[Mick]

Who was the first professional, major league African American baseball player?  Where did he go to college?

Bonus:  Who was second?  Who was third?

And no, Jackie Robinson isn't the answer to any of them.

[Mick]

Who was the first professional, major league African American baseball player?  Where did he go to college?

Bonus:  Who was second?  Who was third?

And no, Jackie Robinson isn't the answer to any of them.

[BobK]

Must be 1800s. I missed those games

[BobK]

Must be 1800s. I missed those games

[Mick]

Must be 1800s.   I missed those games

Yes, 1800s, specifically 1879.  William E. White, who played baseball for Brown, was the son of a plantation owner and a former slave named Hannah.  He was 18 years old when he played one game for the Providence Grays when regular 1B Jim Start (ironically nicknamed "Old Reliable") was injured and couldn't play.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-fle...story.html

The Grays, incidentally, went on to win the National League that year.  Hall of Famers John Ward (pitcher for the Grays but later played mainly SS and 2B), "Orator" Jim O'Rourke (OF) and were managed by Hall of Famer George Wright (also played SS and 2B on this team).
https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagu...1879.shtml

White had one hit and scored one run in four trips.  His father named him and his two siblings in his will with the request that they be educated in the North, hence Brown.  And he played on Brown's varsity:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edward_White

O'Rourke made his own interracial impact on the game.  Apart from playing on the team with White, in 1895 he was a club executive for the Bridgeport team in the Connecticut League where hired the first African American player in the minors.  O'Rourke also appeared for the New York Giants as a 54 year old in 1906, and at the age of 60 caught a full complete game.  They called him "Orator Jim" because he graduated from Yale with a law degree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_O%27Rourke_(baseball)

Five years later, Moses Fleetwood Walker and his brother Welday walker played for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association, a major league at the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Fleetwood_Walker

[Mick]

Must be 1800s.   I missed those games

Yes, 1800s, specifically 1879.  William E. White, who played baseball for Brown, was the son of a plantation owner and a former slave named Hannah.  He was 18 years old when he played one game for the Providence Grays when regular 1B Jim Start (ironically nicknamed "Old Reliable") was injured and couldn't play.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-fle...story.html

The Grays, incidentally, went on to win the National League that year.  Hall of Famers John Ward (pitcher for the Grays but later played mainly SS and 2B), "Orator" Jim O'Rourke (OF) and were managed by Hall of Famer George Wright (also played SS and 2B on this team).
https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagu...1879.shtml

White had one hit and scored one run in four trips.  His father named him and his two siblings in his will with the request that they be educated in the North, hence Brown.  And he played on Brown's varsity:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edward_White

O'Rourke made his own interracial impact on the game.  Apart from playing on the team with White, in 1895 he was a club executive for the Bridgeport team in the Connecticut League where hired the first African American player in the minors.  O'Rourke also appeared for the New York Giants as a 54 year old in 1906, and at the age of 60 caught a full complete game.  They called him "Orator Jim" because he graduated from Yale with a law degree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_O%27Rourke_(baseball)

Five years later, Moses Fleetwood Walker and his brother Welday walker played for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association, a major league at the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Fleetwood_Walker

[Phogge]

Who was the Seals first black player?

[Phogge]

Who was the Seals first black player?

[BobK]

Bob Yes Bob Thurman

[BobK]

Bob Yes Bob Thurman

[Mick]

One of these players did not play for the San Francisco Seals.  Which one?

Earl Averill, Major League Baseball outfielder, Hall of Fame
Frank Crosetti, Major League Baseball infielder
Dominic DiMaggio, Major League Baseball outfielder
Joe DiMaggio, Major League Baseball outfielder, Hall of Fame
Vince DiMaggio, Major League Baseball outfielder
Babe Ellison, MLB player and member of Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame
Ferris Fain, Major League Baseball Infielder, 2-time American League batting champion
Vernon "Lefty" Gomez, Major League Baseball pitcher, Hall of Fame
Smead Jolley, Major League Baseball outfielder
Frank Malzone, Major League third baseman and 8 time MLB All Star
Lefty O'Doul, Major League Baseball outfielder; Seals manager, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
Albie Pearson, Major League Baseball outfielder, 1958 AL Rookie of the Year, 1963 All-Star
Babe Pinelli, Major League Baseball infielder and umpire
Gus Suhr, Major League Baseball outfielder
Lloyd Waner, Major League Baseball outfielder, Hall of Fame
Paul Waner, Major League Baseball outfielder, Hall of Fame
George "Buck" Weaver, Major League Baseball infielder, Member of the 1919 Chicago "Black Sox"

[Mick]

One of these players did not play for the San Francisco Seals.  Which one?

Earl Averill, Major League Baseball outfielder, Hall of Fame
Frank Crosetti, Major League Baseball infielder
Dominic DiMaggio, Major League Baseball outfielder
Joe DiMaggio, Major League Baseball outfielder, Hall of Fame
Vince DiMaggio, Major League Baseball outfielder
Babe Ellison, MLB player and member of Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame
Ferris Fain, Major League Baseball Infielder, 2-time American League batting champion
Vernon "Lefty" Gomez, Major League Baseball pitcher, Hall of Fame
Smead Jolley, Major League Baseball outfielder
Frank Malzone, Major League third baseman and 8 time MLB All Star
Lefty O'Doul, Major League Baseball outfielder; Seals manager, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
Albie Pearson, Major League Baseball outfielder, 1958 AL Rookie of the Year, 1963 All-Star
Babe Pinelli, Major League Baseball infielder and umpire
Gus Suhr, Major League Baseball outfielder
Lloyd Waner, Major League Baseball outfielder, Hall of Fame
Paul Waner, Major League Baseball outfielder, Hall of Fame
George "Buck" Weaver, Major League Baseball infielder, Member of the 1919 Chicago "Black Sox"

[Phogge]

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As far as I recall they all played for the Seals.

And BOBBBBBBBBBBBB, Thurmond was not the first. It was Frank Barnes.

[Phogge]

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As far as I recall they all played for the Seals.

And BOBBBBBBBBBBBB, Thurmond was not the first. It was Frank Barnes.