1949 Baltimore Elite Giants season

Baltimore Elite Giants 1949 Negro American League Bugle Field Baltimore 1st Hoss Walker, Lennie Pearson Vernon Green The 1949 Baltimore Elite Giants baseball team represented the Baltimore Elite Giants in the Negro American League (NAL) during the 1949 baseball season. The team won the NAL pennant. Hoss Walker and Lennie Pearson were the team's managers.Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues Frazier Robinson Syracuse University Press 1999 150 The team's owner, Vernon Green, died of a heart attack in late May 1949.Green, Elite Owner, Dies The Baltimore Sun May 28, 1949 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58980493/green-elite-owner-dies/ Newspapers.com The team played its home games at Bugle Field in Baltimore. Players included Harry Bayliss Joe Black Pee Wee Butts Bill Byrd John Davidson Butch Davis Leon Day Leroy Ferrell Junior Gilliam Vic Harris Johnny Hayes Henry Kimbro Lester Lockett Butch McCord Lennie Pearson Frazier Robinson Sylvester Rogers Bob Romby Frank Russell Hoss Walker Alfred Wilmore The Baltimore Elite Giants Bob Luke JHU Press 2009 0801891167Elite Giants To Play Today The Baltimore Sun May 1, 1949 Sports 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58980102/elite-giants-to-play-today/ Newspapers.com References Category:1949 in sports in Maryland Category:Negro league baseball seasons