Black baseball players in Canada
Subtitle: a biographical dictionary, 1881 to 1960
By: Barry Swanton and Jay-Dell Mah ; Foreword by Tom Hawthorn.
Contributors: Mah, Jay-Dell.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786444687
Subjects: African American baseball players -- Canada -- Biography -- Dictionaries; Baseball -- Canada -- History; Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History
Genres: Biography; Dictionaries
Description: "[In an era when Black baseball players had limited playing prospects in the United States, they found a more hospitable and level playing field in Canada. These alphabetized entries contain biographical sketches, career highlights and statistics for hundreds of Black and Caribbean players, as well as team histories, locations, and leagues.]"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.