Race
Did the Phillies Make Team History Today? Five African American Players Started
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05 Sep 2012
It was 1947 that Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball, but it took a while for our Phillies to break their own color barrier. The Phillies never had any African-American players until 1957 when John Kennedy, formerly of the Negro leagues, joined the club. Only two teams, the Detroit Tigers and Boston […]