Player
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Negro league Team(s)
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Negro league Year(s)
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Major League Team(s)
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Major League Year(s)
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Notes
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Jackie Robinson†
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Kansas City Monarchs
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1945
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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1947–1956
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Larry Doby†
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Newark Eagles
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1942–1944,1946–1947
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Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers
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1947–1955,1958 1956–1957,1959 1959
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Hank Thompson
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Kansas City Monarchs
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1943,1946–1948
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St. Louis Browns New York Giants
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1947 1949–1956
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Willard Brown†
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Kansas City Monarchs
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1935–1944,1946–1949
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St. Louis Browns
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1947
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Dan Bankhead
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Birmingham Black Barons Memphis Red Sox
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1940–1942,1944 1946–1947
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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1947,1950–1951
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- 3× NgL All-Star
- Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII 1943–1945
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Roy Campanella†
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Wash/Balt Elite Giants
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1937–1945
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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1948–1957
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Satchel Paige†
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Birmingham Black Barons Cleveland Cubs Pittsburgh Crawfords St. Louis Stars Newark Eagles Kansas City Monarchs
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1924–1955
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Cleveland Indians St. Louis Browns Kansas City Athletics
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1948–1949 1951–1953 1965
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Minnie Miñoso†
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New York Cubans
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1946–1948
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Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox St. Louis Cardinals Washington Senators
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1949,1951,1958–1959 1951–57,60–61,64,76,80 1962 1963
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Don Newcombe
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Newark Eagles
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1944–45
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Brooklyn/LA Dodgers Cincinnati Reds Cleveland Indians
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1949–1951,1954–1958 1958–1960 1960
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- 1949 NL RoY, 1956 ML Cy Young & NL MVP
- 4× NL All-Star
- Served in the US Navy during WWII 1943
- Served in the US Army during Korean War 1952–1953
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Monte Irvin†
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Newark Eagles
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1937–1942,1945–1949
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New York Giants Chicago Cubs
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1949–1955 1956
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- Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1× NL All-Star, 4× NgL All-Star
- Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1945
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Luke Easter
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Homestead Grays
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1947–1948
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Cleveland Indians
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1949–1954
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- 1948 NgL All-Star
- Served in the US Army during WWII 1942–1943
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Sam Jethroe
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Indianapolis ABCs Cin/Cleveland Buckeyes
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1938 1942–1948
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Boston Braves Pittsburgh Pirates
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1950–1952 1954
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Luis Márquez
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New York Black Yankees Baltimore Elite Giants Homestead Grays
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1945 1946 1946–1948
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Boston Braves Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates
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1951 1954 1954
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Ray Noble
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New York Cubans
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1945–1950
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New York Giants
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1951–1953
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Artie Wilson
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Birmingham Black Barons
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1944–1948
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New York Giants
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1951
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Harry Simpson
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Philadelphia Stars
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1946–1948
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Cleveland Indians Kansas City Athletics New York Yankees Chicago White Sox Pittsburgh Pirates
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1951–1953,1955 1955–1957,1958–1959 1957–1958 1959 1959
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- 1× AL All-Star
- Served in the US Army during WWII 1941–1945
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Willie Mays†
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Birmingham Black Barons
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1948–1950
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NY/SF Giants New York Mets
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1951–1952,1954–1972 1972–1973
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- Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1951 NL RoY, 2× NL MVP
- 24× NL All-Star
- Served in the US Army during Korean War 1952–1953
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Sam Hairston
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Birmingham Black Barons Cin-Ind/Indianapolis Clowns
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1944 1945–1950
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Chicago White Sox
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1951
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Bob Boyd
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Memphis Red Sox
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1946–1950
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Chicago White Sox Baltimore Orioles Kansas City Athletics Milwaukee Braves
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1951,1953–1954 1956–1960 1961 1961
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- 3× NgL All-Star
- Served in the US Army during WWII 1944–1946
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Sam Jones
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Cleveland Buckeyes
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1947–1948
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Cleveland Indians Chicago Cubs St. Louis Cardinals San Francisco Giants Detroit Tigers Baltimore Orioles
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1951–1952 1955–1956 1957–1958,1963 1959–1961 1962 1964
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- 2× NL All-Star
- Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1947
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Héctor Rodríguez
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New York Cubans
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1944
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Chicago White Sox
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1952
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George Crowe
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New York Black Yankees New York Cubans
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1947–1948 1948–1949
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Boston/Mil Braves Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals
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1952–1953,1955 1956–1958 1959–1961
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- 1× NL All-Star, 1× NgL All-Star
