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7 out 1857 ano - The First African American baseball player to play professional baseball

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Moses Fleetwood Walker, also known as "Fleet," grew up in Steubenville, Ohio and is known to be the first African American person to play major league baseball. He played a professional catcher for the Toledo Blue Stockings during the 1884 season, which competed with the National League. This is important to history because many more African American people have followed in his steps today.

- added by Jordan (edited by Jada)

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7 out 1857 ano
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~ 168 years ago