Joe Black was born on this date in Plainfield, New
Jersey; 1924. He pitched with the
Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro National League (1943 -1950) while finishing
college (Morgan State) and then was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. As a 26 years old Major League rookie, Black
won 15 games for the Dodgers in 1952 and was named National League Rookie of
the Year. Also that year, he became the
first African-American pitcher to win a World Series game beating the New York
Yankees 4 – 2. After a six year Major
League career in which he was 30 – 12, Black worked in business becoming a vice
president at the Greyhound Corporation.
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