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Originally Posted by Mark17
You're right. Looking again at the index of Grant's book, Sam Jones also did it in 1959. So that makes 13 in 57 years, 5 doing it more than once.
I think my point stands - the black hitters seem to have been well ahead of the pitchers.
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Not a strong take. Research the unwritten rules governing black pitchers in the early days of MLB integration.