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The Negro Leagues
Major League
Jackie Robinson
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Not only famous ballplayers, but also young African Americans
The Negro Leagues
Jackie Robinson has written: 'Jackie Robinson's Little League baseball book' -- subject(s): Baseball, Juvenile literature 'First class citizenship' -- subject(s): Correspondence, Civil rights, African Americans, African American baseball players 'Breakthrough to the big league' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Baseball players, Biography, African Americans, Large type books 'Jackie Robinson, my own story' 'I Never Had It Made' -- subject(s): Baseball players, African Americans, Biography 'Favorites!' 'Breakthrough to the big league' -- subject(s): Baseball players, Juvenile literature, African American baseball players, Biography, Race discrimination
Answer:Bud Fowler - 1878
Jackie Robinson was the first African American major league Baseball player. He was discriminated against by other players, and even his own teammates resented him.
David Zang has written: 'Fleet Walker's divided heart' -- subject(s): African American baseball players, Baseball, Baseball players, Biography, History, International League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Major League
Many African American baseball players who even play in the MLB today, are inspired by Jackie Robinson because he broke the race barrier in baseball. Before him blacks weren't respected and had their own baseball league and full african american only teams.
1947. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball
The dividing line between the races. In the early years of baseball, there were separate leagues, the Negro Leagues, for the African-American players. Jackie Robinson was the first to play in what is now Major League Baseball.
18 or 20. In games played where the home team is from the National League, there are 9 players on each team. In games played where the home team is from the American League there are 10 players on each team. This is because the American League allows for a designated hitter, whereas the National League does not.
Robinson was a product of the Negro Leagues, which played a more daring and exciting brand of baseball. He brought that bold style of play to the major leagues in 1947, particularly in the areas of baserunning and basestealing.
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