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Negro League Baseball team (1904–1909)
Birmingham Giants
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League
  • Independent
LocationBirmingham, Alabama
Established1904
Disbanded1909

The Birmingham Giants were a Negro league baseball team, based in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1904 through 1909. They were the first black professional baseball team in the city.

C. I. Taylor managed and played for the Giants. His brothers Candy Jim Taylor and Steel Arm Johnny Taylor also played for the team.

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  1. 1908 Birmingham Giants
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