List_of_Negro_league_baseball_players_who_played_in_Major_League_Baseball

List of Negro league baseball players who played in Major League Baseball

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This List of Negro league baseball players who played in Major League Baseball is largely based on the research compiled by the Center for Negro League Baseball Research. The list includes those who played on major Negro league teams prior to integration (and any caliber Negro league team after integration) as well as in Major League Baseball. The list does not include Negro league players who only played in the minor leagues and White Hispanic players who played in both the Negro Leagues and MLB prior to full integration (ex. Pedro Dibut).

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Chuck Harmon played under alias of Charlie Fine for the Clowns so as not to violate his college basketball eligibility.

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Charlie Peete and his family died in a plane crash in 1957 when he was 27.

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Player	Negro league Team(s)	Negro league Year(s)	Major League Team(s)	Major League Year(s)	Notes
Jackie Robinson^†	Kansas City Monarchs	1945	Brooklyn Dodgers	1947–1956	First black player in MLB since 1884 Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 1947 ML RoY, 1949 NL MVP 6× NL All-Star, 1× NgL All-Star Served in the US Army during WWII 1942–1944
Larry Doby^†	Newark Eagles	1942–1944,1946–1947	Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers	1947–1955,1958 1956–1957,1959 1959	First black player for Cleveland Indians Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 7× AL All-Star, 1× NgL All-Star Served in the US Navy during WWII 1944–1945
Hank Thompson	Kansas City Monarchs	1943,1946–1948	St. Louis Browns New York Giants	1947 1949–1956	First black player for St. Louis Browns and New York Giants Served in the US Army during WWII 1944–1945
Willard Brown^†	Kansas City Monarchs	1935–1944,1946–1949	St. Louis Browns	1947	Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 6× NgL All-Star Served in the US Army during WWII 1944–1945
Dan Bankhead	Birmingham Black Barons Memphis Red Sox	1940–1942,1944 1946–1947	Brooklyn Dodgers	1947,1950–1951	3× NgL All-Star Served in the US Marine Corp during WWII 1943–1945
Roy Campanella^†	Wash/Balt Elite Giants	1937–1945	Brooklyn Dodgers	1948–1957	Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 3× NL MVP 8× NL All-Star, 3× NgL All-Star
Satchel Paige^†	Birmingham Black Barons Cleveland Cubs Pittsburgh Crawfords St. Louis Stars Newark Eagles Kansas City Monarchs	1924–1955	Cleveland Indians St. Louis Browns Kansas City Athletics	1948–1949 1951–1953 1965	Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 2× AL All-Star, 6× NgL All-Star
Minnie Miñoso^†	New York Cubans	1946–1948	Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox St. Louis Cardinals Washington Senators	1949,1951,1958–1959 1951–57,60–61,64,76,80 1962 1963	First black player for Chicago White Sox Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 9× AL All-Star, 2× NgL All-Star
Don Newcombe	Newark Eagles	1944–45	Brooklyn/LA Dodgers Cincinnati Reds Cleveland Indians	1949–1951,1954–1958 1958–1960 1960	1949 NL RoY, 1956 ML Cy Young & NL MVP 4× NL All-Star Served in the US Navy during WWII 1943 Served in the US Army during Korean War 1952–1953
Monte Irvin^†	Newark Eagles	1937–1942,1945–1949	New York Giants Chicago Cubs	1949–1955 1956	Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 1× NL All-Star, 4× NgL All-Star Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1945
Luke Easter	Homestead Grays	1947–1948	Cleveland Indians	1949–1954	1948 NgL All-Star Served in the US Army during WWII 1942–1943
Sam Jethroe	Indianapolis ABCs Cin/Cleveland Buckeyes	1938 1942–1948	Boston Braves Pittsburgh Pirates	1950–1952 1954	First black player for Boston Braves 1950 NL RoY 4× NgL All-Star
Luis Marquez	New York Black Yankees Baltimore Elite Giants Homestead Grays	1945 1946 1946–1948	Boston Braves Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates	1951 1954 1954	2× NgL All-Star
Ray Noble	New York Cubans	1945–1950	New York Giants	1951–1953
Artie Wilson	Birmingham Black Barons	1944–1948	New York Giants	1951	4× NgL All-Star
Harry Simpson	Philadelphia Stars	1946–1948	Cleveland Indians Kansas City Athletics New York Yankees Chicago White Sox Pittsburgh Pirates	1951–1953,1955 1955–1957,1958–1959 1957–1958 1959 1959	1× AL All-Star Served in the US Army during WWII 1941–1945
Willie Mays^†	Birmingham Black Barons	1948–1950	NY/SF Giants New York Mets	1951–1952,1954–1972 1972–1973	Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 1951 NL RoY, 2× NL MVP 24× NL All-Star Served in the US Army during Korean War 1952–1953
Sam Hairston	Birmingham Black Barons Cin-Ind/Indianapolis Clowns	1944 1945–1950	Chicago White Sox	1951	1× NgL All-Star
