The Integration of Minor League Baseball: A History and Player Register, 1946-1959 by Swaine, Rick

The Integration of Minor League Baseball: A History and Player Register, 1946-1959

Though much has been written about Negro Leagues players and Black major leaguers of the integration era,...
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Author: Rick Swaine
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The Integration of Minor League Baseball: A History and Player Register, 1946-1959 by Swaine, Rick

The Integration of Minor League Baseball: A History and Player Register, 1946-1959

Dhs. 173.77

The Integration of Minor League Baseball: A History and Player Register, 1946-1959

Dhs. 173.77
Author: Rick Swaine
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Though much has been written about Negro Leagues players and Black major leaguers of the integration era, little attention has been given to the accomplishments and struggles of Black minor league pioneers. This work is a history of minor league integration with complete records for the more than one thousand players of color who toiled in Organized Baseball's minor leagues from 1946 to 1959, competing against the odds for a shot at the big leagues that few would get.

This work is a tribute to an underappreciated group of men who helped clear away the vestiges of a racist system that kept many of the game's best players from gaining the recognition they deserved. Only about 10% would ever appear in the major leagues, but the careers of Black major league stars of the 1950s and 1960s were built on the backs of this largely forgotten generation of players. The underlying statistical and demographic information is compiled in a comprehensive register of players that were not, or probably would not have been, given a chance in Organized Baseball prior to the crossing of the color barrier due to their racial heritage.



Author: Rick Swaine, Gary C. Fink
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 03/06/2025
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9781476692388

About the Author
Society for American Baseball Research member Rick Swaine has five baseball books in publication, two of them on baseball's integration era. He has also been a contributor to The Baseball Research Journal and The National Pastime. Retired from an accounting career, he lives in the Tallahassee, Florida area. Gary C. Fink, a SABR member since 1974, has been working for approximately 15 years to identify and compile a database containing statistical and demographic information on the integration era's minor league players of color. He lives in Reno, Nevada.

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