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...The Cleveland Indians purchased Larry Doby from the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League, making him the first black player in the American League.1966 - Atlanta pitcher Tony Cloninger became the first National League player to hit two...
...Cleveland Indians and Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe of the host Brooklyn Dodgers became the first black players to appear in an All-Star game as the AL took advantage of five NL errors to win 11-7 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn...
...and then connected again in the seventh to lift the Athletics to a 4-3 win.1962 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first black player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Joining the Dodger infielder in the Cooperstown ceremony are fireballer Bob...
...Mecca, killing at least 343 Muslim pilgrims. Jackie Robinson's number 42 was retired 50 years after he became the first black player in major league baseball. In 2002, four U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan when rockets they were trying...
...purpose of collective bargaining. In 1947, Larry Doby signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League. In 1954, Elvis Presley's first commercial recording session took place at Sun Records...
...Mecca, killing at least 343 Muslim pilgrims. Jackie Robinson's number 42 was retired 50 years after he became the first black player in major league baseball. In 2002, four U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan when rockets they were trying...
...By BEN WALKER ASSOCIATED PRESS TAMPA, Fla. - Larry Doby, heralded for more than a half-century as the first black player in the American League, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame today along with former AL president Lee MacPhail...
...enough to see this day,'' the American League's first black player says. At Jacobs Field, the city's new ballpark... In 1954 at Cleveland Stadium, Doby became the first black player to hit a home run in the All-Star game. He made...
...was a Maryland fan and identified with Billy Jones, the kid from Towson High who went to Maryland and became the first black player in the Atlantic Coast Conference. No doubt, he identified with Texas Western, too, as it beat Kentucky and Adolph...