Jersey City Giants

Jersey City hosted numerous minor league teams before and since the Giants, including 1½ seasons (from July 13, 1960, through the end of 1961) as the home of the relocated Havana Sugar Kings International League franchise; that club, a Cincinnati Reds affiliate, was nicknamed the Jersey City Jerseys and included many Cuban players who had taken the field in Havana.

The city's earliest IL team, which played from 1912–1933 (except for a four-year hiatus during the Federal League period and the outbreak of World War I), was called the Skeeters.

But the Jersey City Giants were a notable team because they sent several star players (including Sal Maglie, Whitey Lockman, and Monte Irvin) across the river to their Major-League namesake.

Robinson made a spectacular playing debut with four hits in five at-bats, including a home run in a game that ended with a 14-1 win for the Royals.

And, like their neighbors, the Newark Bears, they found it impossible to compete when the three New York Major League teams began mass radio and television broadcasts of their games.