Can you name the players who broke the major league color barrier for these previously-segregated teams?

Team	Player	Date
Brooklyn Dodgers		April 15, 1947
Cleveland Indians		July 5, 1947
St. Louis Browns		July 17 1947
New York Giants		July 8, 1949
Boston Braves		April 18, 1950
Chicago White Sox		May 1, 1951
Philadelphia Athletics		September 13, 1953
Chicago Cubs		September 17, 1953

Team	Player	Date
Pittsburgh Pirates		April 13, 1954
St. Louis Cardinals		April 13, 1954
Cincinnati Reds		April 17, 1954
Washington Senators		September 6, 1954
New York Yankees		April 14, 1955
Philadelphia Phillies		April 22, 1957
Detroit Tigers		June 6, 1958
Boston Red Sox		July 21, 1959

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MLB Color Barrier Breakers Quiz

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	Qu1nn:	Apr 15th, 2012 at 15:42 GMT		-4 points
	No Stachel Paige?

	amwoods13:	Apr 15th, 2012 at 16:19 GMT		5 points
	Paige was signed by the Indians in 1948 and later by the Browns in 1951, so he wasn't the the first for either team.

	Beatlezfann:	Apr 15th, 2012 at 17:00 GMT		9 points
	Happy Jackie Robinson Day! 42.

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	nctaco:	Apr 16th, 2012 at 03:40 GMT		2 points
	Typing in Pumpsie Green wasn't accepted. Who on earth knows his name is Elijah?

	Murf1013:	Apr 17th, 2012 at 15:43 GMT		0 points
	TrivialSteve: I mean, how about just segregation/white America's treatment of minorities (particularly blacks) as pathetic?

	teh_DR:	Apr 17th, 2012 at 22:27 GMT		2 points
	I read Jackie Robinson's autobiography. Totally crazy how he was treated in the States and how well he was received in Montreal.

	Viccolonello:	Apr 18th, 2012 at 06:24 GMT		2 points
	From the crazy things Dept. - I had to research this exact question as a detention punishment in high school, pre-sporcle, pre-baseball reference, pre-internet. And I still remember all of these guys. And it still amazes me that it took 10 years before all ML teams hired Black players. Also noteworthy is that the Washington Redskins, (of all nicknames) were the last integrated NFL team, when they signed Hall Of Famer Bobby Mitchell in 1961.

	bsg0102:	Apr 30th, 2012 at 16:56 GMT		3 points
	It is unfathomable how long it took the red sox to integrate. Look at the 1955 dodgers alone - Campanella, Gilliam, Robinson, amoros, and Newcombe were all key parts of the dodgers championship - 2 years before the red sox integrated.

	ernie2great:	Apr 4th, 2013 at 13:08 GMT		1 point
	Monte Irvin was NOT the FIRST New York Giant Hank Thompson was........he beat him by 2 hours.....YES...2 hours. One started at ...and Irvin was a pinch hitter in the 9th.

	ernie2great:	Apr 11th, 2013 at 21:23 GMT		1 point
	the answer for the GIANTS cannot be...''Irvin or Thompson' only ONE ...it was HANK THOMPSON by 2 hours.....yes 2 hours. look it up