Little Known Black History Fact: Elston Howard

New York Yankees: Top 10 catchers in franchise history

Daily Black History Facts - November 7, 1963: Elston Howard became the 1st African-American player to win the American League's MVP award. Elston Gene Howard was a professional baseball catcher, left fielder

WPIX Archives - On April 14, 1955, Elston Howard became the first Black player to take the field with the New York Yankees. He joined the Yankees eight years after Jackie Robinson

Elston Howard: A Yankee Pioneer, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Black History Month gets its proper due, Herald Community Newspapers

Joe Pepitone, flamboyant Yankees All-Star, dead at 82

MVP Elections – 1963 AL

ON THIS DATE (April 14, 1967): Billy Rohr and Fall River's Russ Gibson made their Red Sox debuts and nearly made history at Yankee Stadium

Elston Howard, New York Yankees, MLB, catcher

Readers sound off on baseball's race history, housing migrants and N.Y. wind farms – New York Daily News

REMEMBERING ELSTON HOWARD - Baseball Reflections - Baseball Reflections