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Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker (October 7, 1857 in Mount Pleasant, Ohio - May 11, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio) was a baseball player and author who is credited with being the first African-American to play professional baseball at the major league level. Download high resolution version (500x644, 47 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Mount Pleasant is a village located in Jefferson County, Ohio. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area Ranked 34th - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²) - Width 220 miles (355 km) - Length 220 miles (355 km) - % water 8. ...
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Nickname: The Forest City Motto: Progress and Prosperity Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Cuyahoga Founded 1796 Incorporated 1836 Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Area - City 82. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area Ranked 34th - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²) - Width 220 miles (355 km) - Length 220 miles (355 km) - % water 8. ...
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An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ...
An African American (also Afro-American or Black American) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to sub-saharan Africa. ...
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Baseball career
Walker was the son of Dr. Moses W. Walker, the first African-American physician in Mount Pleasant, Ohio. He enrolled in Oberlin College in 1878 and played on the college's first varsity baseball team in the spring of 1881. He then transferred to the University of Michigan law school the following fall. Walker played varsity baseball for Michigan in 1882. Mount Pleasant is a village located in Jefferson County, Ohio. ...
Oberlin College is a small, selective liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, in the United States. ...
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
UM also has campuses in Dearborn and Flint. ...
1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Walker signed with the minor league Northwestern League Toledo Blue Stockings in 1883, in the days before catchers wore any equipment, even to the point of being bare-handed. Walker had his first encounter with future Hall of Famer Cap Anson that year, when Toledo played an exhibition game against the Chicago White Stockings on August 10, 1883. Anson refused to play with Walker on the field. Manager Charlie Morton played Walker, and told Anson the White Stockings would forfeit the gate receipts if they refused to play. Anson then agreed to play.[1] A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. ...
The Toledo Blue Stockings were a minor league baseball team which formed in Toledo, Ohio in 1883. ...
See also: 1882 in sports, other events of 1883, 1884 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Baseball September 6 - The Chicago White Stockings set a still standing record for Major League Baseball by scoring 18 runs in a single inning (the 7th) in a game against the...
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 62 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of baseball-related...
Anson in 1888 Adrian Constantine Cap Anson (April 11, 1852, Marshalltown, Iowa - April 14, 1922, Chicago, Illinois) was a professional baseball player in the National Association and Major League Baseball for the Rockford Forest Citys, Philadelphia Athletics, and Chicago White Stockings. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1876-present) Central Division (1994-present) Current uniform Ballpark Wrigley Field (1916-present) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1908 • 1907 NL Pennants (16) 1945 • 1938 • 1935 • 1932 1929 • 1918 • 1910 • 1908 1907 • 1906 • 1886 • 1885 1882 • 1881 • 1880 • 1876 Central Division titles (1...
August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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In 1884 Toledo joined the American Association, a professional baseball league now considered a major league by most baseball historians. Walker made his major league baseball debut on May 1, 1884 versus the Louisville Eclipse. His brother Welday Walker later joined him on the team, playing in 6 games. The following are the baseball events of the year 1884 throughout the world. ...
The American Association (AA) was a professional baseball league from 1882 to 1891. ...
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ...
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The Louisville Colonels were a baseball team that played in the American Association until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse (1882- 1884) and later as the Louisville Colonels (1885 -1891). ...
Walker's teammate and star pitcher, Tony Mullane, stated Walker "was the best catcher I ever worked with, but I disliked a Negro and whenever I had to pitch to him I used to pitch anything I wanted without looking at his signals."[2] Anthony John Mullane (January 30, 1859 - April 25, 1944) was a Major League Baseball player in the late 19th Century. ...
Walker suffered a season-ending injury in July, and Toledo ended the year going out of business. Walker returned to the minor leagues in 1885, and played in the Western League for Cleveland, which folded in June. He then played for Waterbury in the Eastern League though 1886. A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. ...
1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
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There are at least two different possible meanings for Eastern League: Eastern League - A professional baseball minor league in the United States Eastern League - One of two professional baseball minor leagues in Japan This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share...
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In 1887 Walker moved to the International League Newark Little Giants. He caught for star pitcher George Stovey, forming the first known African-American battery. On July 14, 1887 the Chicago White Stockings played an exhibition game against the Little Giants. Contrary to some modern-day writers, Anson did not have a second encounter with Walker that day (Walker was apparently injured, having last played on July 11 and would not play again until July 26). But Stovey had been listed as the game's scheduled starting pitcher, in the Newark News of July 14. Only days after the game was it reported (in the Newark Sunday Call) that, "Stovey was expected to pitch in the Chicago game. It was announced on the ground [sic] that he was sulking, but it has since been given out that Anson objected to a colored man playing. If this be true, and the crowd had known it, Mr. Anson would have received hisses instead of the applause that was given him when he first stepped to the bat." On the morning of the day of game, International League owners had voted 6-to-4 to exclude African-American players from future contracts.[3] 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ...
The International League (IL) is a minor league baseball league which operates in the eastern United States and Canada. ...
George Stovey is considered the best African-American baseball pitcher of the nineteenth century, but discrimination barred him from the majors and led him to move from team to team until he had no further opportunities to play in the minors. ...
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Major league affiliations National League (1876-present) Central Division (1994-present) Current uniform Ballpark Wrigley Field (1916-present) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1908 • 1907 NL Pennants (16) 1945 • 1938 • 1935 • 1932 1929 • 1918 • 1910 • 1908 1907 • 1906 • 1886 • 1885 1882 • 1881 • 1880 • 1876 Central Division titles (1...
