The steepest decline in African-American baseball players occurred ... an original research sample of approximately 600 current baseball players, 20 from each team, and used publicly available ...

(crowd cheers) (fireworks exploding) (planes whooshing) (unnerving music) - [Sportscaster] The number of African American players in Major League Baseball is under 8%. (unnerving music continues ...

Yet only a mile away, a stadium is built to honor an African-American baseball player named Pop Lloyd. Dubbed the "Black Wagner", John Henry "Pop" Lloyd was one of the greatest athletes of his time.

In the '74 Series there were 15 African-American players. Today there are 3. And the number of African-American baseball players on Major League Baseball teams stands around 8% – that's a huge ...