» May 7, 1932: A rare dual league doubleheader takes place at Forbes Field. In the first game the Pirates play the Phillies, losing 5–3. In the nitecap, the local Negro League Homestead Grays take on the Philadelphia Hilldales.

» July 4, 1934: Satchel Paige pitches a 4–0 no-hitter against the Negro League Homestead Grays in Pittsburgh, with only a walk and an error spoiling a perfect game. Paige then comes in relief in game 2 and is tagged with the loss. In his next start, Satch will shut out the host Chicago American Giants 5–0 in 10 innings on July 8. In Paige's autobiography, he erroneously recalls that he threw the no-hitter in Pittsburgh, then drove to Chicago and beat the Giants on the same day, but researcher Dave Marasco corrected Satch's story.

» March 20, 1937: Josh Gibson and Judy Johnson, two future Hall of Famers, are traded to the Homestead Grays for two journeyman players and $2,500. The transaction is called the biggest deal in Negro baseball history.

» August 28, 1940: Homestead Grays (Negro League) P Ray Brown earns his 27th consecutive victory over a 2-year span when he shuts out the Baltimore Elite Giants 5–0 on a 3-hitter. The win raises his record to 12-0 for the season.

» May 26, 1944: The 1943 Negro League World Champions, the Homestead Grays, defeat the Fore River Shipyard team of the New England Industrial League 1–0 in a game played at Fenway Park.

» July 15, 2001: Behind Mike Piazza's three hits and three RBIs, the Mets win, 5–2, over Toronto as both teams celebrate Negro League Tribute Day by wearing old NL uniforms. The Mets wear the NY Cubans, 1947 NL champs, while the Blue Jays are in the uniforms of the Chatham All Stars. In Pittsburgh, the Pirates wear the Homestead Grays and the Royals wear Monarchs uniforms.