William Edward White
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title:
William Edward White
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William Edward White was a 19th-century American baseball player. He played as a substitute in one professional baseball game for the Providence Grays of the National League, on June 21, 1879.
Work by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) suggests that he may have been the first African-American to play major league baseball, predating the longer careers of Moses Fleetwood Walker and his brother Weldy Walker by five years, and Jackie Robinson by 68 years. Very little is known about W
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American baseball player (1860–1937)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edward_White
date created:
2005-08-30T07:45:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T20:19:50Z
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