Black Ball - The Players of the Negro Baseball Leagues 

Great historical overview of some prominent Negro Leaguers. While Bill James research is consistent and reputable, even he admits that providing ratings for many Negro League players was a challenge due to the paucity of statistics available for them. Much of the rating placement for Negro League players is attributed to the recollections of those who saw them play and provided their opinions.

Satchel Paige :) Man, there's a name I have not heard in 60 years.

At one game in 1938, the opposing team, the Dallas Darkskins, let loose a white Persian cat while Oberg was at bat. Oberg was going to brain the foul feline with his bat, but he restrained himself, and drew his usual walk.

I wish the full unedited interview with Bill Blair was available!

Louis Santop, Christobel Torriente and Spotswood poles, Jimmie llyons, Pete hill, Grant Johnson, Pop lloyd, Oscar Charleston, Cyclone William's, Biz Mackey, Bruce petway, Clint Thomas, Jelly Gardner, Mule Suttles, Josh Gibson, Buck, Oliver Marcelle, John Donaldson, String Bean.., Nip Winter's Chet brewer, Theodore Trent, Slim Jones, Satchel Paige, Bingo DeMoss, Newt Allen, Sammy T Hudges, Double Duty Radcliffe, Ted Strong, Cool Papa Bell, Jud Wilson, Andrew and Willie Foster, Dave Brown, Frank Wickware, Martin Dihigo, Frank Ducan, Wiliie Wells etc and etc.....etc and Canonbal Redding, Willis Jones, Frank Johnson, Jose Mendez, Binga Pelayo, Abe Jones, Horacio Martinez maybe.., Sam Bankhead, Leon Day, Joe...Rogan.., Phil Cockrell, Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Buck.., Ben Taylor, Rafael Almeida,Gervsio.., Emilio Sabourin, Alfredo Cabrera, Julian.., Heliodoro, Bernardo Baro, Carlos "Chino", Rogelio, Manuel.., Rafael Figarola G...,Bienviedo, Jose "Josieto", Lazaro, Moises Quintero, Juan Viola, Ramon "El professor", Armando "Chino", Tomas de la Cruz, Oreste "minnie" minoso and Esteban (steve) Bellan.

Great work, period!

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These men families deserve Reparations!

JACKIE ROBINSON WSNT EVEN TOP 50 PLAYERS IN NEGRO LEAGUE WANT A SHAMEGREAT PLAYERS NEVR GOT A CHANCE

Junior Gilliam from Longview,Texas

Here from Ms. Lee research project

so many great ball player never go the chance to play in the mlb

Interesting

These guys would have won the world series every d@mn year ... by a country mile. 😊

Did you know that in 1937, Harold Oberg, (SS) of Cadiz, Ohio was the first White player to break the color barrier in the Negro League, for the Shreveport Shines? He could never lose his temper or ever say the N-word. He even had to eat his chicken behind the Black diners and always had to ride in the back of the team bus. What a courageous young man, to say the least! Satchel Page said that "Harold the Ghost," was the whitest White man he has ever faced as Oberg was suspected to be an Albino, as he had pink eyes and blonde-white hair. Ol' "Pink-Eye," as he was sometimes referred to, but he had sharp eyes and led the Negro Leagues in walks for nine of his 11 years in Shreveport. (To be continued.) :)

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The Mexican baseball league's legacy on the U.S. and the relation with black players: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UMG-AyFOrZs.html

The only reason they invited black players because they saw how much coverage black baseball and football leagues were getting. They were gaining on them and they knew that it would be a multi trillion dollar business if they didn't cash in on a lot of these black players black players with charisma style and what we call the okie doke showmanship that's what fans are looking for and black athletes possess that and that's what they wanted to see. We don't even have to mention her athleticism. If black athletes decided to break away and start their own League they could bankrupt these other leagues I promise you. They wouldn't have to worry about people treating them bad because of the color of their skin. The only time they have to worry about that is when we had to play against opposing teams who were known to be racist.