The California Winter League: America's First Integrated Professional Baseball League

by William F. McNeil

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786438819
• ISBN13: 9780786438815
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher