Birmingham Unions

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Birmingham Unions
Sport Baseball
League Southern Colored League
Active 1897–
Home field
Record Uncertain
Coaches undetermined
General manager N/A
Website N/A

The Birmingham Unions or Union Base Ball Club played professional baseball for Birmingham in the short-lived "Southern Colored League". Tailor Robert L. Jackson, who owned and managed the Unions, was also founder of the league, which promised "clean base ball".

Though the team is best documented in its 1897 season, a notice in the The Birmingham Age-Herald that April mentioned that, "The Unions have secured new uniforms and are practicing daily. They expect to turn the tables on the Cliffords and retrieve the games lost to them several years ago."

Other teams on the circuit included the Fort Worth Colts, the Hot Springs Arlingtons, the Little Rock Quapaws, the Memphis Cliffords, the Palestine Tigers, the Pensacola Acmes and the Waco Wonders.

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References

  • Brunson, James Edward (2019) Black Baseball, 1858-1900: A Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires. McFarland ISBN 9781476616582, p. 35
  • "Will Play Ball" (April 25, 1897) The Birmingham Age-Herald
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