| Newark Eagles | |
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| Location | Newark, New Jersey |
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| Established | 1933 (est. 1936 through merger) |
| Disbanded | 1950 |
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| Negro World Series championships | 1946 |
| League titles | 1946 |
TheNewark Eagles were a professionalNegro league baseball team which played in theNegro National League from1936 to1948. They were owned byAbe andEffa Manley.[4]
The Newark Eagles were formed in 1936 when theNewark Dodgers, established in 1933, merged with theBrooklyn Eagles, established in 1935.Abe Manley and his wifeEffa Manley, owners and founders of the Brooklyn Eagles, purchased the Newark Dodgers franchise and combined the teams' assets and player rosters.[5] Charles Tyler, the previous owner of the Dodgers, signed the team over in exchange for cancellation of an approximately $500 debt that Tyler owed Abe Manley.[6]
Team management was left to Effa, making the Eagles the third professional baseball team owned and operated by a woman. The first such team was theSt. Louis Cardinals, which was owned byHelene Hathaway Britton from 1911 to 1917, and the second such team was theIndianapolis ABCs who were owned by Olivia Taylor from 1922 to 1926.[7] The Eagles sharedRuppert Stadium with the minor leagueNewark Bears.
The Eagles were to (black)Newark what the Dodgers were to Brooklyn.
— Eagles starMax Manning
After the close of the 1948 season, in the aftermath ofJackie Robinson's successfulintegration ofMajor League Baseball a year earlier, theNegro National League contracted and merged into theNegro American League. The Eagles were sold and moved toHouston, Texas for the 1949 season,[5] where they became known as theHouston Eagles, part of the NAL's western division. Two years later they again relocated, this time to New Orleans. TheNew Orleans Eagles lasted one year before folding after the 1951 season.[8]: 5
Under Effa Manley's guidance, the1946 team won theNegro World Series, upsetting theKansas City Monarchs in a 7-game series.[5]
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| Inductee | Position | Tenure | Inducted |
| 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 |
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