The Columbia Giants were a professional, black baseball team based in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, prior to the Negro leagues.

Many of the original players including Patterson came from the recently disbanded Page Fence Giants.

At the beginning of the season, in May, the team included George Wilson, Sol White, Charlie Grant, Joseph "Cannon Ball" Miller, William Binga, Chappie Johnson, Peter Burns, Sherman Barton, Harry Buckner, and Billy Holland, with John W. Patterson managing.

[1] Patterson's office that year is listed as 3030 State Street in Chicago, Illinois.

Home Run Johnson went to the Union Giants but was replaced by future Hall-of-Famer Sol White.