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title: "I was the first African-American to play in the American League. I played my first game in 1947. Who am I?"  
description: "I was the first African-American to play in the American League. I played my first game in 1947. Who am I?"  
author: "Andy Simon"  
published: 2018-02-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34846/i-was-the-first-african-american-to-play-in-the-american-league-i-played-my-first-game-in-1947-who-am-i  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["baseball"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# I was the first African-American to play in the American League. I played my first game in 1947. Who am I?

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