Negro Baseball League

Although there were many talented African American baseball players they were prevented from playing Major League Baseball for which of the following reasons

• Jim Crow Laws

• Segregation

• Major League owners secretly agreed not to sign them

• All of the above

What year were the Negro Leagues founded?

• 1910

• 1920

• 1930

• 1940

What year was the first "Colored Championship"?

• 1922

• 1947

• 1919

• 1924

Which of the following people started the Negro Baseball League

• Rube Foster

• Satchel Paige

• Jackie Robinson

• Cool Papa Bear

Ty Cobb was one of the greatest hitters of all time and he said this Negro League pitcher would have won 30 games a year in Major League Baseball if he had been allowed to play

• Rube Foster

• Joe "Smokey" Williams

• Satchel Paige

• Walter Johnson

This power hitter was known as the "Black Babe Ruth", he is said to have hit a baseball out of the Polo grounds in New York city, a distance of over 600 feet. It also believed that he hit over 800 home runs during his career

• Rube Foster

• Buck Leonard

• Josh Gibson

Short stop Willie "The Devil" Wells was the first to use this safety device in baseball

• Cup

• Helmet

• Shin Guards

• Batting Glove

Babe Ruth said this player hit the ball harder than any man in the world

• Josh Gibson

• John Beckwith

• Turkey Stearnes

• Oscar Charleston

Major League scout for the St Louis Cardinals Bennie Borgmann called this outfielder the greatest ball player he ever saw play. He is considered an early version of Willie Mays

• John Beckwith

• James "Cool Papa" Bell

• Josh Gibson

• Oscar Charleston

This outfielder was so fast he once hit a ball past the pitcher and the ball hit him as he slid into second base. A catcher said that if he bunted and the ball bounced twice he would be on second base.

• James "Cool Papa" Bell

• Rube Foster

• John Beckwith

• Willie "The Devil" Wells