Bob Boyd	Memphis Red Sox	1946–1950	Chicago White Sox Baltimore Orioles Kansas City Athletics Milwaukee Braves	1951,1953–1954 1956–1960 1961 1961	3× NgL All-Star Served in the US Army during WWII 1944–1946
Sam Jones	Cleveland Buckeyes	1947–1948	Cleveland Indians Chicago Cubs St. Louis Cardinals San Francisco Giants Detroit Tigers Baltimore Orioles	1951–1952 1955–1956 1957–1958,1963 1959–1961 1962 1964	2× NL All-Star Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1947
Hector Rodriguez	New York Cubans	1944	Chicago White Sox	1952
George Crowe	New York Black Yankees New York Cubans	1947–1948 1948–1949	Boston/Mil Braves Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals	1952–1953,1955 1956–1958 1959–1961	1× NL All-Star, 1× NgL All-Star Served in the US Army during WWII 1944–1946
Buzz Clarkson	Pit/Tol/Tol-Ind Crawfords Newark Eagles Philadelphia Stars	1938–1940 1940 1942,1946,1949	Boston Braves	1952	2× NgL All-Star Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1945
Quincy Trouppe	St. Louis Stars Detroit Wolves Homestead Grays Kansas City Monarchs Chicago American Giants Indianapolis ABC's Cleveland Buckeyes New York Cubans	1930–1931,1939 1932 1932 1932,1934–1936 1933,1935,1948 1938–1939 1944–1947 1949	Cleveland Indians	1952	5× NgL All-Star
Joe Black	Baltimore Elite Giants	1943,1946–1950	Brooklyn Dodgers Cincinnati Reds Washington Senators	1952–1955 1955–1956 1957	1952 NL RoY 3× NgL All-Star Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1945
Dave Pope	Homestead Grays	1946,1948	Cleveland Indians Baltimore Orioles	1952,1954–1955,1956 1955–1956	Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1946
Sandy Amoros	New York Cubans	1950	Brooklyn/LA Dodgers Detroit Tigers	1952,1954–1957,1959–1960 1960
Junior Gilliam	Baltimore Elite Giants	1946–1950	Brooklyn/LA Dodgers	1953–1966	1953 NL RoY 2× NL All-Star, 3× NgL All-Star
Connie Johnson	Atlanta Black Crackers Toledo-Ind Crawfords Kansas City Monarchs	1940 1940 1940–1942,1946–1950	Chicago White Sox Baltimore Orioles	1953,1955–1956 1956–1958	2× NgL All-Star Served in the US Army during WWII 1943–1945
Jim Pendleton	Chicago American Giants	1948	Milwaukee Braves Pittsburgh Pirates Cincinnati Reds Houston Colt .45's	1953–1956 1957–1958 1959 1962
Dave Hoskins	Cincinnati Clowns Chicago American Giants Homestead Grays Louisville Buckeyes	1942 1943 1944–1946 1949	Cleveland Indians	1953–1954	1× NgL All-Star
Al Smith	Cleveland Buckeyes	1946–1948	Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox	1953–1957, 1964 1958–1962 1963 1964	3× AL All-Star
Bob Trice	Homestead Grays	1948–1950	Phil/KC Athletics	1953–1955	First black player for Philadelphia Athletics Served in the US Navy during WWII 1944–1946
Ernie Banks^†	Kansas City Monarchs	1950,1953	Chicago Cubs	1953–1971	Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame First black player for Chicago Cubs 2× NL MVP 14× NL All-Star, 1× NgL All-Star Served in the US Army during Korean War 1951–1953
Gene Baker	Kansas City Monarchs	1948–1950	Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates	1953–1957 1957–1958,1960-961	1× NL All-Star Served in the US Navy during WWII 1943–1946
Curt Roberts	Kansas City Monarchs	1947–1950	Pittsburgh Pirates	1954–1956	First black player for Pittsburgh Pirates
Chuck Harmon^{[note 1]}	Indianapolis Clowns	1947	Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals Philadelphia Phillies	1954–1956 1956–1957 1957	First black player for Cincinnati Reds Served in the US Navy during WWII 1943–1945
Jose Santiago	New York Cubans	1947–1948	Cleveland Indians Kansas City Athletics	1954–1955 1956
Charlie White	Philadelphia Stars	1950	Milwaukee Braves	1954–1955	1× NgL All-Star
Jay Heard	Birmingham Black Barons Memphis Red Sox Houston/NO Eagles	1945–1949 1949 1949–1951	Baltimore Orioles	1954	1× NgL All-Star
Bill Greason	Birmingham Black Barons	1948–1951	St. Louis Cardinals	1954	1× NgL All-Star Served in the US Marine Corp during WWII 1943–1945 and the Korean War 1951–1952
Elston Howard	Kansas City Monarchs	1948–1950	New York Yankees Boston Red Sox	1955–1967 1967–1968	First black player for New York Yankees 1963 AL MVP 12× AL All-Star Served in the US Army during Korean War 1951–1952
Bob Thurman	Homestead Grays Kansas City Monarchs	1946–1948 1949	Cincinnati Reds	1955–1959	Served in the US Army during WWII 1942–1945
Roberto Vargas	Chicago American Giants	1948	Milwaukee Braves	1955	1× NgL All-Star
Lino Donoso	New York Cubans	1947	Pittsburgh Pirates	1955–1956
Milt Smith	Philadelphia Stars Kansas City Monarchs	1949,1950–1951 1950	Cincinnati Reds	1955	1× NgL All-Star
Webbo Clarke	Cleveland Buckeyes Memphis Red Sox	1946–1948 1950	Washington Senators	1955	5× NgL All-Star
Pat Scantlebury	New York Cubans	1944–1950	Cincinnati Reds	1956	3× NgL All-Star
Charlie Peete^{[note 2]}	Indianapolis Clowns	1950	St. Louis Cardinals	1956	Served in the US Army during Korean War 1952–1953
Joe Caffie	Cleveland Buckeyes	1950	Cleveland Indians	1956–1957
Frank Barnes	Kansas City Monarchs	1949–1950	St. Louis Cardinals	1957–1958,1960
Bob Wilson	Newark/Houston Eagles	1947–1949	Los Angeles Dodgers	1958	1× NgL All-Star

