Washington Potomacs

{{short description|American professional baseball team}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox baseball team |name = Washington Potomacs |established = 1923 |disbanded = mid 1925 |city = Washington, D.C. |logo = |caplogo = |league = *Independent (1923) *Eastern Colored League (1924-mid 1925) |nickname = *'''Washington Potomacs''' (1923-1924) *'''Wilmington Potomacs''' (1925) |ballpark = * American League Park (1923-1924) * Harlan Field (1924-1925)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lester |first1=Larry |last2=Ashwill |first2=Gary |title=Washington Potomacs |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/organization.php?franchID=wp |website=Negro Leagues Data Base |publisher=Seamheads.com |access-date=13 January 2023}}</ref> }}The '''Washington Potomacs''' were a Negro league baseball team in the Eastern Colored League, based in Washington, D.C., in 1924.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/team.cgi?id=e9f9a65e 1924 Washington Potomacs]</ref> They also operated as an independent team in 1923.<ref name="Riley">{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00rile |url-access=registration |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/team.cgi?id=11f40c0f 1923 Washington Potomacs]</ref> In 1925 the Potomacs moved to Wilmington, Delaware where they played as the '''Wilmington Potomacs''' for the 1925 season.<ref>{{citation |title=Eastern Leaders Meet to Draw up 1925 Schedule: League Heads Hold Pow-Wow: Eastern League Solons Meet in Philadelphia to Map Plans for Coming Season: Umpires to Rotate: Commission Sanctions Removal of D.C. Potomacs to Wilmington |newspaper=The Afro-American |page=6 |date=January 31, 1925 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UDUmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ov4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6772%2C2112671 |access-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref> In mid-July, George Robinson, owner of the Potomacs, announced that his team was folding and was unable to complete the season. The league contracted to seven teams and the Potomacs players were dispersed to other teams.<ref>{{citation |title=Wilmington Potomacs Break Up: Players Go to Other Clubs |newspaper=The Afro-American |page=7 |date=July 25, 1925 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZjYmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rf4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3826%2C4267184 |access-date=November 17, 2012}}; {{citation |title=Eastern League Plans to Wind up with Seven Clubs |newspaper=The Afro-American |page=7 |date=July 25, 1925 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZjYmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rf4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1011%2C4266339 |access-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref>

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