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* Major League Baseball recognizes Curt Roberts as the Pirates' first Black player; however, Carlos Bernier of Puerto Rico, also a Black man, debuted on April 22, 1953. [5] ‡ Thompson and Irvin broke in with the Giants during the same game on July 8, 1949. Thompson was the starting third baseman, and Irvin pinch hit in the eighth. [1]
Pages in category "African-American baseball players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,360 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
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 ...
List of Negro league baseball players (A–D) List of Negro league baseball players (E–L) ... New York Black Yankees, Baltimore Elite Giants [9] Tom Addison: 1910: ...
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 ...
List of Negro league baseball players (M–R) List of Negro league baseball players (S–Z) Bold ... New York Black Yankees [2] Paul Mack: 1916: 1917: Third baseman:
Rickey Henderson—retired professional baseball player, Member of National Baseball Hall of Fame; Steve Henderson—former professional baseball player; George Hendrick—former professional baseball player; Elrod Hendricks—former professional baseball player; Larry Herndon—former professional baseball player