Negro league baseball

having your number retired in sports is considered one of the highest accomplishments someone can achieve? If someone 's number is retired, it is usually retired from just one team. In fact, only one play in Major League Baseball history has his number retired across the entire league. That player is Jackie Robinson. Besides his incredible career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, his number is retired for what he represents. While most people recognize him as the first African American is MLB, there is…

On April 15th, 1947, Jackie Robinson shattered the color-barrier when he played first base for the Dodgers against the Boston Braves. Being the only black in a white baseball world proved tough for Robinson. His unsupportive teammates even started a petition to have him removed from the roster. Luckily, Rickey still had Robinson’s back. He threatened that if the players didn’t change their thoughts towards Robinson, they…

remembered Alexander a Negro League player. According to Encyclopedia of African American Society, it stated that, “Upon Alexander's advice, Robinson contacted Kansas City. The team signed him to a contract that paid $400 a month.” Earning money and playing the sport he loved was his motive. That kicked his career as a professional baseball player. His experience at UCLA and Pasadena Junior College that allowed integrated teams that made Jackie disappointed of the way Negro leagues players…

let him him go with an honorable discharge (“Army Struggle”). This retaliation sparked interest for Jackie in the eyes of Branch Rickey, executive of the Brooklyn Dodgers. David Oshinsky says that Rickey was looking for an incredibly talented black baseball player who was educated, sober, and was used to playing and competing with whites; which Jackie Robinson was. Also, this player should not be a…

you like to know about the first African America baseball player and his journey to the Major Leagues? I attended elementary school, went to high school, and played four sports at Pasadena Junior College and UCLA, played in the Negro Leagues, then was the first African American baseball player to play in the Major Leagues. I, Jackie Robinson, may have had a hard life, but I made it past the color barrier and I became the first African American baseball player, which led me to becoming a notable…

barrier broken. The integration of Major League Baseball was the start of a cultural shift in professional sports to where African American’s began to gain more prevalence in the world of sports. In the MLB it was looked down upon for African American’s to be allowed in professional baseball. With I myself being an avid fan of the game I decided to take the liberty to make sure that I could highlight the men who helped revolutionize not just the game of baseball but who helped create a massive…

Baseball is an all American sport that takes its pride in its patriotism. At one time American baseball was the number one sport to watch and follow in the United States. It was just as popular as American Football is today. It was considered a gentlemen’s game that held a high reputation for gamesmanship and sportsmanship. Baseball had a very powerful influence on society. During the 1940’s, baseball was majority played by white Americans. Thanks to Jackie Robinson, today baseball is one…

Americans helped shape the Major League Baseball organization? There have been many players in the Negro Leagues, who could have been assets to the Major Leagues. Until 1947 there had been segregation, known as the “Color Barrier”. Many do not understand how the impact this had on the players. The rule was actually unwritten but was always used. A large percent of the players wanted to feel equal, some of the men in the Negro Leagues who came over to the Major Leagues faced diversity and were…

Miller Miller 1 5/4/16 Mr. Doerr American Studies/History The Adversity of American Baseball Many people enjoy watching the game of baseball from its early beginnings in the 1800’s, Baseball had originated in England and had a number of names. But, what makes American Baseball, is the emphatic impact it installed as the sport evolved and progressed into a phenomenon today. Although, baseball may be considered a sport or pastime, it is still apart of American history. This American…

1920’s with the explosion of America’s pastime, Major League Baseball. Baseball was formed in 1850’s in the United States but did not really become widely watched until 1920. The majority of those who watched baseball were middle-upper class Americans. This meant that the black community had not indulged in playing or watching baseball. Starting around 1920, the Negro League was created to allow MLB caliber African Americans to play baseball at a high level. This angered the black people because…