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This List of Negro league baseball players who played in Major League Baseball is largely based on the research compiled by the Center for Negro League Baseball Research. . The list includes those who played on major Negro league teams prior to integration (and any caliber Negro league team after integration) as well as in Major League Baseb
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 ...
African-Americans had been excluded from major league baseball since 1884 and from white professional minor league teams since 1889. Following the 1891 season, the Ansonia Cuban Giants, a team composed of African-American players, were expelled from the Connecticut State League, the last white minor league to have a Black team.
New York Black Yankees, Washington Black Senators, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Atlanta Black Crackers [494] James Crump: 1921: 1923: Second baseman: Hilldale Club, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Bacharach Giants [495] Jimmie Crutchfield: 1930: 1941: Outfielder: Birmingham Black Barons, Indianapolis ABCs, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Newark Eagles, Chicago American ...
The East-West Classic will highlight the launch of a Negro Leagues exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum with an All-Star game featuring Black players and coaches.
In addition to lobbying for black players, he remained in baseball through his affiliation with the commissioner's office, where he consulted with players about career choices. In 1991, Black appeared as a fictional character, 'Joe 'Playday' Sims', in TV's Cosby Show , in the 7th Season episode, "There's Still No Joy in Mudville", which ...
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 ...
In what was later referred to as "The Noble Experiment", [40] [90] Robinson was the first black baseball player in the International League since the 1880s. [91] [92] He was not necessarily the best player in the Negro leagues, [93] and black talents Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson were upset when Robinson was selected first. [94]