Weldy Walker
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Weldy Wilberforce Walker, sometimes known as Welday Walker and W. W. Walker, was an American professional baseball player. In 1884, he became the third African American to play Major League Baseball.
Walker cropped from portrait of the 1881 Oberlin College baseball team
1881 Oberlin College baseball team with Fleetwood Walker (seated at left) and Weldy Walker (standing in back row, second from the right)
1883 Michigan baseball team, Weldy Walker in the center of the front row
Weldy Walker cropped from 1883 team portrait
Cap Anson
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Adrian Constantine Anson, nicknamed "Cap", "Pop", and, early in his career, "Baby" and "The Marshalltown Infant", was an American professional baseball player who played a record 27 consecutive major-
Weldy Walker
…League Baseball for more than 60 years until Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Weldy blamed Chicago White Stockings player-manager Cap Anson for the fact that neither he, his brother, nor any other African Americans were allowed to play in the major leagues after 1884. During the 1884 season…
Cap Anson baseball card (N162), 1888
Studio photo of Anson
Cap Anson throws out the first pitch for the home opener for the Cubs on April 22, 1908, at Chicago's West Side Park.
Anson in 1907