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By the 1950s, enough black talent had integrated into the formerly "white" leagues (both major and minor) that the Negro leagues themselves had become a minor league circuit. Below is a list of 52 players who played for major Negro league teams up to 1950 and eventually saw playing time for a Major League team.
Raymond Emmitt Dandridge (August 31, 1913 – February 12, 1994), nicknamed "Hooks" and "Squat", was an American third baseman in baseball's Negro leagues. Dandridge excelled as a third baseman and he hit for a high batting average. By the time that Major League Baseball was racially integrated, Dandridge was considered too old to play. He ...
Ernest Judson Wilson (February 28, 1894 – June 24, 1963), nicknamed "Boojum", was an American third baseman, first baseman, and manager in Negro league baseball.He played for the Baltimore Black Sox, the Homestead Grays, and the Philadelphia Stars between 1922 and 1945.
Third baseman: Birmingham Black Barons [128] John Mickey: 1897: 1907: Outfielder: Cuban Giants, Philadelphia Giants [129] Daniel Miguel: 1899: 1899: Second baseman: All Cubans [130] Jimmy Miles: 1934: 1935: Outfielder: Philadelphia Stars, Chicago American Giants [131] John Miles: 1946: 1949: Third baseman: Chicago American Giants [132] Willie ...
Third baseman: Indianapolis ABCs, French Lick Plutos, New York Lincoln Giants [31] Toussaint Allen: 1914: 1928: First baseman: Havana Red Sox, Hilldale Club, Wilmington Potomacs, Newark Stars, Philadelphia Tigers [32] Moody Allison: 1925: 1925: Second baseman: Indianapolis ABCs [33] Rafael Almeida: 1904: 1925: Third baseman: Cuban League [34 ...
Third baseman: Kansas City Monarchs [356] Jimmy Hicks: 1940: 1941: Pitcher: Homestead Grays, New York Cubans [357] Wesley Hicks: 1927: 1928: Outfielder: Memphis Red Sox [358] Heliodoro Hidalgo: 1905: 1913: Outfielder: All Cubans, Cuban Stars (West) [359] Robert Higbee: 1908: 1913: Outfielder: Indianapolis ABCs [360] Ben Hill: 1939: 1943: Third ...
A 17-person committee chaired by John Thorn, Major League Baseball's official historian, met six times as part of the meticulous process of examining statistics from seven Negro Leagues from 1920 ...
Third baseman: Newark Eagles [135] Henry Spearman: 1935: 1945: Third baseman: New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Homestead Grays, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Philadelphia Stars, New York Black Yankees, Washington Black Senators, Baltimore Elite Giants, Birmingham Black Barons [136] John Spearman: 1945: 1945: Third baseman: New York Black Yankees [137 ...