Fred Thomas in Baseball

Authors

Heidi LM Jacobs, University of WindsorFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

Publication Title

Journal of Canadian Baseball

Volume

3

Issue

1

Abstract

Best known for his skills on the basketball court, Fred Thomas also made significant contributions to baseball history as the first Black player to play in the Eastern League in 1948. Active in the Windsor and Detroit areas, Fred Thomas’s baseball story deepens our understanding of cross-border baseball history and how the desegregation of baseball in the US played out in Canada.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.22329/jcb.v3i1.9100

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Recommended Citation

Jacobs, Heidi LM. (2024). Fred Thomas in Baseball. Journal of Canadian Baseball, 3 (1).
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/leddylibrarypub/64