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Honoring Cleveland's barrier-breaking legend would enhance, not diminish, baseball's celebration of integration pioneers.
All of Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day on Tuesday, April 15, as it was on this day that the former ...
The Indians will unveil a statue of Hall of Famer Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League, on Saturday at Progressive Field. Doby, a Camden native, broke the color barrier in the ...
After just two seasons on the South Side (7.1 WAR, 38 homers, 181 RBI, 127 OPS+), outfielder Larry Doby was dealt to Baltimore in a seven-player blockbuster. Sent east along with Doby were ...
The Chicago Unions, formed in the late 1880s, “dominated the amateur baseball scene in ... American League’s first Black player. When Cleveland’s Larry Doby made his historic debut in ...
As the Cleveland Guardians play their 2025 home opener, April 8 marks 50 years since Frank Robinson debuted as MLB's first Black manager.