by jbminor | Jun 24, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Jackie Robinson American baseball player Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.[1] Robinson broke the...
by jbminor | Jun 24, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Birmingham Black Barons The Birmingham Black Barons played professional baseball for Birmingham, Alabama, in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1960 when the Major Leagues successfully integrated. They alternated home stands with the Birmingham Barons in...
by jbminor | Jun 24, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Kansas City Monarchs Baseball team The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball’s Negro Leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League...
by jbminor | Jun 20, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Connie Morgan Baseball player Constance Enola Morgan (October 17, 1935 – October 14, 1996) was the third woman to play professional baseball in the Negro league. Morgan replaced second-base player and the first woman in the league Toni Stone in the Indianapolis Clowns...
by jbminor | Jun 20, 2018 | Negro Leagues
“Toots” Ferrell Howard Leroy Ferrell Born: 1929 in Chestertown, Md. Died: Oct. 11, 2002 Former Negro League player Howard Leroy “Toots” Ferrell died on Oct. 11, 2002 at the age of 73. He began to pitch in 1946 as the age of 16. In 1947, he...
by jbminor | Jun 20, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Moses Fleetwood Walker American baseball player and author Moses Fleetwood Walker (October 7, 1856 – May 11, 1924) was an American professional baseball catcher who is credited with being one of the first black men to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). A native of...
by jbminor | Jun 19, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Philadelphia Stars (baseball) Former baseball team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Philadelphia Stars were a Negro league baseball team from Philadelphia. The Stars were founded in 1933 when Ed Bolden returned to professional black baseball after being idle since...
by jbminor | Jun 19, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Homestead Grays Baseball team The Homestead Grays (also known as Washington Grays or Washington Homestead Grays) were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in the United States. Quick Facts: League titles, Negro World Series titles … The team...
by jbminor | Jun 19, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Rube Foster American baseball player Andrew “Rube” Foster (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. Source...