Al Cabrera - Born May 11, 1881, Canary Islands. Played 1 game, May 16, 1913 for the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Jackie Robinson
Click on the 'African American Firsts in MLB' to find out who each team's first African American player was and other facts.
Jackie Robinson
Moses Fleetwood Walker
In 1884, two bothers, Fleet and Welday Walker, black Americans, played for Toledo in the American Association which was considered a Major League at the time. In the modern era, of course, Jackie Robinson is considered the first African American player when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.