American professional baseball team
Louisville Black Caps League
Location Louisville, Kentucky Established 1932 Nickname(s)
Louisville Black Caps (1930)
Louisville White Sox (1931)
Louisville Black Caps / Columbus Turfs (1932)
The Louisville Black Caps were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Louisville, Kentucky . The team played as the Black Caps in the Negro National League in 1930 before playing as the Louisville White Sox in 1931.
In 1932, they joined the Negro Southern League , again playing as the Black Caps.[1] Only five months into the season, the team relocated to play as the Columbus Turfs for the remaining month and a half before folding.[2] [citation needed ]
References
^ "Louisville Black Caps Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 17, 2021 .
^ "Louisville Black Caps - History". RetroSeasons . Retrieved 2023-08-02 .
Teams Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the Negro National League. Years as an associate team are not noted.
Classifications : Major league (de facto ) : 1932
Minor league : 1920–1931, 1933–1936
Major league teams (1932) Minor league teams
Multi seasons played
Knoxville Giants (1920–22,31)
Montgomery Grey Sox (1920–22,26,31–33,35–36)
Atlanta Black Crackers (1920–21,26–27,29,35–36)
Birmingham Black Barons (1920–21,23,26,31,34–36)
New Orleans Caulfield Ads (1920–22,26,29,35)
Nashville Elite Giants (1921–23,26–27,29,31–32)
Memphis Red Sox (1921–23,26,31–33–36)
New Orleans Crescent Stars (1922–23,33–34)
Chattanooga Black Lookouts (1926–27,29,31,35–36)
Louisville Black Caps (1929)
Two seasons played or less
Jacksonville Stars (1920)
Pensacola Giants (1920)
Nashville White Sox (1920)
Chattanooga Tigers (1921–22)
Bessemer (AL) Stars/Grey Sox (1921,27)
Gadsden (AL) Giants (1921)
Mobile Braves (1921)
Louisville Stars (1922)
Albany (GA) Giants (1926)
Evansville Reichert Giants (1927,29)
Hopkinsville (KY) Athletics (1927,36)
Jackson (TN) Cubs (1927)
Atlanta Panthers (1931)
Shreveport Cubs (1933)
Algiers (LA) Giants (1933)
Little Rock Stars (1933)
Jackson (TN) Senators (1933)
Alexandria (LA) Lincoln Giants (1933)
Pine Bluff (AR) Boosters (1933)
Cincinnati Tigers (1934,36)
Atlanta Athletics (1934)
Claybrook (AR) Tigers (1935)
Louisville Caps (1934)
Nashville Black Vols (1936)
Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the Negro Southern League. Years as an associate team are not noted.
The Negro Southern League did not organize for the following seasons: 1924–1925, 1928, 1930
Players Post-season International competitions Teams Leagues
Major leagues Proto-leagues Minor leagues Post-integration