Type: www.blackbaseball.com/ in your internet browser.
Click on Players
Click on Josh Gibson
Read the paragraph on Josh Gibson and answer the following questions.
1. What teams did Josh Gibson play for? _________________________________________________
2. What years did he play baseball?_________________________________
3. What position did he play?________________________________________
4. How many home runs did he hit?______________________
5. Why didn’t he play in Major League Baseball?__________________________________________________________________________________________
Now decide on another player to research. Click on the name.
1. What teams did he play for? _________________________________________________
2. What years did he play baseball? _________________________________________________
3. What position did he play?_____________________________________________
4. What is your player’s name?________________________________________________
5. Write down two facts you learned about your player.
· ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
· ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Type in www.negroleaguebaseball.com
Click on the Negro League Timeline
Write down what events took place for each year.
1885______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1887______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1890______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1924______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1947______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1952______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Click on Negro League Teams
Pick one team to research and answer the questions.
1.What is the name of your team?____________________________________________________________________
2.What city did they play in?__________________________________________________
3.Write two facts about your team.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________