Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent. Joe Morgan. Eddie Murray. Garry Maddox. Ken Singleton ...

Baseball has launched programs to boost participation in recent years, and one result has been an uptick in the number of Black players drafted in the top 100 — an average of 12 per year since 2021.

Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent on the field. Joe Morgan. Eddie Murray. Garry Maddox. Ken … ...

Edward E. “Eddie” Day broke baseball’s color barrier as the only Black player on the all-white 1891 Reading Actives. He played over the rest of the decade for several professional all-Black ...

Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent on the field. Joe Morgan. Eddie Murray. Garry Maddox. Ken … ...

Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent on the field. Joe Morgan. Eddie Murray. Garry Maddox. Ken … ...

But for the first time since 1950, shortly after Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier, there project to be no U.S.-born Black players in this World Series. Zero.

Black baseball players made up about 20% of Major League Baseball in the 1970s. Today, they're less than 8%. Skip to main content. WBUR. 90.0 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station.

A half-century ago, despite growing pressure from civil rights leaders and high-profile Black baseball players, no major league team had hired a Black manager. The issue got a national airing at ...

By 1974, the 25-year-old Baker was part of a new generation of Black ballplayers, who had come to dominate the league. In fact, in the 1970s, Black baseball players made up close to 20% of all ...

WASHINGTON — Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent. Joe Morgan. Eddie Murray. Garry Maddox ...