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.
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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