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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 ...
James William "Junior" Gilliam (October 17, 1928 – October 8, 1978) was an American second baseman, third baseman, and coach in Negro league and Major League Baseball who spent his entire major league career with the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers.
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 ...
Third baseman: Birmingham Black Barons, Monroe Monarchs [511] Lunie Danage: 1920: 1920: Second baseman: St. Louis Giants [512] 'Ray Dandridge'‡ 1933: 1949: Third baseman: Detroit Stars, Nashville Elite Giants, Newark Dodgers, Newark Eagles, Mexican League, New York Cubans [513] Richard Dandridge: 1919: 1919: Shortstop: Lincoln Giants [514 ...
Henry Curtis Thompson (December 8, 1925 – September 30, 1969) was an American player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball who played primarily as a third baseman. A left-handed batter, he played with the Dallas Green Monarchs (1941), Kansas City Monarchs (1943, 1946–47, 1948), St. Louis Browns (1947) and New York Giants (1949–56).
Johnson is regarded as one of the greatest third basemen of the Negro leagues. In 1975, he was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame after being nominated by the Negro Leagues Committee. From 1921 to 1929, Johnson was a member of the Hilldale Daisies ball club and became an on-the-field leader respected for his professional disposition.
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 ...