List of Negro League baseball players - Definition and Overview

This list consists of players who participated in Negro League baseball from its first organized structure in 1920 until 1948, after Major League Baseball's color line barring African American players had been broken. The list includes a few players who played Negro League baseball very early in their career and who entered the league at a time when they were soon able to go on to play Major League Baseball.

• Hank Aaron
• Newt Allen
• Ernie Banks
• Cool Papa Bell
• Bob Boyd
• Willard "Home Run" Brown
• Bill Byrd
• Roy Campanella
• Oscar Charleston
• Jimmie Crutchfield
• Ray Dandridge
• Leon Day
• Bingo DeMoss
• Martin Dihigo
• Larry Doby
• John Donaldson
• Wilmer Fields
• Bill Foster
• Rube Foster
• Josh Gibson
• Pete Hill
• Monte Irvin
• Sam Jethroe
• Judy Johnson
• Buck Leonard
• John Henry "Pop" Lloyd
• Dick Lundy
• Biz Mackey
• Ollie Marcelle
• Willie Mays
• Emilio "Millo" Navarro
• Don Newcombe
• Satchel Paige
• Bruce Petway
• Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe
• Dick Redding
• Jackie Robinson
• Bullet Joe Rogan
• Louis Santop
• Hilton Smith
• Turkey Stearnes
• Mule Suttles
• Ben Taylor
• Candy Jim Taylor
• Hank Thompson
• Cristobal Torriente
• Willie Wells
• Carl Whitney
• Smokey Joe Williams
• Jud Wilson

See also

• List of First MLB Black Player by Team and Date