The Brooklyn Bay Parkways was a semi-professional baseball team based out of Erasmus Field of

Erasmus Hall High School Erasmus Hall High School was a four-year public high school located at 899–925 Flatbush Avenue between Church and Snyder Avenues in the Flatbush, Brooklyn, Flatbush neighborhood of the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brookly ...

. Owned by Joe Rosner, brother of Max Rosner, owner of the

Brooklyn Bushwicks The Brooklyn Bushwicks were an independent, semi-professional baseball team that played its games almost totally in Dexter Park (Queens), Dexter Park in Queens from 1913 to 1951. They were unique at their time for fielding multi-ethnic Schedule ...

, as well as

Nat Strong Nathaniel Calvin Strong (January 4, 1874 – January 10, 1935) was an American sports executive who was an officer and owner in Negro league baseball. In 1906 Strong became the Secretary for the National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of t ...

, a prominent figure in organizing various

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teams, the Bay Parkways belonged to the Inter-City Baseball Association and played in the local negro league as well as various other local teams. Former players for the Bay Parkways include former Major League stars such as

Carl Hubbell Carl Owen Hubbell (June 22, 1903 – November 21, 1988), nicknamed "the Meal Ticket" and "King Carl", was an American Major League Baseball player. He was a pitcher for the New York Giants of the National League from 1928 to 1943, and remained ...

Babe Ruth George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional Baseball in the United States, baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nickna ...

Hal Schumacher Harold Henry Schumacher (November 23, 1910 – April 21, 1993), nicknamed "Prince Hal", was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher who appeared in 391 games pitched (and 450 games in all) in Major League Baseball for t ...

Pete Gray Peter James Gray (''Birth name, né'' Wyshner; March 6, 1915 – June 30, 2002) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played for the St. Louis Browns of Major League Baseball for one season in 1945. He was notable for playing ...

, and Blondy Ryan.

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