Philadelphia Tigers

{{short description|American professional baseball team}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox baseball team

| name = Philadelphia Tigers

| established = 1928

| disbanded = 1928

| city = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| logo =

| cap_logo =

| league = Eastern Colored League (1928)

| nickname =

| ballpark = Pencoyd Field

}}

The Philadelphia Tigers were a Negro league baseball team that played briefly in the 1928 Eastern Colored League (ECL) before the circuit disbanded in early June. The Tigers, organized by Smittie Lucas, featured a few well-known east coast players, such as Bill Yancey, George Johnson, and McKinley Downs, but no real stars.

They played at Pencoyd Field,{{cite web |last1=Ashwill |first1=Gary |title=1928 Season Eastern Colored League |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/year.php?yearID=1928&lgID=ECL&tab=standings |website=Negro Leagues Data Base |publisher=Seamheads.com |access-date=6 January 2023}} which was near Wissahickon station in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Patrick |title=Murder, drama, and the story of the 1928 Philadelphia Tigers in the Eastern Colored League |url=https://www.philadelphiabaseballreview.com/2022/11/1928-negro-baseball-philadelphia-tigers.html |access-date=6 January 2023 |work=Philadelphia Baseball Review |date=November 18, 2022}} at {{coord|40|0|53|N|75|12|29|W|type:landmark}}.{{Cite web |title=[Aerial Survey of the Philadelphia Region], 1928 (circa) - Plate 53 |url=https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/PTS1928.PhilaMetroAerials.053 |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=www.philageohistory.org}} The field is southwest of the intersection of Ridge Avenue and Wissahickon Avenue (now Lincoln Drive).

After the ECL fell apart, the Tigers struggled on as a marginal independent team into July before disbanding.