List of Negro League baseball players
Encyclopedia
The players below are some of the most notable of those who played Negro league baseball
, beginning with the codification of baseball’s color line
barring African American
players (about 1892), past the re-integration in 1946
of the sport, up till the Negro leagues finally expired about 1962. Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are noted with a β. Names of those who played in integrated organized white leagues are boldfaced, and those who played in integrated major leagues are also italicized.
Negro league baseball
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in...
, beginning with the codification of baseball’s color line
Baseball color line
The color line in American baseball excluded players of black African descent from Organized Baseball, or the major leagues and affiliated minor leagues, until Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization for the 1946 season...
barring African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
players (about 1892), past the re-integration in 1946
1946 in baseball
-Major League Baseball:*World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox *All-Star Game, July 9 at Fenway Park: American League, 12–0-Other champions:*Negro League World Series: Newark Eagles over Kansas City Monarchs...
of the sport, up till the Negro leagues finally expired about 1962. Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are noted with a β. Names of those who played in integrated organized white leagues are boldfaced, and those who played in integrated major leagues are also italicized.
- pre-Negro leagues (1877-1919) – They played primarily before the organized Negro leagues. Among them Fowler, Frank Grant, George Stovey, and Fleet Walker were notable players especially during the 1880s, before complete segregation.
- Negro leagues era I (1920-1934) – They played most of their careers in the organized Negro leagues before the Great Depression.
- Negro leagues era II (1935-1949) – They played most of their careers in the organized Negro leagues after the Great Depression.
- Post-integration (1950-1962) – They played during the decline of the Negro leagues, after the beginning of integration.
See also
- List of first black MLB players by team and date
- Hall of Fame candidates 2006