In 1970, Satchel Paige, credited with 55 no-hitters, was the first Negro League star to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Note: Jackie Robinson, the 1st modern Black Major Leaguer, played for the Kansas City Monarchs (1945), of the Negro League was Elected to Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 1962, BUT he made it because of his time with the Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player in the National Baseball League.
The first African-American was Moses Fleetwood Walker he played for the Toledo Blue Stockings he brother a few years later joined the club. Jackie Robinson was the best black player in the majors not the first that was just a myth.
Moses Fleetwood Walker played on an integrated team, the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association, in 1884. Over the next few years, about a dozen blacks played minor league ball.
The first black player in Major league ball after that was Jackie Robinson, in 1947.
I believe it was a man by the name of Eddie Klepp in 1946 signed by the Cleveland Buckeyes.
Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play professional baseball. Jackie Robinson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
i think it was Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson in 1947.
Jackie Robinson, 1945, Montreal Royals
Effa Manley (1900-81), who was co-owner of the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s and 1940s, was the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
The first organized league of teams consisting solely of African-Americans -- it was called the Negro National League -- was in 1920. This first league lasted until 1931. A second league, also called the Negro National League, was organized in 1933. Another league, the Negro American League, was launched in 1937. The former folded after the 1949 season, the latter held on until 1962.
Michael Jordan who else!
Roberto Clemente
the only brothers in the mlb hof as players are paul and Lloyd waner.
If you do not count the Negro League, the first non-white major league player was the great Jackie Robinson.
Satchel Paige.
In 1971, Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player ever to be elected into the National Hall of Fame. He was also the first black baseball player to be recruited to play for Major League Baseball. Prior to joining Major League Baseball, he played and excelled in the Negro Leagues, when separate leagues were common. He wore the number 42, and every year on Jackie Robinson Day, every player in the MLB wears a jersey with 42 in his honor and memory.
Effa Manley (1900-81), who was co-owner of the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s and 1940s, was the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
The first organized league of teams consisting solely of African-Americans -- it was called the Negro National League -- was in 1920. This first league lasted until 1931. A second league, also called the Negro National League, was organized in 1933. Another league, the Negro American League, was launched in 1937. The former folded after the 1949 season, the latter held on until 1962.
Baseball player Buck Leonard played in the Negro League. Buck Leonard was a first baseman in the League and started playing in 1933. IN 1972 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
the end of segragation in Baseball
OT Anthony Munoz of the Cincinnati Bengals (1980-1992), inducted in 1998.
Jackie Robinson played for the Negro League, but on April 15, 1947, was called to play in the big leagues, making him the first black big league baseball player.
he is famous for pitching for many different teams.he has broken many records. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was an American baseball player whose pitching in the Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball (MLB) made him a legend in his own lifetime. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971, the first player to be inducted based upon his play in the Negro leagues.
Kansas City Monarchs
The first player from the negro leagues to play major league baseball was back in 1947 by Jackie Robinson.