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History: Rube Foster was one of black baseball's towering figures, as a player, manager, team owner, and league organizer. 1919 was the American Giants' last year as an independent team. Foster started the first Negro National League the following season.

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History: After being banned from professional baseball for his alleged role in throwing the 1919 World Series as a member of the Chicago White Sox, Shoeless Joe Jackson played semi-pro ball for decades in South Carolina, often under a fake name. Jackson was 45 years old when he played the 1932 season in Greenville, which is also where he died in 1951.