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Louisville Black Caps
Information
League	Negro National League, 1930-1931 Negro Southern League, 1932
Location	Louisville, Kentucky
Established	1932
Nickname(s)	Louisville Black Caps (1930) Louisville White Sox (1931) Louisville Black Caps / Columbus Turfs (1932)

The Louisville Black Caps were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Louisville, Kentucky. The team played as the Black Caps in the Negro National League in 1930 before playing as the Louisville White Sox in 1931.

In 1932, they joined the Negro Southern League, again playing as the Black Caps. Only five months into the season, the team relocated to play as the Columbus Turfs for the remaining month and a half before folding.

References

"Louisville Black Caps Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
"Louisville Black Caps - History". RetroSeasons. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-02.

v t e Negro National League (1920–1931)
Teams	Birmingham Black Barons (1924–1925, 1927–1930) Chicago American Giants (1920–1930) Chicago Giants (1920–1921) Cleveland Browns (1924) Cleveland Cubs (1931) Cleveland Elites (1926) Cleveland Hornets (1927) Cleveland Tate Stars (1922–1923) Cleveland Tigers (1928) Columbus Buckeyes (1921) Cuban Stars (West) (1920–1930) Dayton Marcos (1920, 1926) Detroit Stars (1920–1931) Indianapolis ABCs (1920–1924, 1925–1926) Indianapolis ABCs (II) (1931) Kansas City Monarchs (1920–1930) Louisville Black Caps/White Sox (1931) Memphis Red Sox (1924–1925, 1927–1930) Milwaukee Bears (1923) Nashville Elite Giants (1930) Pittsburgh Keystones (1922) St. Louis Giants/St. Louis Stars (1920–1931) Toledo Tigers (1923)
Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the Negro National League. Years as an associate team are not noted.

Negro National League (1920–1931)

Teams

Birmingham Black Barons (1924–1925, 1927–1930)
Chicago American Giants (1920–1930)
Chicago Giants (1920–1921)
Cleveland Browns (1924)
Cleveland Cubs (1931)
Cleveland Elites (1926)
Cleveland Hornets (1927)
Cleveland Tate Stars (1922–1923)
Cleveland Tigers (1928)
Columbus Buckeyes (1921)
Cuban Stars (West) (1920–1930)
Dayton Marcos (1920, 1926)
Detroit Stars (1920–1931)
Indianapolis ABCs (1920–1924, 1925–1926)
Indianapolis ABCs (II) (1931)
Kansas City Monarchs (1920–1930)
Louisville Black Caps/White Sox (1931)
Memphis Red Sox (1924–1925, 1927–1930)
Milwaukee Bears (1923)
Nashville Elite Giants (1930)
Pittsburgh Keystones (1922)
St. Louis Giants/St. Louis Stars (1920–1931)
Toledo Tigers (1923)

Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the Negro National League. Years as an associate team are not noted.

Negro Southern League (1920–1936)

Classifications: Major league (de facto): 1932
Minor league: 1920–1931, 1933–1936

Major league teams
(1932)

Minor league teams

Multi seasons
played

Knoxville Giants (1920–22,31)
Montgomery Grey Sox (1920–22,26,31–33,35–36)
Atlanta Black Crackers (1920–21,26–27,29,35–36)
Birmingham Black Barons (1920–21,23,26,31,34–36)
New Orleans Caulfield Ads (1920–22,26,29,35)
Nashville Elite Giants (1921–23,26–27,29,31–32)
Memphis Red Sox (1921–23,26,31–33–36)
New Orleans Crescent Stars (1922–23,33–34)
Chattanooga Black Lookouts (1926–27,29,31,35–36)
Louisville Black Caps (1929)

Two seasons
played or less

Years in parentheses are years as a full member in the Negro Southern League. Years as an associate team are not noted.

The Negro Southern League did not organize for the following seasons: 1924–1925, 1928, 1930

Negro league baseball

Players

Post-season

International competitions

Teams

Leagues

Major leagues	Negro National League (I) Eastern Colored League American Negro League East–West League Negro Southern League (I) Negro National League (II) Negro American League
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)

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