Fansided · Apr 15, 2020
Athletics history: Remembering Bob Trice
As we celebrate the anniversary of Jackie Robinson integrating Major League Baseball, let us look back at the Athletics first black player – Bob Trice.
Back on April 15, 1947, history was made in Major League Baseball. After an unofficial ban for 63 years, Jackie Robinson shattered the color barrier, integrating the National League when he stepped on the diamond for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Cleveland Indians quickly followed suit, as Larry Doby integrated the American League on July 5 of that year.