Denver Post Tournament
The Denver Post Tournament was organized in the 1920s to be "the World Series of semi-pro baseball."[1][2] The event was sponsored by the Denver Post and featured ten invited teams.[2] In the 1930s, Negro League players began to participate. The tournament ended in the 1940s.[2]
Participating players
- Sammy Bankhead
- Sammy Baugh
- Cool Papa Bell
- Josh Gibson
- Lonnie Goldstein
- Sammy Hale
- Buster Haywood
- Vic Harris
- Rogers Hornsby
- Sammy T. Hughes
- Buck Leonard
- Leroy Matlock
- Satchel Paige
- Pat Patterson
- Bill Perkins
- John Pickett
- Felton Snow
- Bill Wright
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References
- Cieradkowski, Gary (2015). The League of Outsider Baseball: An Illustrated History of Baseball's Forgotten Heroes. Touchstone of Simon & Schuster. p. 220. ISBN 9781476775234.
- "Denver Post Tournament". Retrieved Aug 25, 2015.
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