Negro league baseball
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2022 | Buck O'Neil and Bud Fowler, key figures in Negro league baseball, are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. |
December 2020 | Major League Baseball officially classified the seven 'major Negro leagues' as additional major leagues, recognizing approximately 3,400 players who played from 1920 to 1948. |
July 17 2010 | The U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative pair of 44-cent stamps honoring the Negro Leagues, formally issued at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum during its twentieth anniversary celebration. One stamp specifically depicted Rube Foster, a key figure in Negro league baseball. |
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