Player	Negro league Team(s)	Negro league Year(s)	Major League Team(s)	Major League Year(s)	Notes
Henry Aaron^†	Indianapolis Clowns	1951	Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves Milwaukee Brewers	1954–1974 1974–1976	Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 1957 NL MVP 25× NL All-Star Broke Babe Ruth's career home run record in 1973
George Altman	Kansas City Monarchs	1955	Chicago Cubs St. Louis Cardinals New York Mets	1959–1962, 1965–1967 1963 1964	3× NL All-Star
Donn Clendenon	Atlanta Black Crackers	1952–1956	Pittsburgh Pirates Montreal Expos New York Mets St. Louis Cardinals	1961–1968 1969 1969–1971 1972	World Series MVP for the 1969 "Miracle Mets".
Charlie Neal	Atlanta Black Crackers	1947–1959	Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers New York Mets Cincinnati Reds	1956–1961 1962–1963 1963	3× NL All-Star
Blue Moon Odom	Birmingham Barons	1963	Kansas City/Oakland Athletics Cleveland Indians Atlanta Braves Chicago White Sox	1964–1975 1975 1975 1976	2× AL All-Star
Maury Wills	Raleigh Tigers	1950	Los Angeles Dodgers Pittsburgh Pirates Montreal Expos	1959–1966, 1969–1972 1967–1968 1969	1962 NL MVP 7× AL All-Star Broke Ty Cobb's single season stolen base record in 1962

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