List of first black Major League Baseball players by team

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, Moses Fleetwood Walker had played for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association (his brother Welday Walker also played a few games with the club), and it was essentially against Fleetwood Walker that the line was originally drawn.

Contents

Key

† Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

List

Player Team Date[1]
Robinson, JackieJackie Robinson † Brooklyn Dodgers, NL 01947-04-15April 15, 1947
Doby, LarryLarry Doby † Cleveland Indians, AL 01947-07-05July 5, 1947
Thompson, HankHank Thompson St. Louis Browns, AL 01947-07-17July 17, 1947
Irvin, MonteMonte Irvin † New York Giants, NL 01949-07-08July 8, 1949
Thompson, HankHank Thompson New York Giants, NL 01949-07-08July 8, 1949
Jethroe, SamSam Jethroe Boston Braves, NL 01950-04-18April 18, 1950
Miñoso, MinnieMinnie Miñoso Chicago White Sox, AL 01951-05-01May 1, 1951
Trice, BobBob Trice Philadelphia Athletics, AL 01953-09-13September 13, 1953
Banks, ErnieErnie Banks † Chicago Cubs, NL 01953-09-17September 17, 1953
Roberts, CurtCurt Roberts Pittsburgh Pirates, NL 01954-04-13April 13, 1954
Alston, TomTom Alston St. Louis Cardinals, NL 01954-04-13April 13, 1954
Escalera, NinoNino Escalera Cincinnati Reds, NL 01954-04-17April 17, 1954
Harmon, ChuckChuck Harmon[2] Cincinnati Reds, NL 01954-04-17April 17, 1954
Paula, CarlosCarlos Paula Washington Senators, AL 01954-09-06September 6, 1954
Howard, ElstonElston Howard New York Yankees, AL 01955-04-14April 14, 1955
Kennedy, JohnJohn Kennedy Philadelphia Phillies, NL 01957-04-22April 22, 1957
Virgil, Sr., OzzieOzzie Virgil, Sr. Detroit Tigers, AL 01958-06-06June 6, 1958
Green, PumpsiePumpsie Green Boston Red Sox, AL 01959-07-21July 21, 1959

Note: Teams are not listed again if they move to a new city. Also, since the beginning of expansion in 1961, all expansion teams have been integrated from their first game, so those teams are not listed.

See also

African American portal
Baseball portal

References

  1. ^ O'Connell, Jack (2007-04-13). "Robinson's many peers follow his lead". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070412&content_id=1895202&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 2007-10-11. 
  2. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100511&content_id=9962586&vkey=news_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin