Ansonia Cuban Giants

The Ansonia Cuban Giants,[1] also known as the Ansonia Big Gorhams,[2] were an all black team in the otherwise segregated Connecticut State League.[2]

Ansonia Cuban Giants
Information
AffiliationsCuban Giants
LeagueConnecticut State League
LocationAnsonia, Connecticut

Players
Name Year Position Ref.
Frank Bell 1891 Outfielder [3][4]
Ben Boyd 1891 Outfielder [5][4]
Cam 1891 Outfielder [6][4]
George Douglas 1891 Outfielder/Pitcher [7]
Jack Frye 1891 1st baseman [8]
Frank Grant 1891 2nd baseman [9][10]
Bob Jackson 1891 Catcher/Outfielder [11][4]
William Jackson 1891 Outfielder [12]
John Nelson 1891 Pitcher/Outfielder [13][4]
George Stovey 1891 Pitcher [14]
George Terrill 1891 Utility player [15]
Sol White 1891 2nd/3rd baseman [16]
Clarence Williams 1891 Catcher [4]
Ed Woods 1891 Pitcher [17]

Citations
  1. Riley 1994, pp. 202–203.
  2. Thornton 2018, pp. 28–29.
  3. Riley 1994, p. 71.
  4. Kleinknecht 1977, online.
  5. Riley 1994, pp. 97–98.
  6. Riley 1994, p. 146.
  7. Riley 1994, p. 245.
  8. Riley 1994, p. 297.
  9. Riley 1994, pp. 331–332.
  10. Thornton 2019, online.
  11. Riley 1994, p. 412.
  12. Riley 1994, p. 418.
  13. Riley 1994, p. 579.
  14. Riley 1994, pp. 746–747.
  15. Riley 1994, p. 772.
  16. Riley 1994, pp. 836–837.
  17. Riley 1994, p. 878.

Bibliography
  • Kleinknecht, Merl F. (1977). "Blacks in 19th Century Organized Baseball". The Baseball Research Journal. Society for American Baseball Research. 6: 118–126.
  • Riley, James (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7867-0065-3.
  • Thornton, Steve (2 November 2018). "African American Greats in Connecticut Baseball". Connecticut Explored. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  • Thornton, Steve (6 April 2019). "Swinging for the Fences: Connecticut's Black Baseball Greats". Connecticut History. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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