American professional Negro League baseball team (1936–1950) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Newark Eagles |
| established | 1933 (est. 1936 through merger) |
| disbanded | 1950 |
| city | Newark, New Jersey |
| *General Electric Field (Bloomfield, New Jersey) (1934 Dodgers){{cite web | title |
| *Ollemar Stadium (Irvington, New Jersey) (1935 Dodgers){{cite web | title |
| *Ebbets Field (Brooklyn) (1935 Eagles){{cite web | title |
| league_champ_type | League titles |
| league_champs | 1946 |
| series | Negro World Series |
| series_champs | 1946 |
| :: |
|name = Newark Eagles |established = 1933 (est. 1936 through merger) |disbanded = 1950 |city = Newark, New Jersey |logo = |cap_logo = |league =
- Independent (1933)
- Negro National League (II) (1934–1948)
- Negro American League (1949–1951) |nickname =
- Newark Dodgers* (1933–1935)
- Brooklyn Eagles* (1935)
- *merged 1935
- Newark Eagles (1936–1948)
- Houston Eagles (1949–1950)
- New Orleans Eagles (1951) |ballpark =
- General Electric Field (Bloomfield, New Jersey) (1934 Dodgers)
- Ollemar Stadium (Irvington, New Jersey) (1935 Dodgers)
- Ebbets Field (Brooklyn) (1935 Eagles)
- Ruppert Stadium (Newark) (1936–1948)
- Buffalo Stadium (Houston) (1949–1950) |league_champ_type= League titles |league_champs = 1946 |series = Negro World Series |series_champs = 1946 The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team which played in the Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. They were owned by Abe and Effa Manley.
History
Formation
The Newark Eagles were formed in 1936 when the Newark Dodgers, established in 1933, merged with the Brooklyn Eagles, established in 1935. Abe Manley and his wife Effa Manley, owners and founders of the Brooklyn Eagles, purchased the Newark Dodgers franchise and combined the teams' assets and player rosters. Charles Tyler, the previous owner of the Dodgers, signed the team over in exchange for cancellation of an approximately $500 debt that Tyler owed Abe Manley.
Team management was left to Effa, making the Eagles the third professional baseball team owned and operated by a woman. The first such team was the St. Louis Cardinals, which was owned by Helene Hathaway Britton from 1911 to 1917, and the second such team was the Indianapolis ABCs who were owned by Olivia Taylor from 1922 to 1926. The Eagles shared Ruppert Stadium with the minor league Newark Bears.
Decline and demise
After the close of the 1948 season, in the aftermath of Jackie Robinson's successful integration of Major League Baseball a year earlier, the Negro National League contracted and merged into the Negro American League. The Eagles were sold and moved to Houston, Texas for the 1949 season,
Negro World Series champions
Under Effa Manley's guidance, the 1946 team won the Negro World Series, upsetting the Kansas City Monarchs in a 7-game series.
Players
Main article: Newark Eagles all-time roster
Baseball Hall of Famers
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| Newark Eagles Hall of Famers | Inductee | Position | Tenure | Inducted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Dandridge | 3B | 1934–1938 | ||
| 1942, 1944 | 1987 | |||
| Leon Day | P | 1937–1939 | ||
| 1941–1943, 1946 | 1995 | |||
| Larry Doby | CF | 1942–1944 | ||
| 1945–1947 | 1998 | |||
| Monte Irvin | LF | 1938–1942 | ||
| 1945–1948 | 1973 | |||
| Biz Mackey | C | 1939–1942 | ||
| 1945–1947 | 2006 | |||
| Mule Suttles | 1B | 1936–1940 | ||
| 1942–1944) | 2006 | |||
| Willie Wells | SS | 1937–1939 | 1997 | |
| Effa Manley | Owner | 1935–1948 | 2006 | |
| :: |
Notable alumni
- Don Newcombe (1944–1945) 4 x MLB All Star; 1949 Rookie of the year; 1956 Cy Young Award; 1956 NL Most Valuable Player
References
References
- "1934 Newark Dodgers". Seamheads.com.
- "1935 Newark Dodgers". Seamheads.com.
- "Ebbets Field".
- Overmyer, James. (1998). "Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles". Scarecrow Press.
- "Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum: Team Profiles: Newark Eagles".
- (2014). "Black Baseball, Black Business: Race Enterprise and the Fate of the Segregated Dollar". Univ. Press of Mississippi.
- "Forgotten Heroes: Charles Isham "C.I." Taylor".
- "Negro American League Standings (1937-1962)".
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