2) Greatly expanded coverage of eastern independent clubs in 1922, thanks to the hard work of Scott Simkus<\/strong>. The new teams include the Original Bacharach Giants<\/a>, a Dick Lundy<\/strong><\/a>-led outfit split off from the Connor\/Wilkins Bacharach Giants (which had moved to New York), as well as the unheralded Richmond Giants<\/a>, managed by Bill Pettus<\/strong><\/a>. Although thought of as a second-tier team, Richmond more than held their own against established clubs, going 4-2 against Hilldale and 3-2-1 against the Lincoln Giants, and dominating the Baltimore Black Sox with an 11-4 record. One of Richmond\u2019s star pitchers, Webster McDonald<\/strong><\/a>, later told John Holway<\/strong>: \u201cWe were mostly all rookies and we raised hell with the league, just like the Mets. We upset the apple cart.\u201d (Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues<\/em>, p. 75.) McDonald would eventually go on to a long career in the top tier of black professional baseball; two of his teammates, Rats Henderson<\/strong><\/a> and Charlie Mason<\/strong><\/a>, would become big stars in the Eastern Colored League, founded in 1923.<\/p>\n 3) Two postseason black-white exhibition series: Hornsby\u2019s Major League Stars vs. NNL All Stars<\/a> in 1936, and the famous Bob Feller-Satchel Paige series<\/a> of 1946.<\/p>\n 4) Complete audits and overhauls of the 1935<\/a> and 1936<\/a> seasons, adding new games and statistical categories, as well as 1935 games between the Kansas City Monarchs and the national semipro champion Bismarck, North Dakota, club, a racially integrated team that starred Satchel Paige<\/strong><\/a>, Hilton Smith<\/strong><\/a>, and Quincy Trouppe<\/strong><\/a>, as well as the legendary white slugger Moose Johnson<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Many thanks to Larry Lester<\/strong> and Wayne Stivers<\/strong> for their help with this update.<\/p>\n Up next for the DB: the 1940 Mexican League, 1932 Negro Southern League, and the remaining NNL seasons (1926, 1927, 1929, and 1930).<\/p>\n
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