Pumpsie Green, First Black Player for Boston Red Sox, Dies at 85

by tommcmahon on July 17, 2019
Pumpsie Green, First Black Player for Boston Red Sox, Dies at 85

Green, who died on Wednesday at 85 at a hospital in San Leandro, Calif., was the first black player for the Red Sox, the last of the 16 major league franchises of the time to have remained all white.

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