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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 .
Charlie Hayes—former professional baseball player; Dave Henderson—former professional baseball player; 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
Mamie "Peanut" Johnson (September 27, 1935 – December 18, 2017) was an American professional baseball player who was one of three women, and the first female pitcher, to play in the Negro leagues. Early life
In 1994, the Colorado Silver Bullets women's professional baseball team was founded, in which the women players barnstormed around the country playing men's professional and semi-professional teams. [55] They won six of 40 games in their inaugural season, improving to a final winning season of 23–22 in their final year, 1997. [56]
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.
First African-American baseball player to be named the Major League Baseball World Series MVP: Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals [45] First African-American to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association: Althea Gibson; First African-American baseball player to be named the captain of a Major League Baseball team: Willie Mays, San Francisco ...
Ewing's All-stars, Baltimore Black Sox, Hilldale Club, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Baltimore Black Sox, Bacharach Giants, Newark Dodgers, Homestead Grays, Washington Black Senators, Philadelphia Stars, Brooklyn Royal Giants, New York Black Yankees [300] Edgar Burch: 1914: 1917: Pitcher
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 ...