Gilkerson's Union Giants

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Gilkerson's Union Giants were an independent Negro semi-pro baseball team in the 1920s.

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Ted "Double Duty Radcliffe"

v • d • e Negro league baseball

Negro National League (1920-1931)	Birmingham Black Barons⁴⁶ · Chicago American Giants⁴⁵⁶ · Chicago Giants · Cleveland Browns · Cleveland Cubs · Cleveland Elite Giants · Cleveland Hornets · Cleveland Tate Stars · Cleveland Tigers · Columbus Buckeyes · Cuban Stars (West) · Dayton Marcos · Detroit Stars⁵⁶ · Indianapolis ABCs⁴⁶ · Kansas City Monarchs⁶ · Louisville White Sox⁴ · Memphis Red Sox⁴⁶ · Milwaukee Bears · Nashville Elite Giants⁴ · Pittsburgh Keystones · St. Louis Giants · St. Louis Stars⁶ · Toledo Tigers

Eastern Colored League (1923-1928)	Bacharach Giants³⁵ · Baltimore Black Sox³⁵ · Brooklyn Royal Giants · Cuban Stars (East)³ · Harrisburg Giants · Hilldale Club³ · Homestead Grays³⁵ · Lincoln Giants³ · Newark Stars · Washington Potomacs

American Negro League (1929)	Bacharach Giants²⁵ · Baltimore Black Sox²⁵ · Cuban Stars (East)² · Hilldale Club² · Homestead Grays²⁵ · Lincoln Giants²

Negro Southern League (1932)	Birmingham Black Barons¹⁶ · Chattanooga Black Lookouts · Chattanooga Choo-Choos · Chicago American Giants¹⁵⁶ · Indianapolis ABCs¹⁶ · Knoxville Giants · Louisville White Sox¹ · Memphis Red Sox¹⁶ · Monroe Monarchs · Montgomery Gray Sox · Nashville Elite Giants¹

2nd Negro National League (1933-1948)	Bacharach Giants²³ · Baltimore Black Sox²³ · Baltimore Elite Giants⁶ · Chicago American Giants¹⁴⁶ · Cleveland Red Sox · Columbus Blue Birds · Detroit Stars¹⁶ · Homestead Grays²³ · New York Black Yankees · New York Cubans⁶ · Newark Eagles · Philadelphia Stars⁶ · Pittsburgh Crawfords · Washington Black Senators

Negro American League (1937-1950s)	Atlanta Black Crackers · Baltimore Elite Giants⁵ · Birmingham Black Barons¹⁴ · Chicago American Giants¹⁴⁵ · Cincinnati Tigers · Cleveland Buckeyes · Cleveland Giants · Detroit Stars¹⁵ · Houston Eagles · Indianapolis ABCs¹⁴ · Indianapolis Athletics · Indianapolis Clowns · Indianapolis Crawfords · Jacksonville Red Caps · Kansas City Monarchs¹ · Louisville Buckeyes · Memphis Red Sox¹⁴ · New Orleans Crescent Stars · New York Cubans⁵ · Philadelphia Stars⁵ · St. Louis Stars¹

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

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

Category · Negro League World Series · East-West Game · Museum · Color line · 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 NSL · ⁵-also played in NNL2 · ⁶-also played in NAL