Who were the most racist MLB players?

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Who were the most racist MLB players?

PostFri Sep 30, 2022 8:58 am

I’m playing in a league where each team had a group of NeL players as it’s core. (There aren’t enough NeL players to require full rosters.) which lead me to think about trying to exclude the most well-known racists players from the league. Ben Chapman is famous of course because of the movie. But in a few internet searches I can’t find a list which is kind of curious and maybe a project for you researchers and historians out there. Does anyone know of a reliable list of the worst baseball playing racists?
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Re: Who were the most racist MLB players?

PostFri Sep 30, 2022 11:30 am

tdkearns wrote:I’m playing in a league where each team had a group of NeL players as it’s core. (There aren’t enough NeL players to require full rosters.) which lead me to think about trying to exclude the most well-known racists players from the league. Ben Chapman is famous of course because of the movie. But in a few internet searches I can’t find a list which is kind of curious and maybe a project for you researchers and historians out there. Does anyone know of a reliable list of the worst baseball playing racists?

Dixie Walker got most of the print opposing Jackie Robinson, but Bobby Bragan, Carl Furillo and Kirby Higbe led the petition drive to keep JRob out of the Majors.
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Re: Who were the most racist MLB players?

PostFri Sep 30, 2022 1:44 pm

Cap Anson was instrumental in erecting the color barrier. Eddie Collins was GM of the Red Sox when they resisted integration longer than any other team.
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Re: Who were the most racist MLB players?

PostFri Sep 30, 2022 1:56 pm

Solly Hemus was racist towards Bob Gibson, Bill White and Curt Flood of the Cardinals when he was the manager. Even told Gibson he did not belong in the major leagues and should stick to playing basketball.

Tris Speaker was alleged to be a member of the kkk
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Re: Who were the most racist MLB players?

PostFri Sep 30, 2022 2:01 pm

Tris Speaker changed quite a bit over the years.
Later on in life, he became the mentor/tutor for Larry Doby, so I think it is fair to say that
Tris made some changes.....
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Re: Who were the most racist MLB players?

PostFri Sep 30, 2022 2:21 pm

That would be one mighty long list.
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Re: Who were the most racist MLB players?

PostFri Sep 30, 2022 5:46 pm

Jake Powell was an all around terrible person. Racist and anti Semite
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Re: Who were the most racist MLB players?

PostFri Sep 30, 2022 7:36 pm

Hittmens wrote:Jake Powell was an all around terrible person. Racist and anti Semite

Had never heard of this guy. You gotta be pretty racist to be suspended for racism while the sport was still segregated. Dude wasn't even a good player yet he somehow amassed 2700 replacement-level PA.
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Re: Who were the most racist MLB players?

PostFri Sep 30, 2022 8:10 pm

Radagast Brown wrote:That would be one mighty long list.


I know. But worth the effort to identify the worst, no?
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