In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians ...

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 ...

As the number of African American players dwindles, a new exhibit at the Hall of Fame traces 150 years of Black baseball feats, stars and obstacles. By Jonathan Abrams Reporting from Cooperstown ...

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 ...

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 ...

Louisville baseball player Eddie King Jr. wears No. 42 to honor Jackie Robinson. Eddie King Jr. played in the Little League World Series at age 11 for the Jackie Robinson West team.

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.

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.

No Black players on Series rosters. October 27, 2022 at 3:23 a.m. by Ben Walker AP Baseball Writer ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Sixty years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, a Black player named J. Higgins crouched behind the batter’s box at a bygone field ...

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 ...