Ted Williams, Satchel Paige and the fight to induct Negro Leaguers into baseball’s Hall of Fame
Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox legend and the last player to hit .400 in a season, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on 25 July 1966. Photograph: James Drake/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTed Williams, the Boston Red Sox legend and the last player to hit .400 in a season, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on 25 July 1966. “And I hope that someday the names of Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson in some way could be added as a symbol of the great Negro players that are not here only because they were not given a chance.”Williams’s plea helped build support to admit Negro League players into the Hall five years later, starting with Paige.
- ▪Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox legend and the last player to hit .400 in a season, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on 25 July 1966.
- ▪Photograph: James Drake/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTed Williams, the Boston Red Sox legend and the last player to hit .400 in a season, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on 25 July 1966.
- ▪“And I hope that someday the names of Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson in some way could be added as a symbol of the great Negro players that are not here only because they were not given a chance.”Williams’s plea helped build support to admit
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Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox legend and the last player to hit .400 in a season, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on 25 July 1966. Photograph: James Drake/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTed Williams, the Boston Red Sox legend and the last player to hit .400 in a season, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on 25 July 1966. Photograph: James Drake/Getty ImagesBaseballTed Williams, Satchel Paige and the fight to induct Negro Leaguers into baseball’s Hall of FameSixty years ago, the famed Red Sox slugger used his Cooperstown speech to champion Black players who were excluded because of the sport’s color barrierFrederic J FrommerFri 24 Jul 2026 06.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleWhen Ted Williams, the last man to hit .400, was inducted into the National…
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