Major General James G. Blunt

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

The Illinois Giants are noted as having played in 1910 and 1919 to 1929.^[1]

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

References

^ "StackPath" (PDF). www.cnlbr.org.

Negro league baseball

Major independent teams

Pre-1920 teams

Post-1920 teams

Major leagues and teams

Negro National League (1920–1931)	Birmingham Black Barons Chicago American Giants Chicago Giants Cleveland Browns Cleveland Elites Cleveland Hornets Cleveland Tate Stars Cleveland Tigers Columbus Buckeyes Cuban Stars (West) Dayton Marcos Detroit Stars Indianapolis ABCs Indianapolis ABCs (II) Kansas City Monarchs Louisville Black Caps/White Sox Memphis Red Sox Milwaukee Bears Cleveland Cubs/Nashville Elite Giants Pittsburgh Keystones St. Louis Giants/St. Louis Stars Toledo Tigers
Eastern Colored League (1923–1928)	Bacharach Giants Baltimore Black Sox Brooklyn Royal Giants Cuban Stars (East) Harrisburg Giants Hilldale Club Homestead Grays Lincoln Giants Newark Stars Washington Potomacs
American Negro League (1929)	Bacharach Giants Baltimore Black Sox Cuban Stars (East) Hilldale Club Homestead Grays Lincoln Giants
East–West League (1932)	Baltimore Black Sox Cleveland Stars Pollock's Cuban Stars Detroit Wolves Hilldale Club Homestead Grays Newark Browns Washington Pilots
Negro Southern League (1932)	Cole's American Giants Indianapolis ABCs (II) Little Rock Grays Louisville Black Caps/Columbus Turfs Memphis Red Sox Monroe Monarchs Montgomery Grey Sox Nashville Elite Giants
2nd Negro National League (1933–1948)	Bacharach Giants Baltimore Black Sox Baltimore Elite Giants Cole's American Giants Cleveland Red Sox Columbus Blue Birds/Akron Black Tyrites/Cleveland Giants Indianapolis ABCs(II)/Detroit Stars (II) Harrisburg–St. Louis Stars (Washington) Homestead Grays New York Black Yankees New York Cubans Newark Eagles Philadelphia Stars Pittsburgh Crawfords Washington Black Senators
Negro American League (1937–1960s)	Atlanta Black Crackers/Indianapolis ABCs (IV) Baltimore Elite Giants Birmingham Black Barons Chicago American Giants Cincinnati Tigers Cleveland Buckeyes/Louisville Buckeyes Detroit Stars (III) Houston Eagles Indianapolis Athletics Indianapolis Clowns Indianapolis Crawfords Jacksonville Red Caps/Cleveland Bears Kansas City Monarchs Memphis Red Sox New York Cubans Philadelphia Stars St. Louis Stars (II) Indianapolis ABCs (II)/St. Louis–New Orleans Stars

Other leagues

Proto-leagues	Southern League of Colored Base Ballists (1886) National Colored Base Ball League (1887) International League of Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs (1906) National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba (1907–1909)
Minor leagues	Negro Southern League (1920–1936) Texas Colored League (1919–1931) Negro American Association (1939) Negro Major League (1942) United States League (1945–1946)
Post-integration	Negro Southern League (1945–1951) West Coast Negro Baseball Association (1946) Negro American Association (1948–1949) Negro American League (1951–1960)

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Giants