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10-23-2023
Abstract
George H. Taylor was a Black baseball player born in Kansas but raised in Denver, Colorado, where he learned to play the game. From the 1880s to 1894, he played primarily for integrated teams in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska, and Iowa, including minor league clubs in Aspen, Colorado and Beatrice, Nebraska. Taylor was also invited to play for otherwise white teams in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Ogden, Utah after they saw him play on visiting teams from Denver. From 1895 to 1907, Taylor mostly played for Black teams in Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota, including the Page Fence Giants, Leland Giants, and St. Paul Gophers, some of the best independent baseball teams in the country.
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George Taylor, baseball history, integrated baseball, segregated baseball, Black baseball, Denver baseball, Colorado baseball, Iowa baseball, Michigan baseball, Minnesota baseball, Nebraska baseball, Utah baseball, Wyoming baseball, Colorado State League, Nebraska State League, Page Fence Giants, Union Giants, Leland Giants, St. Paul Gophers.
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Eberle, Mark E., "George H. Taylor: From Colorado to the Pinnacle of Black Baseball" (2023). Monographs. 39.
DOI: 10.58809/UNOM3575
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