Moses Fleetwood Walker
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Moses Fleetwood Walker was a 19th-century African American baseball player widely recognized as the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moses Fleetwood Walker canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
baseball player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1880s ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1856-10-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1924-05-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Oberlin College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Michigan ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| ethnicity | African American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | sports ⓘ |
| givenName | Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCitizenship | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
author
ⓘ
inventor ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Weldy Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | pioneer African American athlete ⓘ |
| knownFor | being among the earliest African Americans in Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| league | American Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Toledo Blue Stockings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Fleetwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | played in the American Association in 1884 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first Black men to play in Major League Baseball
ⓘ
breaking early color barriers in professional baseball ⓘ |
| notableWork | Our Home Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | baseball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mount Pleasant, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cleveland, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor | Toledo Blue Stockings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedIn |
Major League Baseball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
minor league baseball ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | catcher ⓘ |
| race | Black ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Weldy Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
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