During his career, Eddie G.G. Burton barnstormed across the country with such all-stars as Satchel Paige, Minnie Miñoso and ...

Leroy "Satchel" Paige is the first Black pitcher to play in the American League and is known for being one of the greatest pitchers of all time.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Major League Baseball is adding Negro League statistics to its official record book. Historians say although statistics don’t tell the full story of the players who ...

THE BASICS: A PITCH FOR SATCHEL PAIGE, by Jim and Loren Keller ... and ultimately becoming one of the biggest stars in the Negro Leagues where “only the baseball was white.” ...

A search of New Orleans area newspaper archives revealed that his baseball journeys took him to New Orleans on numerous ...

Andrew "Rube" Foster Launches What Became Known As The Negro Leagues In 1920 Rube Foster The Negro Leagues 1920 ...

In honor of Black History Month, MLB Network remembers the Hall of Fame career of Satchel Paige with the help of his daughter ...

Forty-two years after his death, Satchel Paige is having a great year. The legendary Hall of Fame pitcher not only had his Negro Leagues statistics added to his major-league record but also got an ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s day nine of Black History Month. Here’s your Black history fact of the day. Feb. 9, 1971 the ...

But the stories of the Negro League are often overlooked, dismissed, or flat-out forgotten. Most people have heard of Robinson. But how many know of Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, or Cool Papa Bell?

Rickwood also hosted the final Negro League World Series game in 1948 ... Neither Mr. Sledge nor Mr. Westbrook will ever be Satchel Paige or “Smokey” Joe Williams or Bullet Rogan.