- Algona Brownies
The Algona Brownies were an independent interracial baseball team that played in the 1902 and 1903 seasons. They were based in
Algona, Iowa , and was primarily made up of former members of theUnion Giants ,Columbia Giants , andChicago Unions teams. During their second and final season, the team makeup changed from having both black and white players to a team of only black players. That year, their final year, they won the Western championship, defeating theChicago Union Giants in a challenge playoff.Players
Individual players included:
*Sherman Barton , 1902-1903, primary LF
*Peter Burns, 1902-1903, C/OF
*George RichardsonReferences
*Riley, James A. "The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues". New York:Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1994. ISBN 0-7867-0065-3.
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