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Elijah Jerry "
Pumpsie"
Green (October 27, 1933[citation needed] – July 17, 2019) was an
American Major League Baseball (MLB)
infielder who pla**** with...
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Boston Red Sox were the last team to
break the line, when they
inserted Pumpsie Green as an eighth-inning
pinch runner in a July 21, 1959 game at Chicago...
- team to
field an
African American player when they
promoted infielder Pumpsie Green from
their AAA farm team in 1959. The 1960s also
started poorly for...
- at
Fenway in a 2–0
victory over the Yankees. On
August 4, 1959,
Elijah "
Pumpsie"
Green became the
first African-American
player in the Red Sox
lineup to...
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batting average, and also hit 26 home runs and 85 RBI in 129 games. When
Pumpsie Green became the
first black player on the Red Sox—the last
major league...
- Romano, C,
Chicago White Sox
Willie McCovey, 1B, San
Francisco Giants †
Pumpsie Green, 2B,
Boston Red Sox Jim Baxes, 3B,
Cleveland Indians Joe Koppe, SS...
- farm
system signed pitcher Earl
Wilson in 1953 and
purchased infielder Pumpsie Green in 1955.
Wilson rose
through the Red Sox'
system until he was called...
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promote any of them to the
major league until 1959. On July 21, 1959,
Pumpsie Green, who was
signed by the team in 1955, made his debut,
making the Red...
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drummer for the punk rock band
Green Day Joe Koontz, NFL wide
receiver Pumpsie Green, MLB
first black player to play for the
Boston Red Sox Jim Landis...
- Gr****le, actress,
Little House on the Prairie,
resident of El
Cerrito Pumpsie Green,
first African American to play for the
Boston Red Sox
Larissa Kelly...
