Negro Leagues icon Satchel Paige was already 42 and well past his prime when he appeared in the ’48 Series for Cleveland. Joining Paige with the Indians was outfielder Larry Doby, who had become the American League’s first black player in ’47.
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When color struck the World Series
The New York Giants caught the 1954 championship with three Black players
Baseball’s World Series began in 1903 but it wasn’t until 1947 that Black athletes became a part of that so-called “World.”
