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Fleetwood Walker breaks the color line 4/21/1883

Moses “Fleetwood” Walker broke the color line in professional baseball when he played for Toledo in 1883. He made the majors with Toledo in 1884.

https://ramrod250.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/april-21-first-aa-ballplayer-fleetwood-walker.mp3

The Syracuse Stars Base Ball Club, 1889. Fleetwood Walker is in the back row, far right.

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