Newark Eagles

Newark Eagles
Information
League
  • Independent (1933)
  • Negro National League (II) (1934–1948)
  • Negro American League (1949–1951)
LocationNewark, New Jersey
Ballpark
Year established1933 (est. 1936 through merger)
Year disbanded1950
Nickname(s)
  • Newark Dodgers* (1933–1935)
  • Brooklyn Eagles* (1935)
  • *merged 1935
  • Newark Eagles (1936–1948)
  • Houston Eagles (1949–1950)
  • New Orleans Eagles (1951)
League titles1946
Negro World Series championships1946

The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team which played in the Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. They were owned by Abe and Effa Manley.[4]

History

The Newark Eagles were created in 1936 when the Newark Dodgers joined with the Brooklyn Eagles. Abe Manley and his wife Effa Manley owned the Brooklyn Eagles. They bought the Newark Dodgers team. They put the teams' players together into one team.[5] Charles Tyler, who had owned the Dodgers, signed the team over so that Abe Manley would forgive an about $500 debt that Tyler owed him.[6]

Effa was in charge of decisions about the team. This made the Eagles the third professional baseball team owned and run by a woman. The first team was the St. Louis Cardinals, which was owned by Helene Hathaway Britton from 1911 to 1917. The second team was the Indianapolis ABCs who were owned by Olivia Taylor from 1922 to 1926.[7]

The Eagles shared Ruppert Stadium with the minor league Newark Bears.

After the 1948 season, the Negro National League combined with the Negro American League (NAL). The Eagles were sold and moved to Houston, Texas for the 1949 season.[5] They became known as the Houston Eagles, part of the NAL's western division. Two years later they moved to New Orleans. The New Orleans Eagles played the 1951 season. Then, the team disbanded.[8]: 5 

Negro World Series champions

The 1946 team won the Negro World Series, upsetting the Kansas City Monarchs in a 7-game series.[5]

Players

Baseball Hall of Famers

Newark Eagles Hall of Famers
Player Position Years with Newark When they were put in the Hall of Fame
Ray Dandridge 3B 1934–1938

1942, 1944 		1987
Leon Day P 1937–1939

1941–1943, 1946 		1995
Larry Doby CF 1942–1944

1945–1947 		1998
Monte Irvin LF 1938–1942

1945–1948 		1973
Biz Mackey C 1939–1942

1945–1947 		2006
Mule Suttles 1B 1936–1940

1942–1944) 		2006
Willie Wells SS 1937–1939 1997
Effa Manley Owner 1935–1948 2006

References

  1. ↑ "1934 Newark Dodgers". Negro Leagues Data Base. Seamheads.com. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "1935 Newark Dodgers". Negro Leagues Data Base. Seamheads.com. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Ebbets Field". RetroSeasons.com. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Overmyer, James (1998), Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles, Scarecrow Press
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum: Team Profiles: Newark Eagles". www.coe.ksu.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
  6. ↑ Newman, Roberta J.; Rosen, Joel Nathan (2014). Black Baseball, Black Business: Race Enterprise and the Fate of the Segregated Dollar. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781626742253. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Forgotten Heroes: Charles Isham "C.I." Taylor" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Negro American League Standings (1937-1962)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
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