In the off-season, the International League modified its ban on black players, and Walker signed with the Syracuse, New York franchise for 1888. In September 1888, Walker did have his second incident with Anson. When Chicago was at Syracuse for an exhibition game, Anson refused to start the game when he saw Walker’s name on the scorecard as catcher. "Big Anson at once refused to play the game with Walker behind the bat on account of the Star catcher’s color," the Syracuse Herald said. Syracuse relented and someone else did the catching.[4] Clinton Square in Syracuse. ...
1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...
Walker remained in Syracuse until the team released him in July of 1889. 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Shortly thereafter, the American Association and the National League both unofficially banned African-American players, making the adoption of Jim Crow in baseball complete. Baseball would remain segregated until 1946 when Jackie Robinson popularly "broke the color barrier" in professional baseball when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers minor league affiliate in Montreal. The American Association (AA) was a professional baseball league from 1882 to 1891. ...
The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. ...
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enacted in the Southern and border states of the United States and in force between 1876 and 1964 that required racial segregation, especially of African-Americans, in all public facilities. ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Jackie Robinson in his now-retired number 42 jersey. ...
For the 1930s NFL team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). ...
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Life after baseball Walker was attacked by a group of white men in Syracuse, New York in April, 1891. Walker stabbed and killed a man named Patrick Murray during the attack. The Sporting Life reported "Walker drew a knife and made a stroke at his assailant. The knife entered Murray's groin, inflicting a fatal wound. Murray's friends started after Walker with shouts of 'Kill him! Kill him!' He escaped but was captured by the police, and is locked up."[5] Clinton Square in Syracuse. ...
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Walker was charged with second-degree murder and claimed self-defense. He was acquitted of all charges on June 3, 1891. The Cleveland Gazette reported "When the verdict was announced the court house was thronged with spectators, who received it with a tremendous roar of cheers... Walker is the hero of the hour."[6] June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ...
1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Walker became a supporter of Black nationalism and came to believe racial integration would fail in the United States. In 1908 he published a 47-page pamphlet titled Our Home Colony: A Treatise on the Past, Present, and Future of the Negro Race in America. In that pamphlet he recommended African Americans emigrate to Africa: "the only practical and permanent solution of the present and future race troubles in the United States is entire separation by emigration of the Negro from America."[7] He warned "The Negro race will be a menace and the source of discontent as long as it remains in large numbers in the United States. The time is growing very near when the whites of the United States must either settle this problem by deportation, or else be willing to accept a reign of terror such as the world has never seen in a civilized country."[8] Black nationalism is a political and social movement arising in the 1960s and early 70s mostly among African Americans in the United States. ...
Children at a parade in North College Hill, Ohio Racial integration, or simply integration includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation). ...
1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Baseball history Walker has traditionally been credited as the first African-American major league player. Recent research by the Society for American Baseball Research indicates William Edward White, who played one game for the Providence Grays in 1879, may have been the first. [9] SABR redirects here; for Selectable Assault Battle Rifle (S.A.B.R.) see XM29 OICW The Society for American Baseball Research was established in Cooperstown, New York in August of 1971. ...
William Edward White (1860-?) played as a substitute in one baseball game for the Providence Grays, on June 21, 1879. ...
The Providence Grays were a 19th century baseball team. ...
1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
William Edward White was the son of a white former slaveholder from Georgia and his mixed-race mistress. White attended college at Brown University where he also played varsity baseball. He filled in for one game for the Grays on June 21, 1879 when the Providence team was short-handed. Brown University is a university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ...
June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ...
1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Providence is the capital and largest city in Rhode Island, a state of the United States of America. ...
It is unclear, however, if White's contemporaries in Rhode Island knew of his racial background. White's race is never mentioned in any accounts of his baseball exploits at Brown or with Providence. Furthermore, the 1880 census, as well as, several later censuses indicate his race as "white." He may have been passing as a white man during his time in Rhode Island. [10] Official language(s) None Capital Providence Largest city Providence Area Ranked 50th - Total 1,214* sq mi (3,144* km²) - Width 37 miles (60 km) - Length 48 miles (77 km) - % water 32. ...
1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
The U.S. Census is mandated by the United States Constitution. ...
// Definitions Passing is a slang term used when a person appears to be someone or something else or makes others believe that they are. ...
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References - ^ Cap Chronicled, Chapter 4: Cap's Great Shame - Racial Intolerance
- ^ Baseball Library entry for Moses Fleetwood Walker
- ^ Howard W. Rosenberg, Cap Anson 4: Bigger Than Babe Ruth: Captain Anson of Chicago, page 430, and Cap Chronicled, Chapter 4: Cap's Great Shame - Racial Intolerance
- ^ Rosenberg, Cap Anson 4, page 434
- ^ Michigan Daily Online article 'A Fleeting ambition'
- ^ Cleveland Gazette article from The Ohio Historical Society's "The African American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920"
- ^ Walker, Moses Fleetwood biography
- ^ Michigan Daily Online article 'A Fleeting ambition'
- ^ espn.com article "Was William Edward White Really First?"
- ^ _Providence Journal_ article 15 February 2004: "Who was the First Black Man to Play in the Major Leagues?"
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Additional Reading David W. Zang, Fleet Walker's Divided Heart (Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1995).
Howard W. Rosenberg, Cap Anson 4: Bigger Than Babe Ruth: Captain Anson of Chicago (Arlington, Virginia: Tile Books, 2006).
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External links - Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
- Negro League Baseball Players Association
- Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
- BaseballLibrary.com
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