Black Baseball Pioneers: Elston Howard

Elston Howard - Cooperstown Expert

Elston Howard Baseball history, Mlb players, Mlb baseball

The Red Sox obtain catcher Elston Howard from the Yankees for cash and two players to be named later, with pitchers Peter Magrini and Ron Klimkowski being sent to New York to

A Link in a Chain of Star Yankees Catchers - The New York Times

Elston Howard, first Negro player signed with the New York Yankees, News Photo - Getty Images

Negro League baseball legend Elston Howard got his start in Muskegon

Baseball's Dearth of Black Catchers Helps Explain Its Dearth of Black Managers - WSJ

Major League Baseball's Integration: A Short History, Arts

St. Louisan Elston Howard was a man of firsts for the Yankees and Major League Baseball

Elston Howard, New York Yankees, MLB, catcher

Joe Pepitone, flamboyant Yankees All-Star, dead at 82

New York Yankees catcher Elston Howard becomes the first black player to win the American League MVP Award - This Day In Baseball

Hochman: As Yankees play Cardinals, recalling STL native who won MVP with NY, 60 years ago

New York Yankees on X: On this date in 1955: Elston Howard became the first black player in Yankees history. He went on to win 2 Gold Gloves and an AL MVP