No, it was Jackie Robinson.
Jimmy Claxton
Harry Truman was in the White House when Robinson became the first African-American to play professional baseball in the modern era.
Answer:Bud Fowler - 1878
He is credited as the first African-American professional baseball player.
Jackie Robinson.
In MLB, that was Frank Robinson who was named player/manager of the Cleveland Indians in 1975.
Barry Larkin's parents are not Hispanic. His father, a former professional baseball player, is of African American descent, and his mother is of Irish descent. Larkin himself is an American former professional baseball player, known for his career with the Cincinnati Reds.
Jackie Robinson was one of the famous African-American person to make baseball history
Willie O'Ree
All of them, i think about 56 %
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