The California Winter League was the first to bring together Negro
League teams and white professional teams in one league. It
operated from October through February each year from the early
part of the century until the late 1940s and generally consisted of
one or more Negro League teams, which included Hall-of-Famers
Satchel Paige, Turkey Stearnes, Willie Wells, and Cool Papa Bell on
their rosters, and three or more white teams, which were made up of
major league players who lived in California as well as minor
leaguers from the top-rated Pacific Coast League. This work is the
first complete history of the California Winter League from its
murky beginnings around 1912 to its golden years from 1924 to 1935
to its final demise in the mid 1940s. It provides an overview of
the league and the early years of local amateur ball clubs evolving
into the semi-professional league on through 1919. It then provides
detailed summaries for the official seasons of 1920 through 1947
and accounts of the exciting pennant races between the Negro League
teams and the white professional teams. Appendices provide
statistical information: league champions season by season, career
leaders in many categories such as batting average, home runs,
complete games, victories, and shutouts, batting and pitching
statistics for each season, and more.
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