Notable Alumni: Nat Peeples, Roy Welmaker, Donald Reeves, Felix Evans and James “Red” Moore Playing out of Ponce de Leon Park, the Atlanta Black Crackers aren’t the most storied Negro League club, but the story they do have is one of immense competitiveness and fight. Throughout their history, not only would they struggle on the field, but off of it from a behind-the-scenes operational standpoint as well. Originally known as the Atlanta Cubs, the Black Crackers would eventually join the Negro American League in 1938, but that would only last a single season.