San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Juan Gutierrez delivers a pitch to home plate during a Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia...
Jackie Robinson, the first black player in Major League Baseball, pictured as a shortstop for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues in 1944....
Former Negro League and current National League players stand together before a spring training game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves...
The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords of the Negro Leagues pose for a team photo in front of their team bus. The Crawfords are considered the greatest black...
Josh Gibson jogs to home base during a season game. Josh Gibson played for the Homestead Grays of the Negro Natonal League from 1929-1931 then...
Card board cut outs of hall of famers Monte Irvin of the New York Giants, Toni Stone the first female to play in the Negro Leagues and Willie Mays...
Jackie Robinson, first Negro player to be signed by a major league ball club and Johnny Wright, another Negro player are pictured with other members...
The front cover of the August, 1953 issue of Our Sports magazine shows a color image of pitcher Satchel Paige of the St. Louis Browns. Our Sports...
Pitcher Willie Foster of the Chicago American Giants poses as he pitches before a season game. Willie Foster played for the Negro Leagues' Memphis...
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New York, NY-Jackie Robinson, first Black man to be signed up by a Major League baseball team, is shown in post-swing position in front of the...
Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays stands ready at the plate during a season game. Josh Gibson played for the Homestead Grays of the Negro Natonal...
Josh Gibson of the Pittsburgh Crawfords poses for an action portrait. Gibson played for the Crawfords from 1932-1936.
Martin Dihigo throws the ball before a season game. Martin Dihigo played for the Negro Leagues New York Cubans from 1923-1945.
Baseballs are seen before Game Four of the 2007 Major League Baseball World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field...
July 10, 2021: The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card from the collection of Marshall Fogel arrives at McGregor Square's Rally Hotel. The card is...
An official MLB baseball sits on top of an MLB game-used base with a lock and chain around it to represent the lockout between Major League Baseball...
Brooklyn, NYDan Bankhead, who became the first Negro ever to pitch in the Major Leagues when he took the mound for the Brooklyn Dodgers in a relief...
Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays poses with his bat as he waits on-deck during a season game. Josh Gibson played for the Homestead Grays of the...
The Black Lives Matter Major League Baseball logo is painted as a stencil on the pitchers mound during a pre-game ceremony before the Opening Day...
The St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds stand on the field to honor major league ballplayers who passed away in the last year before their...
Pitcher Willie Foster of the Chicago American Giants poses for a season portrait. Willie Foster played for the Negro Leagues' Memphis Red Sox,...
Dylan Cease of the Chicago White Sox pitches during a summer workout intrasquad game as part of Major League Baseball Spring Training 2.0 on July 16,...
General view of Guaranteed Rate Field during a summer workout intrasquad game as part of Major League Baseball Spring Training 2.0 on July 16, 2020...
Detail of baseballs during a Grapefruit League spring training game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees at FITTEAM Ballpark of...
This picture taken on March 29, 2022 shows Tsuyoshi Shinjo, the newly appointed manager of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and former Major League...
Negro Leagues display is on view at the John Hancock Major League Baseball All-Star Fan Fest at the COBO Center on July 9, 2005 in Detroit, Michigan.
Detail shot of Rawlings official Major League baseballs prior to Game 1 of the ALDS between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays at Petco Park...
Newest Brooklyn Dodgers recruit Jackie Robinson on the end of the bench with his team mates at Ebbet's Field, 1947. Robinson was the first African...
Ray Dandridge of the Mexico City Baseball Team poses for a portrait circa 1940's. Ray Dandridge played for the Negro and Mexican leagues from...
People sit on a hill overlooking Dodger Stadium on what was supposed to be Major League Baseball's opening day, now postponed due to the coronavirus,...
Jackie Robinson, first Negro baseball player to be signed by a Major League baseball team, pictured in action during his workout at Sanford with the...
Former Major League baseball star Jackie Robinson talks with Negro delegate Marshall Jones of Baltimore, MD., at the GOP convention here 7/14.
Daniel Robert Bankhead, the first black pitcher in Major League baseball, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York City, New York, August 30, 1947.
The Cleveland Municipal Stadium is illuminated with General Electric sport floodlights during a major league baseball game. This game was attended by...
Atlanta Braves outfielder Hank Aaron tries his niece, Wonya Lucas' lollipop, but finds it not nearly as sweet as the record major league contract...
People attempt to watch a game between the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers from a hillside overlooking Dodger Stadium, while listening...
Detail shot of a Rawlings Official Major League Baseball prior to Game 1 of the ALCS between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Houston Astros at Petco Park...
John Lindsey of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks at the ball at the first base during the game against the San Diego Padres at Beijing's Wukesong...
Kevin Kouzmanoff of San Diego Padres runs to the first base during the match between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Beijing's...
Adrian Gonzalez of the San Diego Padres chats with Ramon Martinez of the Los Angeles Dodgers at first base during the first Major League Baseball...
Bud Selig, commisioner of Major League Baseball, Vera Clemente, wife of Roberto Clemente, Don Motley, Executive director of Negro League Museum,...
Pete Rose with Bridgeport Bluefish infielder Ramon Castro during a independent league baseball game in which Pete Rose, the all-time Major League...
Pete Rose chats with Bridgeport Bluefish outfielder Denny Almonte after a base hit during a minor league baseball game in which Pete Rose, the...
Photos of former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens are displayed during testimony before U.S. House of Representatives Committee on...
Jackie Robinson, who made baseball history by becoming the first Negro in the history of modern Major League baseball, sets another marker as he...
Jazz Chisholm of the Miami Marlins singles for his first major league hit in the fifth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at loanDepot park on April...
Starting pitcher Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the Major League Baseball game at Chase...
Paul Goldschmidt of the Arizona Diamondbacks swings at a pitch against the San Francisco Giants during a Major League Baseball game at Chase Field on...
Sam Huff of the Texas Rangers gets his first major league hit in the sixth inning against the Oakland Athletics at Globe Life Field on September 12,...
People gather for a picnic on a hillside overlooking Dodger Stadium during a game between the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers on August...
People sit for a picnic on a hillside overlooking Dodger Stadium and downtown Los Angeles during a game between the Colorado Rockies and the Los...
Elvis Andrus of the Texas Rangers at bat during an intrasquad game during Major League Baseball summer workouts at Globe Life Field on July 09, 2020...
Manager Rick Renteria instructs Leury Garcia of the Chicago White Sox fields during summer workouts as part of Major League Baseball Spring Training...
Alex Kirilloff of the Minnesota Twins singles in the fourth inning of his Major League debut against the Houston Astros during Game Two of the...
General view of the Major League Baseball logo atop the Philadelphia Phillies dugout during the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia...
Mookie Betts of the Boston Red Sox plays right field during the eighth inning of the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Progressive Field on...
Austin Riley of the Atlanta Braves hits his first Major League home run in the fourth inning during his MLB debut against the St. Louis Cardinals at...
