Moses Fleetwood Walker
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title:
Moses Fleetwood Walker
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Moses Fleetwood Walker, sometimes nicknamed Fleet Walker, was an American professional baseball catcher who, historically, was credited with being the first black man to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). A native of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and a star athlete at Oberlin College as well as the University of Michigan, Walker played for semi-professional and minor league baseball clubs before joining the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association (AA) for the 1884 season. Though research by
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African-American baseball player and author (1856–1924)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Fleetwood_Walker
date created:
2005-02-03T03:43:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T20:17:04Z
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