Occupation – Sports – Baseball
Johnnie B. “Dusty” Baker Jr. (1949- )
Johnnie B. “Dusty” Baker Jr. is currently the baseball manager of the Houston Astros and a former major league player....
Ronald LeFlore (1948- )
On August 1, 1974, twenty-six-year-old Ron LeFlore made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut for the Detroit Tigers. Thirteen months...
Mamie Lee Johnson (1935–2017)
Mamie Lee Johnson was the first and only African American female pitcher and one of three African American women to...
Toni Stone (1921-1996)
Marcenia Lyle “Toni” Stone Alberga was the first of three African American women to play professionally in the Negro Leagues....
Edgar Enrique Renteria (1975- )
“Image Ownership: MissChatter” Major League Baseball shortstop Edgar Renteria is Colombia’s most successful player in U.S. baseball history as well...
Birmingham Black Barons
The Birmingham Black Barons was a professional baseball team active in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1960. They played...
