Birmingham Black Barons

Birmingham Black Barons
Birmingham Black Barons
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League	Negro Southern League (1920–1923); Negro National League (I) (1924–1925); Negro Southern League (1926); Negro National League (I) (1927–1930); Negro Southern League (1931–1936); Negro American League (1937–1938); Did not play (1939); Negro American League (1940–1960);
Location	Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark	Rickwood Field;
Established	1920
Disbanded	1960
League titles	1943; 1944; 1948; 1959;

The Birmingham Black Barons were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1920 until 1960, including 18 seasons recognized as Major League by Major League Baseball. They shared their home field of Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, with the white Birmingham Barons, usually drawing larger crowds and equal press.