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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.
John Irvin Kennedy (October 12, 1926 – April 27, 1998) was an American professional baseball shortstop. Kennedy was the first African-American player to be signed by and play for the Philadelphia Phillies, the last National League baseball team to support anti-Black segregation. The Phillies had fielded all-White teams through the 1956 season.
Donald Newcombe (June 14, 1926 – February 19, 2019), nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten non-consecutive seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began his career in the Negro National League and ended it in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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 ...
Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993), nicknamed "Campy", was an American professional baseball player, primarily as a catcher.The Philadelphia native played in the Negro leagues and Mexican League for nine years before entering the minor leagues in 1946.
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 .
Stats at Baseball Reference Teams; Negro leagues. Baltimore Elite Giants (1946–1950) Major League Baseball. Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers (1953–1966) Career highlights and awards; 3× NgL All-Star (1948–1950) 2× All-Star (1956, 1959) 4× World Series champion (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965) NL Rookie of the Year (1953) Los Angeles Dodgers No ...
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 ...