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Minnie Miñoso was the last Negro league player to play in a Major League game when he appeared in two games for the Chicago White Sox in 1980. Buck O'Neil was the most recent former Negro league player to appear in a professional game when he made two appearances (one for each team) in the Northern League All-Star Game in 2006.
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 until the Negro leagues finally expired about 1962.
First black player in MLB since 1884. Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1947 ML RoY, 1949 NL MVP. 6× NL All-Star, 1× NgL All-Star. Served in the US Army during WWII 1942–1944. Larry Doby †. Newark Eagles. 1942–1944,1946–1947. Cleveland Indians.
The Negro Leagues statistical review committee, comprised of baseball historians, Negro League experts, former players, researchers and journalists, reviewed data, box scores, statistics and ...
List of Negro league baseball players (E–L) This list consists of players who have appeared in Negro league baseball . ‡ Bold player inducted as a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
This list of major Negro league baseball teams consists of teams that played in the seven major Negro baseball leagues.For a league to be considered "major," there were usually two top-tier leagues at a time: one representing the northeastern states – known as the "East", and one representing the north-central states – known as the "West".
United States. Most titles. Chicago American Giants (5) The first Negro National League(NNL) was one of the several Negro leaguesthat were established during the period in the United States when organized baseball was segregated. The league was formed in 1920 with former player Rube Fosteras its president. League history.
This List of Negro league baseball champions includes champions of black baseball prior to the organization of any traditional Negro league and goes through to the collapse of segregated baseball after Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line in 1946. Champions include self-declared, regional and (later) league champions, but is limited to ...