Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox from 2007 through 2013 and then played for the New York Yankees from 2014 to 2017. An enrolled member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, Ellsbury is the first Native American of Navajo descent to play Major League Baseball.
Ellsbury with the Boston Red Sox
Ellsbury leading off first against the Baltimore Orioles
Ellsbury at bat against the Tampa Bay Rays in September 2009
Ellsbury on September 28, 2013, at Camden Yards during warmups
The Navajo are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
Manuelito (Navajo, 1818–1893), a chief during the Long Walk
A 19th-century hogan
Navajo woman and child, circa 1880–1910
Untitled. Ansel Adams. 1941. Taken near Canyon de Chelly