Thislist of Baltimore Elite Giants seasons compiles games played by theBaltimore Elite Giants. Seasons in which the Elite Giants were league members (or anassociate team), only games that counted in official league standings are included. Seasons in which they had no league membership and played an independent/barnstorming schedule include games against primarily major-league-caliber teams.
Contemporary coverage of games and won-loss standings was spotty and inconsistent. On-going research continuously discovers unreported or misreported games, while some games are probably lost forever. Therefore,Negro league seasonal finishes will likely remain incomplete and subjective.
| Negro World Series Champions (1924–1927 & 1942–1948) * | League Champions ‡ | Other playoff ^ |
| Season | Level | League | Season finish | Games | Wins | Loses | Ties | Win%[a] | Postseason | Ref | |
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| 1920 | Independent | — | — | — | |||||||
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| 1921‡ | Minor | NSL | 1 | — | 118 | 72 | 46 | 0 | .610 | Won NSL playoff (Montgomery Grey Sox2nd) 4–1 | [1] |
| 1922‡ | Minor | NSL | 1 | — | 71 | 47 | 24 | 0 | .662 | Won pennant outright | [2] |
| 1923 | Minor | NSL | 4 | — | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | [3] | |
| 1924 | Independent | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1925 | Independent | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1926 | Minor | NSL | — | 5 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | .423 | [4] | |
| — | 6 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 0 | .417 | |||||
| 1927 | Minor | NSL | 2 | — | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | .667 | [5] | |
| 1928 | Independent | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1929‡ | Independent | — | — | — | 40 | 14 | 22 | 4 | .389 | [6] | |
| Minor | NSL | 1 | — | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | Won pennant outright | [7] | |
| 1930 | Major | NNL1 | 9 | DNQ | 82 | 26 | 55 | 1 | .321 | [8] | |
| 1931‡ | Minor | NSL | 1 | — | 33 | 22 | 11 | 0 | .667 | Won pennant outright | [9] |
| 1932^ | Major | NSL | 4 | 2nd | 47 | 24 | 23 | 0 | .511 | Lost NSL split-season playoff (Chicago American Giants1) 4–3 | [10] |
| 1933 | Major | NNL2 | 4 | — | 42 | 19 | 22 | 1 | .463 | [11] | |
| 1934 | Major | NNL2 | 5 | DNQ | 47 | 18 | 28 | 1 | .391 | [12] | |
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| 1935 | Major | NNL2 | 3 | DNQ | 55 | 29 | 24 | 2 | .547 | [13] | |
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| 1936^ | Major | NNL2 | 5 | 2nd | 64 | 29 | 34 | 1 | .460 | Declared NNL split-season runner-up to (Pittsburgh Crawfords1) | [14] |
| 1937 | Major | NNL2 | 5 | — | 62 | 23 | 36 | 3 | .390 | [15] | |
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| 1938 | Major | NNL2 | 3 | — | 52 | 26 | 23 | 3 | .531 | [16] | |
| 1939‡ | Major | NNL2 | 4 | — | 44 | 21 | 23 | 0 | .477 | Won NNL tournament (Homestead Grays1st) 3–1–1 Won 1st round of NNL tournament (Newark Eagles2nd) 3–1 | [17] |
| 1940 | Major | NNL2 | 2 | — | 55 | 32 | 23 | 0 | .582 | [18] | |
| 1941 | Major | NNL2 | 2 | DNQ | 68 | 44 | 24 | 0 | .647 | [19] | |
| 1942 | Major | NNL2 | 2 | — | 66 | 38 | 27 | 1 | .585 | [20] | |
| 1943 | Major | NNL2 | 5 | — | 47 | 18 | 26 | 3 | .409 | [21] | |
| 1944 | Major | NNL2 | 4 | DNQ | 72 | 34 | 38 | 0 | .472 | [22] | |
| 1945 | Major | NNL2 | 3 | DNQ | 70 | 36 | 32 | 2 | .529 | [23] | |
| 1946 | Major | NNL2 | 2 | DNQ | 75 | 38 | 34 | 3 | .528 | [24] | |
| 1947 | Major | NNL2 | 3 | — | 83 | 41 | 40 | 2 | .506 | [25] | |
| 1948^ | Major | NNL2 | 2 | 1st | 76 | 46 | 28 | 2 | .622 | Lost NNL split-season playoff (Homestead Grays2) 2–1–1 | [26] |
| 1949‡ | Minor | NAL | 1(E) | — | 89 | 59 | 30 | 0 | .633 | Won NAL split-season playoff (Homestead GraysW) ?–? | [27] |
| 1950 | Minor | NAL | 2(E) | — | 45 | 24 | 20 | 1 | .545 | [28] | |
| 1951 | Minor | NAL | 2(E) | — | 64 | 28 | 36 | 0 | .438 | [29] | |
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