Crossing the Line: Black Major Leaguers, 1947-1959 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803283169)

From 1947, when Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, through 1959, when the Boston Red Sox became the last Major League team to integrate, more than a hundred African American baseball players crossed the color line and made it to the Major Leagues. Each of these players is profiled in this comprehensive book, which includes their statistics and capsule biographies, their triumphs and trials.

Some of these players became superstars of the game and eventual Hall of Famers--Jackie Robinson, Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Roy Campanella, and Bob Gibson; most were average players. All were pioneers, facing down the enormous difficulties of integrating organized baseball. The authors provide a new preface and appendix for this Bison Books edition.

Author: Larry Moffi
ISBN-10: 0803283164
ISBN-13: 9780803283169
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2006
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.12w x 0.53d