Illinois Giants

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Illinois Giants were a barnstorming Negro League baseball team in the 1920s.

Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe joined the team in 1920.

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Negro National League (1920–1931)	Birmingham Black Barons⁵⁷ · Chicago American Giants⁵⁶⁷ · Chicago Giants · Cleveland Browns · Cleveland Cubs · Cleveland Elite Giants · Cleveland Hornets · Cleveland Tate Stars · Cleveland Tigers · Columbus Buckeyes · Cuban Stars (West)⁴ · Dayton Marcos · Detroit Stars⁶⁷ · Indianapolis ABCs⁵⁷ · Kansas City Monarchs⁷ · Louisville White Sox⁵ · Memphis Red Sox⁵⁷ · Milwaukee Bears · Nashville Elite Giants⁵ · Pittsburgh Keystones · St. Louis Giants · St. Louis Stars⁷ · Toledo Tigers

Eastern Colored League (1923–1928)	Bacharach Giants³⁶ · Baltimore Black Sox³⁴⁶ · Brooklyn Royal Giants · Cuban Stars (East)³ · Harrisburg Giants · Hilldale Club³⁴ · Homestead Grays³⁴⁶ · Lincoln Giants³ · Newark Stars · Washington Potomacs

American Negro League (1929)	Bacharach Giants²⁶ · Baltimore Black Sox²⁴⁶ · Cuban Stars (East)² · Hilldale Club²⁴ · Homestead Grays²⁴⁶ · Lincoln Giants²

East-West League (1932)	Baltimore Black Sox²³⁶ · Cleveland Stars · Cuban Stars (West)¹ · Detroit Wolves · Hilldale Club²³ · Homestead Grays²³⁶ · Newark Browns · Washington Pilots

Negro Southern League (1932)	Birmingham Black Barons¹⁷ · Chattanooga Black Lookouts · Chattanooga Choo-Choos · Chicago American Giants¹⁶⁷ · Indianapolis ABCs¹⁷ · Knoxville Giants · Louisville Black Caps · Louisville White Sox¹ · Memphis Red Sox¹⁷ · Monroe Monarchs · Montgomery Grey Sox · Nashville Elite Giants¹

2nd Negro National League (1933–1948)	Bacharach Giants²³ · Baltimore Black Sox²³⁴ · Baltimore Elite Giants⁷ · Chicago American Giants¹⁵⁷ · Cleveland Red Sox · Columbus Blue Birds-Akron Black Tyrites-Cleveland Giants · Detroit Stars¹⁷ · Homestead Grays²³⁴ · New York Black Yankees · New York Cubans⁷ · Newark Eagles⁷ · Philadelphia Stars⁷ · Pittsburgh Crawfords · Washington Black Senators

Negro American League (1937–1950s)	Atlanta Black Crackers · Baltimore Elite Giants⁶ · Birmingham Black Barons¹⁵ · Chicago American Giants¹⁵⁶ · Cincinnati Tigers · Cleveland Buckeyes · Detroit Stars¹⁶ · Houston Eagles⁶ · Indianapolis ABCs¹⁵ · Indianapolis Athletics · Indianapolis Clowns · Indianapolis Crawfords · Jacksonville Red Caps · Kansas City Monarchs¹ · Louisville Buckeyes · Memphis Red Sox¹⁵ · New Orleans Crescent Stars · New York Cubans⁶ · Philadelphia Stars⁶ · St. Louis Stars¹

Independent teams (pre-1920)	Algona Brownies · All Cubans · All Nations · Austin Black Senators · Chicago Columbia Giants · Chicago Unions · Chicago Union Giants · Cuban Giants · Cuban X-Giants · Leland Giants · Lincoln Stars · Minneapolis Keystones · Page Fence Giants · Philadelphia Giants · St. Paul Colored Gophers · West Baden Sprudels

Independent teams (post-1920)	Bismarck Churchills · Boston Royal Giants · Brooklyn Bushwicks · Ethiopian Clowns · Gilkerson's Union Giants · Globe Trotters · Illinois Giants · Jamestown Red Sox · Mineola Black Spiders · Mobile Black Bears · Philadelphia Tigers · Seattle Steelheads · Zulu Cannibal Giants

Category · Negro League World Series · East-West All-Star Game · Museum · Color line · List of teams by state · List of players · First black players in MLB NOTE: All teams that played in an organized league listed above also played as an independent or barnstorming team before, during, and/or after joining a league. ¹-also played in NNL · ²-also played in ECL · ³-also played in ANL · ⁴-also played in EWL · ⁵-also played in NSL · ⁶-also played in NNL2 · ⁷-also played in NAL