Illinois Giants

Illinois Giants were a barnstorming Negro League baseball team in the 1920s.

Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe joined the team in 1920.

Negro league baseball
Negro National
League (1920–1931)
  • Birmingham Black Barons
  • Chicago American Giants
  • Chicago Giants
  • Cleveland Browns
  • Cleveland Cubs
  • Cleveland Elites
  • Cleveland Hornets
  • Cleveland Tate Stars
  • Cleveland Tigers
  • Columbus Buckeyes
  • Cuban Stars (West)
  • Dayton Marcos
  • Detroit Stars
  • Indianapolis ABCs
  • Kansas City Monarchs
  • Louisville White Sox
  • Memphis Red Sox
  • Milwaukee Bears
  • Nashville Elite Giants
  • Pittsburgh Keystones
  • St. Louis Giants
  • St. Louis Stars
  • Toledo Tigers
Eastern Colored
League (1923–1928)
  • Bacharach Giants
  • Baltimore Black Sox
  • Brooklyn Royal Giants
  • Cuban Stars (East)
  • Harrisburg Giants
  • Hilldale Club
  • Homestead Grays
  • Lincoln Giants
  • Newark Stars
  • Washington Potomacs
American Negro
League (1929)
  • Bacharach Giants
  • Baltimore Black Sox
  • Cuban Stars (East)
  • Hilldale Club
  • Homestead Grays
  • Lincoln Giants
East-West
League (1932)
  • Baltimore Black Sox
  • Cleveland Stars
  • Cuban Stars (West)
  • Detroit Wolves
  • Hilldale Club
  • Homestead Grays
  • Newark Browns
  • Washington Pilots
Negro Southern
League (1932)
  • Cole's American Giants
  • Indianapolis ABCs
  • Louisville Black Caps-Columbus Turfs
  • Memphis Red Sox
  • Monroe Monarchs
  • Montgomery Grey Sox
  • Nashville Elite Giants
2nd Negro National
League (1933–1948)
  • Bacharach Giants
  • Baltimore Black Sox
  • Baltimore Elite Giants
  • Cole's American Giants
  • Cleveland Red Sox
  • Columbus Blue Birds-Akron Black Tyrites-Cleveland Giants
  • Detroit Stars
  • Homestead Grays
  • New York Black Yankees
  • New York Cubans
  • Newark Eagles
  • Philadelphia Stars
  • Pittsburgh Crawfords
  • Washington Black Senators
Negro American
League (1937–1960s)
  • Atlanta Black Crackers
  • Baltimore Elite Giants
  • Birmingham Black Barons
  • Chicago American Giants
  • Cincinnati Tigers
  • Cleveland Buckeyes-Louisville Buckeyes
  • Detroit Stars
  • Houston Eagles
  • Indianapolis ABCs
  • Indianapolis Athletics
  • Indianapolis Clowns
  • Indianapolis Crawfords
  • Jacksonville Red Caps-Cleveland Bears
  • Kansas City Monarchs
  • Memphis Red Sox
  • New Orleans Crescent Stars
  • New York Cubans
  • Philadelphia Stars
  • St. Louis Stars
Independent
teams (pre-1920)
  • Algona Brownies
  • All Cubans
  • All Nations
  • Austin Black Senators
  • Birmingham Giants
  • Chicago Columbia Giants
  • Chicago Unions
  • Chicago Union Giants
  • Cuban Giants
  • Cuban X-Giants
  • Leland Giants
  • Lincoln Stars
  • Minneapolis Keystones
  • Page Fence Giants
  • Philadelphia Giants
  • San Antonio Black Bronchos
  • St. Paul Colored Gophers
  • West Baden Sprudels
Independent
teams (post-1920)
  • Bismarck Churchills
  • Boston Royal Giants
  • Brooklyn Bushwicks
  • Ethiopian Clowns
  • Gilkerson's Union Giants
  • Globe Trotters
  • Illinois Giants
  • Jamestown Red Sox
  • Mineola Black Spiders
  • Mobile Black Bears
  • Philadelphia Tigers
  • Seattle Steelheads
  • Zulu Cannibal Giants
Related topics
  • Category
  • Negro League World Series
  • East-West All-Star Game
  • Museum
  • Color line
  • List of teams by state
  • List of players
  • First black players in MLB
  • Note: All teams that played in an organized league listed above also played as an independent or barnstorming team before, during, and/or after joining a league.
  • -also played in NNL
  • -also played in ECL
  • -also played in ANL
  • -also played in EWL
  • -also played in NSL
  • -also played in NNL2
  • -also played in NAL
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