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Moses Fleetwood Walker

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African-American baseball player and author

United StatesScientistsLived 1856 to 1924 · aged 67
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Moses Fleetwood Walker, sometimes nicknamed Fleet Walker, was an American professional baseball catcher credited with being the first black man to play major league baseball.

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1882 University of Michigan baseball team (Walker front row, third from right)1882 University of Michigan baseball team (Walker front row, third from right)

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Moses Fleetwood Walker, sometimes nicknamed Fleet Walker, was an American professional baseball catcher credited with being the first black man to play major league baseball. A native of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and a star athlete at Oberlin College as well as the University of Michigan, Walker played for semi-professional and minor league baseball clubs before joining the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association (AA) for the 1884 season.

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United States
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Lived 1856 to 1924 · aged 67
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