William Edward White
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William Edward White was a 19th-century American baseball player. He played as a substitute in one professional baseball game for the Providence Grays of the National League, on June 21, 1879. Work by
White photographed as a member of the 1879 Brown University baseball team
William Edward White, seated second from right, with the 1879 Brown University varsity baseball team
Moses Fleetwood Walker
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Moses Fleetwood Walker, sometimes nicknamed Fleet Walker, was an American professional baseball catcher credited with being the first black man to play major league baseball. A native of Mount Pleasan
William Edward White
…Baseball Research (SABR) suggests that he may have been the first African-American to play major league baseball, predating the longer careers of Moses Fleetwood Walker and his brother Weldy Walker by five years, and Jackie Robinson by 68 years. Very little is known about White, who replaced the regular first baseman…
Walker, c. 1884
1882 University of Michigan baseball team (Walker front row, third from right)