User talk:BX/2012 proposed revision (List of Negro league baseball players)

This list consists of players who have appeared in Negro league baseball.

Below is an overview highlighting some of the historically important figures. The entire list of every Negro league player is separated into four pages to reduce the size:


 * List of Negro league baseball players (A–D)
 * List of Negro league baseball players (E–L)
 * List of Negro league baseball players (M–R)
 * List of Negro league baseball players (S–Z)

Prominent Negro league players
The players below are some of the most prominent of those who played Negro league baseball, beginning with the codification of baseball’s color line barring African American players (about 1892), past the re-integration in 1946 of the sport, up till the Negro leagues finally expired about 1962. Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are noted with a β. Names of those who played in integrated organized white leagues are boldfaced, and those who played in integrated major leagues are also italicized.

Pre-Negro leagues (1877-1919)
They played primarily before the organized Negro leagues. Among them Fowler, Frank Grant, George Stovey, and Fleet Walker were prominent players especially during the 1880s, before complete segregation.


 * Hall of Famers


 * Also played in Major League Baseball (or associated minor league team)

Negro leagues era I (1920-1934)
They played most of their careers in the organized Negro leagues before the Great Depression.


 * Hall of Famers


 * East-West All-Star Game players

Negro leagues era II (1935-1949)
They played most of their careers in the organized Negro leagues after the Great Depression.


 * Hall of Famers


 * East-West All-Star Game players


 * Also played in Major League Baseball

Post-integration (1950-1962)
They played during the decline of the Negro leagues, after the beginning of integration.


 * Hall of Famers


 * East-West All-Star Game players


 * Also played in Major League Baseball