0
Willie Mays played three years with the Birmingham Black Barons before playing with the New York Giants.
Still curious? Ask our experts.
Chat with our AI personalities
Ross
Coach
Lao
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Who was the last active player in Major League Baseball to have been in the Negro Leagues?
Hank Aaron was the last Negro League player to have a regular position in the Major League. Minnie Minoso was the last to actually play in a MLB game. (Two games for the White Sox in 1980.)
Where did the negro league play when the baseball season was over?
germany
How did the negro baseball leagues changed American baseball?
It didn't. Negros wern't allowed to play the in the same league as whites, but when Jackie Robinson joined the white league other negros tried to and eventually they became the same league.
Why did the initial negro league fail?
After the integration of professional baseball two factors combined to bring about the collapse of the Negro Leagues: (a) the best players from the top Negro League teams were signed by Major League organizations, thus weakening the top Negro League teams, and (b) the interest of black fans was quickly drawn away from the Negro Leagues as they focused their interest on the performance of Jackie Robinson and other black pioneers in the major leagues
Who was the first Little League player to play MLB?
Joey Jay.