- Served in the US Army during WWII 1944–1946
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Buzz Clarkson
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Pit/Tol/Tol-Ind Crawfords Newark Eagles Philadelphia Stars
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1938–1940 1940 1942,1946,1949
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Boston Braves
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1952
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- 2× NgL All-Star
- Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1945
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Quincy Trouppe
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St. Louis Stars Detroit Wolves Homestead Grays Kansas City Monarchs Chicago American Giants Indianapolis ABC's Cleveland Buckeyes New York Cubans
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1930–1931,1939 1932 1932 1932,1934–1936 1933,1935,1948 1938–1939 1944–1947 1949
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Cleveland Indians
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1952
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Joe Black
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Baltimore Elite Giants
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1943,1946–1950
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Brooklyn Dodgers Cincinnati Reds Washington Senators
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1952–1955 1955–1956 1957
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- 1952 NL RoY
- 3× NgL All-Star
- Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1945
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Dave Pope
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Homestead Grays
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1946,1948
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Cleveland Indians Baltimore Orioles
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1952,1954–1955,1956 1955–1956
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- Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1946
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Sandy Amoros
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New York Cubans
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1950
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Brooklyn/LA Dodgers Detroit Tigers
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1952,1954–1957,1959–1960 1960
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Junior Gilliam
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Baltimore Elite Giants
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1946–1950
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Brooklyn/LA Dodgers
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1953–1966
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- 1953 NL RoY
- 2× NL All-Star, 3× NgL All-Star
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Connie Johnson
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Atlanta Black Crackers Toledo-Ind Crawfords Kansas City Monarchs
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1940 1940 1940–1942,1946–1950
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Chicago White Sox Baltimore Orioles
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1953,1955–1956 1956–1958
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- 2× NgL All-Star
- Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1945
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Jim Pendleton
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Chicago American Giants
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1948
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Milwaukee Braves Pittsburgh Pirates Cincinnati Reds Houston Colt .45's
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1953–1956 1957–1958 1959 1962
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Dave Hoskins
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Cincinnati Clowns Chicago American Giants Homestead Grays Louisville Buckeyes
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1942 1943 1944–1946 1949
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Cleveland Indians
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1953–1954
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Al Smith
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Cleveland Buckeyes
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1946–1948
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Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox
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1953–1957, 1964 1958–1962 1963 1964
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Bob Trice
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Homestead Grays
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1948–1950
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Phil/KC Athletics
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1953–1955
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Ernie Banks†
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Kansas City Monarchs
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1950,1953
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Chicago Cubs
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1953–1971
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Gene Baker
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Kansas City Monarchs
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1948–1950
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Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates
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1953–1957 1957–1958,1960-961
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- 1× NL All-Star
- Served in the US Navy during WWII 1943–1946
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Curt Roberts
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Kansas City Monarchs
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1947–1950
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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1954–1956
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Chuck Harmon[note 1]
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Indianapolis Clowns
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1947
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Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals Philadelphia Phillies
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1954–1956 1956–1957 1957
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Jose Santiago
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New York Cubans
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1947–1948
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Cleveland Indians Kansas City Athletics
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1954–1955 1956
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Charlie White
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Philadelphia Stars
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1950
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Milwaukee Braves
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1954–1955
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Jay Heard
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Birmingham Black Barons Memphis Red Sox Houston/NO Eagles
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1945–1949 1949 1949–1951
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Baltimore Orioles
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1954
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Bill Greason
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Birmingham Black Barons
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1948–1951
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St. Louis Cardinals
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1954
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- 1× NgL All-Star
- Served in the US Marine Corp during WWII 1943–1945 and the Korean War 1951–1952
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Elston Howard
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Kansas City Monarchs
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1948–1950
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New York Yankees Boston Red Sox
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1955–1967 1967–1968
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Bob Thurman
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Homestead Grays Kansas City Monarchs
|
1946–1948 1949
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Cincinnati Reds
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1955–1959
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- Served in the US Army during WWII 1942–1945
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Roberto Vargas
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Chicago American Giants
|
1948
|
Milwaukee Braves
|
1955
|
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Lino Donoso
|
New York Cubans
|
1947
|
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
1955–1956
|
|
Milt Smith
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Philadelphia Stars Kansas City Monarchs
|
1949,1950–1951 1950
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Cincinnati Reds
|
1955
|
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Webbo Clarke
|
Cleveland Buckeyes Memphis Red Sox
|
1946–1948 1950
|
Washington Senators
|
1955
|
|
Pat Scantlebury
|
New York Cubans
|
1944–1950
|
Cincinnati Reds
|
1956
|
|
Charlie Peete[note 2]
|
Indianapolis Clowns
|
1950
|
St. Louis Cardinals
|
1956
|
- Served in the US Army during Korean War 1952–1953
|
Joe Caffie
|
Cleveland Buckeyes
|
1950
|
Cleveland Indians
|
1956–1957
|
|
Frank Barnes
|
Kansas City Monarchs
|
1949–1950
|
St. Louis Cardinals
|
1957–1958,1960
|
|
Bob Wilson
|
Newark/Houston Eagles
|
1947–1949
|
Los Angeles Dodgers
|
1958
|
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