First African American Baseball Player

             The first african american to play porfessional baseball was in Moses Fleetwood Walker. His first game was May 1, 1884. Many people thought Jackie Robinson was the first to play in the Major Leagues but, he wasn't. Jackie had his first game in 1947, 63 years after Moses started. Moses was born October 7 1856 in Mount Pleaseant, Ohio. He was recrutied by the university of Michigan to play varsity baseball in 1882. In 1881 Michigan did terrible esspecially catching the ball. In 1882 when Moses joined Michigan went 10-3 and Moses batted .308. When he went to the MLB he played on the Toledo Blue Stockings who joined the American Association which was Major League at the time. So on May 1, 1884 he was hitless and made four errors. He played a total of 42 games with a batting average of .263. Then his brother Welday Walker joined his team but only played six games. Moses Fleetwood Walker's debute was May 1, 1884, his last MLB apperance was September 4, 1884. The people drove him out of the game. Moses Fleetwood Walker died May 11, 1924 at the age of 67.