Kansas City Giants

[2] In their first season of "league" play, the 1909 Kansas City Giants were noted to have a record of 12–12 within the Western Independent Clubs, placing 5th among those teams.

[3][4][1] Beginning on August 25, 1909, Rube Foster and his Leland Giants team played a three–game series at Riverside Park.

The Kansas City Journal labeled the series as the "Colored Championship of the United States" with the winning team receiving a $1,000 purse.

[7] In their final season of play, Topeka Jack Johnson, returned to manage the 1911 Kansas City Giants.

It was reported the Giants did not lose a game until April 26, 1911 and defeated a team from Keio University from Japan in late May.

With a winning streak of over 30 games, the Giants compiled a 46–9 record playing against other African American baseball teams in 1911.

[8][9][10][1] Beginning on August 27, 1911, the Kansas City Giants and St. Paul Colored Gophers played a four–game series.

The fourth game was played at Stevens Park in Kansas City, Missouri, with the Giants winning 11–0 to sweep the series.

In subsequent seasons the Kansas City Giants continued play, but as a semi–pro barnstorming level team with a depleted roster.