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- Weldy_Walker abstract "Weldy Wilberforce Walker (July 27, 1860 – November 23, 1937), sometimes known as Welday Walker and W. W. Walker, was an American baseball player. In 1884, he became the second African American to play Major League Baseball.Walker played college baseball at Oberlin College and the University of Michigan. In July 1884, he joined the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association which was then part of Major League Baseball. His brother Moses Fleetwood Walker, commonly known as Fleetwood (or "Fleet") Walker, was the first African American to play Major League Baseball, making his debut two months before Weldy. In 1887, as racial segregation took hold in professional baseball, Weldy joined the Pittsburgh Keystones of the short-lived National Colored Base Ball League.His March 1888 open letter to The Sporting Life protesting the racial segregation of baseball has been described as "perhaps the most passionate cry for justice ever voiced by a Negro athlete."After retiring from baseball, Walker operated restaurants and a hotel in eastern Ohio. In 1897, he served on the Executive Committee of the Negro Protective Party, a newly formed political party established in Ohio in protest of the failure of the Republican governor to investigate the lynching of an African American in June 1897 at Urbana, Ohio. In the 1900s, Weldy and his brother Fleetwood became active in the Back-to-Africa movement and promoted emigration to Liberia. The brothers also established and edited The Equator, a black issues newspaper.".
- Weldy_Walker activeYearsEndDate "1884-08-06".
- Weldy_Walker activeYearsStartDate "1884-07-15".
- Weldy_Walker alias "Walker, Welday Wilberforce".
- Weldy_Walker battingSide "Unknown".
- Weldy_Walker birthDate "1860-07-27".
- Weldy_Walker birthPlace Ohio.
- Weldy_Walker birthYear "1860".
- Weldy_Walker deathDate "1937-11-23".
- Weldy_Walker deathPlace Ohio.
- Weldy_Walker deathYear "1937".
- Weldy_Walker formerTeam Toledo_Blue_Stockings.
- Weldy_Walker position Catcher.
- Weldy_Walker position Outfielder.
- Weldy_Walker position Third_baseman.
- Weldy_Walker statisticLabel Games_played.
- Weldy_Walker statisticValue "5.0".
- Weldy_Walker team Toledo_Blue_Stockings.
- Weldy_Walker throwingSide "Unknown".
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- Weldy_Walker alternativeNames "Walker, Welday Wilberforce".
- Weldy_Walker bats "Unknown".
- Weldy_Walker birthDate "1860-07-27".
- Weldy_Walker birthPlace Steubenville,_Ohio.
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- Weldy_Walker caption "Weldy Walker cropped from portrait of the 1881 Oberlin College baseball team".
- Weldy_Walker dateOfBirth "1860-07-27".
- Weldy_Walker dateOfDeath "1937-11-23".
- Weldy_Walker deathDate "1937-11-23".
- Weldy_Walker deathPlace Steubenville,_Ohio.
- Weldy_Walker debutdate "--07-15".
- Weldy_Walker debutteam "Toledo Blue Stockings".
- Weldy_Walker debutyear "1884".
- Weldy_Walker finaldate "--08-06".
- Weldy_Walker finalteam "Toledo Blue Stockings".
- Weldy_Walker finalyear "1884".
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- Weldy_Walker name "Walker, Weldy".
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- Weldy_Walker placeOfBirth "Steubenville, Ohio".
- Weldy_Walker placeOfDeath "Steubenville, Ohio".
- Weldy_Walker position Catcher.
- Weldy_Walker position Outfielder.
- Weldy_Walker position Third_baseman.
- Weldy_Walker shortDescription "Major League Baseball player".
- Weldy_Walker stat1label Games_played.
- Weldy_Walker stat1value "5".
- Weldy_Walker stat2label Batting_average.
- Weldy_Walker stat2value "0.222".
- Weldy_Walker stat3label Hit_(baseball).
- Weldy_Walker stat3value "4".
- Weldy_Walker teams "*Toledo Blue Stockings".
- Weldy_Walker throws "Unknown".
- Weldy_Walker description "Major League Baseball player".
- Weldy_Walker description "Major League Baseball player".
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- Weldy_Walker subject Category:Akron_Acorns_players.
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- Weldy_Walker subject Category:Burials_at_Union_Cemetery,_(Steubenville,_Ohio).
- Weldy_Walker subject Category:Cleveland_Forest_Cities_players.
- Weldy_Walker subject Category:Major_League_Baseball_left_fielders.
- Weldy_Walker subject Category:Michigan_Wolverines_baseball_players.
- Weldy_Walker subject Category:Negro_league_baseball_players.
- Weldy_Walker subject Category:Oberlin_Yeomen_baseball_players.
- Weldy_Walker subject Category:People_from_Steubenville,_Ohio.
- Weldy_Walker subject Category:Pittsburgh_Keystones_players.
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- Weldy_Walker comment "Weldy Wilberforce Walker (July 27, 1860 – November 23, 1937), sometimes known as Welday Walker and W. W. Walker, was an American baseball player. In 1884, he became the second African American to play Major League Baseball.Walker played college baseball at Oberlin College and the University of Michigan. In July 1884, he joined the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association which was then part of Major League Baseball.".
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- Weldy_Walker depiction WeldayWalker.jpg.
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- Weldy_Walker surname "Walker".