Black First of the Day
Who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game?
- He later became a vice president of Greyhound Corporation.
- He was a Brooklyn Dodgers.
- He was inducted into the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame.
- He was the 1952 Rookie of the Year.
1952
Joe Black (1924-2002)
In 1952 a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the 1952 Rookie of the Year, Joe Black, became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game. The Dodgers beat the New York Yankees on October 1 by a score of 4 to 2. Black later became a vice president of Greyhound Corporation. In 1995 he was inducted into the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame at the Brooklyn Museum.
Sources: Alford, Famous First Blacks, p. 85; Jet 88 (17 July 1995): 20; Negro Almanac, pp. 1400-1401; Total Baseball, pp. 162, 508, 1600.
From Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Events by Jessie Carney Smith, © 2013 Visible Ink Press®. A celebration of achievement, accomplishments and pride.
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