Newark Browns
{{short description|American professional baseball team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox baseball team
|name = Newark Browns
|established = {{baseball year|1932}}
|disbanded = {{baseball year|1932}}
|city = Bloomfield, New Jersey
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|league = East–West League (1932)
|nickname =
|ballpark = General Electric Field
}}The Newark Browns were a Negro league baseball team in the East–West League, based in Bloomfield, New Jersey, in 1932.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/team.cgi?id=c4c3e2ee 1932 Newark Browns]{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }} They played their home games at General Electric Field.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94400396/newark-opens-with-red-caps/|title=Newark Opens With Red Caps|page=15|work=Pittsburgh Courier|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 30, 1932|accessdate=February 6, 2022}}
1932 season
The Browns were the final team to join the East–West League in March 1932.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94398148/league-now-completed-no-new-york-entry/|title=League Now Completed - No New York Entry|page=6|work=The New York Age|via=Newspapers.com|date=1932-03-12 |accessdate=2022-02-06}} They were managed by John Beckwith.{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1932&teamID=NWB&tab=roster |title=Newark Browns at Seamheads|publisher=seamheads.com |access-date=May 27, 2021}}
On April 13, the Browns' roster was announced, featuring outfielders Paul Arnold, Willie Gray, and Oscar Johnson, infielders Earl Davis, Frank McCoy and Jasper Washington, and pitchers Chet Brewer, Percy Miller and Nip Winters.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29158976/long-branch-daily-record1932-4-14p10/|title=Browns Will Face Towners Prepared|page=10|work=The Daily Record (Long Branch, New Jersey)|via=Newspapers.com|date=1932-04-14 |accessdate=2022-02-06}} Early in the season, two pitchers and infielder Dick Seay all jumped from the Browns to other clubs in the league.{{cite web|author=Dial, Lewis|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94400894/new-league-follows-trail-of-old/|title=New League Follows Trail Of Old|page=6|work=The New York Age|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 21, 1932|accessdate=February 4, 2022}} Their first league game was against the Baltimore Black Sox on May 28.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94401717/newark-browns-to-meet-black-sox/|title=Newark Browns to Meet Black Sox|page=11|work=Asbury Park Press|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 28, 1932|accessdate=February 4, 2022}} However, the club canceled a game on June 9 against the Hilldale Club,{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94402309/newark-browns-come-to-grief-in-cleveland/|title=Newark Browns Come to Grief in Cleveland|page=13|work=Asbury Park Press|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 8, 1932|accessdate=February 4, 2022}} and after only a handful of East–West games, the team dropped from the league and decided to continue play as an independent club.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94402278/passaic-pros-to-break-into-fast-company/|title=Passaic Pros to Break Into Fast Company|page=19|work=Herald News|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 10, 1932|accessdate=February 4, 2022}}
References
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{{East–West League}}
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Category:African-American history in Newark, New Jersey
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Category:Baseball teams disestablished in 1932