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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.
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 .
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 ...
Honolulu Team, Chicago American Giants, Chicago Giants, Cleveland Tate Stars [573] William Dewberry: 1908: 1908: Pitcher: Leland Giants [574] Fred Dewitt: 1927: 1929: First baseman: Kansas City Monarchs, Cleveland Tigers, Memphis Red Sox [575] Samuel Dewitt: 1919: 1926: Infielder: Dayton Marcos, Indianapolis ABCs, Columbus Buckeyes, Toledo ...
As Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day the current percentage of its rosters that features Black players creeps closer to the same figure when Jackie broke baseball’s color ...
* 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]
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 ...
Chattanooga Black Lookouts, Birmingham Black Barons, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Kansas City Monarchs, Philadelphia Stars, among several others [279] Bob Palm: 1947: 1947: Catcher: Chicago American Giants [280] Clarence Palm: 1927: 1946: Catcher