Harrisburg Giants

HARRISBURG GIANTS
Harrisburg-based Negro League baseball
team founded around 1900 and operated by
Colonel William Strothers until his death
in 1933. One of 27 major Negro League
teams across the nation. the Giants
finished in second place in the Eastern
Colored League in 1925. Among well-known
players were Hall-of-Famer Oscar Charles-
ton, Spottswood Poles, Ben Taylor. John
Beckwith, Fats Jenkins & Rap Dixon. They
played here at Island Park through 1957
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