Baseball Essay, Research Paper

Robinson, Jackie

first black baseball player in the U.S. major leagues during the 20th century, an infielder

and outfielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League from 1947 through 1956.

He was elected to…

Blacks in baseball

from baseball

In 1884 two brothers, Welday and Moses Walker, played for Toledo, Ohio, in the

American Association, becoming the first black players to compete at the major league

level. Black acceptance in…

Rickey, Branch (Wesley)

American professional baseball executive who devised the farm system of training

ballplayers (1919) and hired the first black players in organized baseball in the 20th

century (1945).

Chandler, Happy

U.S. senator (1939-45), governor of Kentucky (1935-39, 1955-59), and controversial

commissioner of American baseball (1945-51).