Denver Post Tournament
Appearance
The Denver Post Tournament was organized in the 1920s to be "the World Series of semi-pro baseball."[1] The event was sponsored by the Denver Post and featured ten invited teams.[citation needed] In 1934, Negro league players and Black players began to participate, starting with the Kansas City Monarchs and the Denver White Elephants.[2]
The tournament ended in the 1940s.[citation needed]
Participating players
- Sammy Bankhead
- Sammy Baugh
- Cool Papa Bell
- Josh Gibson
- Lonnie Goldstein
- Sammy Hale
- Buster Haywood
- Vic Harris
- Rogers Hornsby
- Sammy T. Hughes
- Buck Leonard
- Leroy Matlock
- Satchel Paige
- Pat Patterson
- Bill Perkins
- John Pickett
- Felton Snow
- Bill Wright
References
- ^ Cieradkowski, Gary (2015). The League of Outsider Baseball: An Illustrated History of Baseball's Forgotten Heroes. Touchstone of Simon & Schuster. p. 220. ISBN 9781476775234.
- ^ Young, William A. (2016-11-07). J.L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs: Trailblazers in Black Baseball. McFarland. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-4766-6299-2.
Categories:
- Defunct baseball competitions in the United States
- Negro league baseball
- 1920s establishments in Colorado
- 1940s disestablishments in Colorado
- Recurring sporting events established in the 1920s
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in the 1940s
- Baseball in Colorado
- Baseball competition stubs
- Negro league baseball stubs