Weldy Walker
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Weldy Wilberforce Walker, sometimes known as Welday Walker and W. W. Walker, was an American baseball player. In 1884, he became the third African American to play Major League Baseball.
Weldy 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
Moses Fleetwood Walker
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Moses Fleetwood Walker was an American professional baseball catcher who, historically, was credited with being the first black man to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). A native of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and a star athlete at Oberlin College as well as the University of Michigan, Walker played for semi-professional and minor league baseball clubs before joining the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association (AA) for the 1884 season.
Walker, c. 1884
1882 University of Michigan baseball team (Walker front row, third from right).