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First African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era: Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn Dodgers). [24] (See also: Moses Fleetwood Walker, 1884) First African-American Major League Baseball player in the American League: Larry Doby (Cleveland Indians). First African American consensus college All-American basketball player: Don ...
Finnish player of American football wearing eye black Eye black is a grease or strip applied under the eyes to reduce glare , although studies have not conclusively proven its effectiveness. It is often used by American football , baseball , softball , and lacrosse players to mitigate the effects of bright sunlight or stadium floodlights.
The players below are some of the most notable of those who played Negro league baseball, beginning with the codification of baseball's color line barring African American players (about 1892), past the re-integration in 1946 of the sport, up until the Negro leagues finally expired about 1962. Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are noted with ...
Pages in category "African-American baseball players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,377 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Birmingham Black Barons, St. Louis Stars, Baltimore Black Sox, Detroit Wolves, Washington Pilots, Cole's American Giants, Newark Eagles, Indianapolis ABCs, New York Black Yankees [184] Jack Sutton: 1911: 1911: Third baseman: West Baden Sprudels [185] Leroy Sutton: 1940: 1945: Pitcher: St. Louis–New Orleans Stars, Chicago American Giants ...
Major League Baseball overturned its hallowed record books so fans will hear the names and smack their foreheads at the heights reached by Black players who came before Jackie Robinson integrated ...
This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]
Baseball talent scouts routinely rejected spectacled prospects on sight. [2] The stigma had diminished by the early 1960s and by one estimate 20 percent of major league players wore glasses by the end of the 1970s. [1] [3] The development of shatter-resistant lenses in the latter half of the 1940s contributed to their acceptance. [4]