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The First African-American Major League Baseball Player - Neatorama  Oct 17, 2013 ... The First African-American Major League Baseball Player ... Two days later, Fleet (a catcher, by the way), got his first big-league hit. Okay...
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10 First African American Players in Major League Baseball  Sports ...  Jul 18, 2013 ... 10 First African American Players in Major League Baseball ... had to be superstars to find a place in a big league world of white bench players.
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William Edward White: The first black player in major - league - Slate  Feb 4, 2014 ... At a time when Major League Baseball was still a decade from ... as can be determined, the first African-American player in big-league history.
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Jackie Robinson was Not the First African American to Play Major ...  Apr 15, 2013 ... The real first African American to play in the major leagues, and the only ... of the Society for American Baseball Research, more commonly known as .... Even more impressive is the fact that he was catching for big leaguers.
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List of first black Major League Baseball players by team - Wikipedia  Below is a list of the first black players in Major League Baseball by team in chronological order, since the abolition of the Baseball color line. During the 1880s...
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Jackie Robinson - Baseball Player - Biography.com  Aug 22, 2016 ... Jackie Robinson became the first black player in the major leagues in ... Robinson stole home 19 times in his career, setting a league record.
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Origins of baseball - Wikipedia  The question of the origins of baseball has been the subject of debate and controversy for more .... Many of the early New York club baseball players were also cricketers, and the earliest recorded ..... Contrary to popular belief, Doubleday was never inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, although a large oil portrait of him...
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Jackie Robinson breaks major league color barrier - Apr 15, 1947 ...  On this day in History, Jackie Robinson breaks major league color barrier on ... The next year he became the Dodgers' highest paid player, earning a salary of $35,000. ... Robinson became the first African-American inducted into the Baseball Hall of ... Baseball game at the Hall of Fame's Doubleday Field on June 12, 1939...
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Rachel Robinson - Civil Rights Activist ... - Biography.com  May 28, 2015 ... On Biography.com, learn more about Rachel Robinson, a nursing ... history as the first African-American player to compete in baseball's major leagues. ... faced an onslaught of racist treatment during his early major league days, ... the photography book Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait in 1996, with...
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Rangers Retired Numbers | Texas Rangers  Find out which jersey numbers were retired by the Texas Rangers, and the players ... no-hitters (June 11, 1990 and May 1, 1991) along with recording his 5,000th strikeout. ... He was the first American League pitcher to strike out nineteen men in a ... In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American man to play in...
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Frank Robinson - Wikipedia  Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and manager. He played for five teams from 1956 to 1976, and became the only player to win league MVP honors in ... Robinson was the first African-American hired to serve as manager in MLB history. He managed the...
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Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia  Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919  October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started ... With the track and field squad, he won awards in the broad jump.
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Los Angeles Dodgers - Wikipedia  The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, ... Led by Jackie Robinson, the first black Major League Baseball player of the ... In Brooklyn, the Dodgers won the NL pennant several times (1890, 1899, ... the first African-American elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
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Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia  Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919  October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started ... In 1997, MLB "universally" retired his uniform number, 42, across all major...
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Roy Campanella Biography - A Born Catcher, An African American ...  ... A Born Catcher, An African American First, Chronology, It's Good To Be Alive ... Named the National League's Most Valuable Player three times in the 1950s, ... until only a year before Campanella joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948.
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Babe Ruth - Wikipedia  George Herman Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895  August 16, 1948), better known as Babe Ruth, was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed The Bambino and The Sultan of Swat, he began his MLB career .... As an adult, Babe Ruth suggested that not only had he been running the...
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Black Saga Set 3 Flashcards | Quizlet  to play for the Montreal Royals, a Brooklyn Dodgers Triple A affiliate team in the ... the Baseball Hall of Fame--the first black player so honored. In 1956 .... League's Rookie of the Year in 1952 when he became the first black pitcher to win a ..... In the summer of 1962, this African American, the first of his race to be admitted to
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Jackie Robinson - Baseball Player - Biography.com  Aug 22, 2016 ... Jackie Robinson became the first black player in the major leagues in 1947, ... In 1947, he made history when his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended ... Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, making history as the first black athlete to ... Robinson stole home 19 times in his career, setting a league record.
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Baseball Hall of Fame inducts first members - Jan 29, 1936 ...  On this day in History, Baseball Hall of Fame inducts first members on Jan 29, 1936. ... a star shortstop who won eight National League batting titles and retired with more ... induction ceremony, which took place on June 12, 1939, in Cooperstown. Cobb, Johnson, Ruth and Wagner watched as they took their place in history,...
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Jackie Robinson - He played in six World Series, contributed to the ...  PIONEER: Baseball Player JACKIE ROBINSON .... Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919  October 24, 1972) was an American baseball player who became the 1st ...... "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. ..... Jackie Robinson leaves Ebbets Field after playing opening day with the...
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Remembering Jackie | Baseball Hall of Fame  He quickly became baseball's top drawing card and a symbol of hope to ... From Jackie's major league debut in 1947 until 1959, when the Boston Red Sox ... Dodgers, becoming the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the 20th ... On July 23, 1962, Jackie Robinson is inducted into the National Baseball...