A few facts about African Americans in Major League Baseball

1
A few facts about African Americans in Major
League Baseball
2
1884

• Moses "Fleetwood" Walker becomes first
  African-American player in major league baseball,
  signing with the Toledo club in the American
  Association.

3

• Walker, a star catcher at Oberlin College,
  despite a creditable performance with Toledo, was
  cut from the squad after the season, but
  continued to play in organized baseball with
  minor league teams.

4
1885

• The first all-black professional team, the
  Cuban Giants, is founded in Babylon, New York.

5
1887

• The National Colored Base Ball League, the first
  attempt at a professional Negro League, is
  formed.
• The league includes Lord Baltimores, Resolutes
  (Boston), Browns (Cincinnati), Falls City
  (Louisville), Gorhams (New York), Pythians
  (Philadelphia), Pittsburgh Keystones, Capital
  City Club (Washington).
• Two weeks later the league will fail from lack of
  attendance.

6
1890

• The International League implements a ban on
  African-American players. The league's ban will
  continue until 1946.

7
1920

• Andrew "Rube" Foster, renowned pitcher and
  owner of the Chicago American Giants, calls
  Midwestern team owners to Kansas City. The result
  of the meeting is the formation of the Negro
  National League.

8

• The generic label, THE NEGRO LEAGUES, refers to
  various affiliations of professional black
  baseball players, extending from the late
  nineteenth century to the Jackie Robinson era

9

• Dozens of all-black professional and
  semi-professional baseball teams played
  throughout the United States in the first half of
  the 20th century. At the top level the best Negro
  League teams competed in leagues that were
  regarded as the black "majors."

10
The Negro leagues, interestingly enough, were
responsible for introducing night baseball, the
use of shin guards, batting helmets and the
screwball
11
Women in the Negro Leagues

• After Major League Baseball had begun
  integration in 1947, three women played in the
  Negro Leagues in the 1950s with the Kansas City
  Monarchs and Indianapolis Clowns Toni Stone,
  Connie Morgan, and Mamie Peanut Johnson

• TONI STONE(Marcenia Lyle Alberga)1921-1996
  Second Base

12
1946

• Jackie Robinson is signed by the Brooklyn
  Dodgers organization and debuts with the Montreal
  Royals as the first black player in organized
  baseball in half a century.

13

• Robinson wins the National League Rookie Of The
  Year award as he solidifies his position in a
  pennant winning Dodger lineup.

14

• Larry Doby is signed by the Cleveland Indians
  and becomes the first black player in the
  American League.

15
1948

• Satchel Paige is signed by the Cleveland
  Indians and becomes baseball's all-time
  oldest"rookie" at the age of 42.