Ansonia Cuban Giants

The Ansonia Cuban Giants,[1] also known as the Ansonia Big Gorhams,[2] were an all black team in the otherwise segregated Connecticut State League.[2]

Ansonia Cuban Giants
Information
Affiliations	Cuban Giants
League	Connecticut State League
Location	Ansonia, Connecticut

Players

Name	Year	Position	Ref.
Frank Bell	1891	Outfielder	[3][4]
Ben Boyd	1891	Outfielder	[5][4]
Cam	1891	Outfielder	[6][4]
George Douglas	1891	Outfielder/Pitcher	[7]
John Frye	1891	1st baseman	[8]
Frank Grant	1891	2nd baseman	[9][10]
Bob Jackson	1891	Catcher/Outfielder	[11][4]
William Jackson	1891	Outfielder	[12]
John Nelson	1891	Pitcher/Outfielder	[13][4]
George Stovey	1891	Pitcher	[14]
George Terrill	1891	Utility player	[15]
Sol White	1891	2nd/3rd baseman	[16]
Clarence Williams	1891	Catcher	[4]
Ed Woods	1891	Pitcher	[17]

Citations

1. Riley 1994, pp. 202-203.
2. Thornton 2018, pp. 28-29.
3. Riley 1994, p. 71.
4. Kleinknecht 1977, online.
5. Riley 1994, pp. 97-98.
6. Riley 1994, p. 146.
7. Riley 1994, p. 245.
8. Riley 1994, p. 297.
9. Riley 1994, pp. 331-332.
10. Thornton 2019, online.
11. Riley 1994, p. 412.
12. Riley 1994, p. 418.
13. Riley 1994, p. 579.
14. Riley 1994, pp. 746-747.
15. Riley 1994, p. 772.
16. Riley 1994, pp. 836-837.
17. Riley 1994, p. 878.

Bibliography

• Kleinknecht, Merl F. (1977). "Blacks in 19th Century Organized Baseball". The Baseball Research Journal. Society for American Baseball Research. 6: 118–126.
• Riley, James (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7867-0065-3.
• Thornton, Steve (2 November 2018). "African American Greats in Connecticut Baseball". Connecticut Explored. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
• Thornton, Steve (6 April 2019). "Swinging for the Fences: Connecticut's Black Baseball Greats". Connecticut History. Retrieved 21 January 2021.