Hank Thompson and Willard Brown joined the American League St. Louis Browns shortly after Robinson opened the 1947 season with the Dodgers. Then Larry Doby joined the Cleveland Indians during the season and late in the season Dan Bankhead joined Robinson with the Dodgers. These were the only African American players in the Major Leagues in 1947.
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.
Moses Fleetwood Walker played 42 games for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association in 1884. The American Association, at the time, was considered a major league. Moses Walker had a brother, Welday Walker, who played 5 games for the Blue Stockings in 1884. Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball during the 'modern era'. His career spanned 1947-1956 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
he was the only African American in the League, after vigorous protesting.
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. In college, he played basketball, football, baseball and ran track.
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.
The Negro Leagues
This question has been asked and answered several times. The first African-American major league baseball player(s) by all accounts seems to be the brothers Fleet and Welday Walker, who played for Toledo in the American Association, then consided a "major" league, in 1884.
In 1884, African-American Moses Fleetwood Walker played for the Toledo Blue Stockings, which was a major league team in the American Association -- the first to do so. His brother, Welday Walker, later played for the same team, thus becoming the second African American to do so.
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 was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played baseball for the Dodgers.
Moses Fleetwood Walker played 42 games for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association in 1884. The American Association, at the time, was considered a major league. Moses Walker had a brother, Welday Walker, who played 5 games for the Blue Stockings in 1884. Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball during the 'modern era'. His career spanned 1947-1956 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson is most known for being the first African American baseball player in major league baseball. Jackie Robinson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
If you mean Moses Walker, the last black player in the majors before Jackie Robinson, he played in the American Association.
In 1947, Dan Bankhead became the first African American pitcher in Major League Baseball under the Brooklyn Dodgers.
he was the only African American in the League, after vigorous protesting.
When Jackie joined the Majors, africans didn't immediatly begin joining the Major League.
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.