Algona Brownies

Algona Brownies 1902–1906 Algona, Iowa
League affiliation(s)
Independent (1902-1903)

The Algona Brownies were an independent interracial baseball team that played in the 1902 and 1903 seasons. They were based in Algona, Iowa, and was primarily made up of former members of the Chicago Unions, Columbia Giants, and Chicago Union Giants teams. During their second and final season, the team makeup changed from having both black and white players to a team of only black players. That year, their final year, they won the Western championship, defeating the Chicago Union Giants in a challenge playoff.

Players

Some of the regular players were:

• Sherman Barton, 1902-1903, outfield ^[1]
• Pete Burns, 1902-1903, catcher and outfield
• Billy Holland, 1903, pitcher
• Chappie Johnson, 1902-1904, catcher ^[1]
• Mike Moore, 1902-1903, outfield ^[1]
• George Richardson, 1902-1903, SS and 2B ^[1]
• Albert Edward Jones, 1897, Pitcher

References

1. "Algona Brownies Win the Big Game" Webster City Tribune, Webster City, IA, Page 12, Columns 4 and 5

• Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.