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Desmond Jennings—professional baseball player; Derek Jeter (African-American father)—retired professional baseball player [10] [11] Sam Jethroe—former professional baseball player; Alex Johnson—retired professional baseball player; Charles Johnson—former professional baseball player; Cliff Johnson—former professional baseball player
Paige was the first black pitcher to play in the American League and was the seventh black player to play in Major League Baseball. Also in 1948, Paige became the first player who had played in the Negro leagues to pitch in the World Series; the Indians won the Series that year.
Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.
Lawrence Eugene Doby (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the American League.
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 ...
First African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era: Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn Dodgers). [24] (See also: Moses Fleetwood Walker, 1884) First African-American Major League Baseball player in the American League: Larry Doby (Cleveland Indians). First African American consensus college All-American basketball player: Don ...
American Black players made up 18 percent of all MLB rosters in 1991; on opening day in 2022, they composed a paltry 7.2 percent. What does this mean for America's so-called national pastime?
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 .