If you do not count the Negro League, the first non-white major league player was the great Jackie Robinson.
Jackie Robinson was the first African American baseball player who became the first black player in the major league of baseball
Jackie Robinson was a Major League Baseball player who played 2nd base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He is famous because in April of 1947, he broke baseball's color barrier by becoming the first ever African American to play in a Major League Baseball game for a Major League Baseball team.
Jackie Robinson accomplished more in his life time then most people could dream of. He broke the color barrier in major league baseball, won numerous awards for his outsanding ablityl on the field, was a civil rights activist. Those are true. But he also was the first player to steal home plate in major league baseball.
Brooklyn Dodgers Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was a baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was the first African-American major league baseball player of the modern era in 1947.
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The first latin major league baseball player was Louis Castro.
Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker was the first major league baseball player. I thought it was another guy, but oh well. -Anonymous Quo
Who was the second black player to play in the modern major leagues and the first to do so in the American League?
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Ty Cobb.
Jackie Robinson.
Starlin Castro had six RBI in his Major League debut in 2010 for the Chicago Cubs.
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He was a Major League Baseball player.
The New York Yankees were the first Major League team to retire a players number.Lou Gehrig was the first player and the #4 was the first number.
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