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blazedale

What was the last Major League Baseball team to integrate?

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Posted by blazedale on Thursday September 11, 2008 at 10:52 AM and tagged with baseball, history, integration, race relations.

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  1. a-b

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    The last major league baseball team to sign an African-American player was the Boston Red Sox. The team passed on such great players as Willie Mays and Jackie Robinson.

    Although they made half-hearted attempts to sign Black players in the 1960's, the team could not be said to be completely integrated until 1967, far later then any other team. The 1967 season was the first time in years that the Sox reached the World Series, but after that, a committment to integration faded until it was revived in the late 1970's.

    Sources:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_color_line

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    Posted by a-b on Thursday September 11, 2008 at 10:56 AM

  2. kpl1111
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    Boston Red Sox was the last to integrate in 1959.  The player that they signed was Pumpsie Green. 

    Sources:
    http://www.thediamondangle.com/marasco/negleg/timeline.html

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    Posted by kpl1111 on Thursday September 11, 2008 at 6:18 PM