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Birmingham Black Barons | |||||
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Location | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||
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Established | 1920 | ||||
Disbanded | 1960 | ||||
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The Birmingham Black Barons were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1920 until 1960, including 18 seasons recognized as Major League by Major League Baseball.[1] They shared their home field of Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, with the white Birmingham Barons, usually drawing larger crowds and equal press.