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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.
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 (A–D) ... Birmingham Black Barons, Louisville Black Caps, Chicago American Giants, St. Louis Stars [613] Bill Drake: 1915:
Pages in category "African-American baseball players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,360 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jackie Robinson, the first Black man to be signed by a Major League baseball team, is shown in post-swing position in front of the stands. Robinson is wearing the uniform of then-Brooklyn Dodgers ...
St. Louis Stars, Detroit Wolves, Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs, Cole's American Giants, Newark Eagles, Mexican League, Chicago American Giants, New York Black Yankees, Baltimore Elite Giants, Indianapolis Clowns, Memphis Red Sox [382] Willie Wells Jr. 1944: 1948: Shortstop: Chicago American Giants, Memphis Red Sox [383] Roy Welmaker ...
Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Memphis Red Sox [354] Robert Poinsette: 1939: 1939: Pitcher: New York Black Yankees, Toledo Crawfords [355] Rafael Polanco: 1941: 1941: Outfielder: Newark Eagles [356] Ed Poles: 1920: 1928: Infielder: Baltimore Black Sox, Richmond Giants, Harrisburg Giants [357] Spot Poles: 1909: 1923: Center ...