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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.
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.
List of Negro league baseball players (E–L) List of Negro league baseball players (M–R) ... [20] Clifford Allen: 1937: 1938: Pitcher: Homestead Grays, Memphis Red Sox
An updated version of MLB's historical database is expected to be made public during a Negro Leagues tribute game on June 20 between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants.
It’s about time Major League Baseball (MLB) has integrated Negro League Baseball (NLB) statistics from 1920-1948 into its record books. ... Willie Mays was the best player of the second half of ...
[20] Oliver Marcell: 1918: 1934: Third baseman: Brooklyn Royal Giants, Detroit Stars, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, New York Lincoln Giants, Baltimore Black Sox [21] Ziggy Marcell: 1939: 1948: Catcher: Kansas City Monarchs, Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, Chicago American Giants, Philadelphia Stars, Baltimore Elite Giants, Newark ...
List of Negro league baseball players (E–L) List of Negro league baseball players (M–R) ... [20] Andy Sarvis: 1939: 1944: Pitcher: Cleveland Bears, Jacksonville ...
Major League Baseball recently added the statistics of Negro Leagues players, which included former Erie resident Sam Jethroe, to its existing records.