Denver Post Tournament

The Denver Post Tournament was organized in the 1920s to be "the World Series of semi-pro baseball."^[1] The event was sponsored by the Denver Post and featured ten invited teams.^{[citation needed]} In 1934, Negro league players and Black players began to participate, starting with the Kansas City Monarchs and the Denver White Elephants.^[2]

The tournament ended in the 1940s.^{[citation needed]}

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

References

1. Cieradkowski, Gary (2015). The League of Outsider Baseball: An Illustrated History of Baseball's Forgotten Heroes. Touchstone of Simon & Schuster. p. 220. ISBN 9781476775234.
2. Young, William A. (2016-11-07). J.L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs: Trailblazers in Black Baseball. McFarland. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-4766-6299-2.