Plus: Negro Leaguers in the Hall of Fame
Jackie Robinson was the first former Negro Leaguer elected to the Hall of Fame. Who was the second? |
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| The National Baseball Hall of Fame features over 300 members in its famous Plaque Gallery, but the path for more than three dozen of them was longer than the rest.
The Negro Leagues and Black baseball at large often rivaled the AL and NL, both at the gates and in the national consciousness, in the first half of the 20th century. But those leagues were created out of unfortunate circumstances; the color line, instituted in white, organized baseball in the late 1800s, forced many of America's most talented ballplayers to write their legends elsewhere.
Jackie Robinson broke that barrier when he debuted with the Dodgers in 1947, but it would take another 24 years -- and a public plea from Ted Williams -- for the Hall to induct its first Negro Leagues star, Satchel Paige in 1971.
To celebrate the start of Black History Month, let's look back on the careers of the 37 Negro Leaguers in the Hall of Fame. |
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