
Mike Balenti
Mike Balenti was often overshadowed by teammate Jim Thorpe on…

Charles Bender
American Indian. Innovator. Renaissance man. Charles Albert “Chief”…

John Bender
Between the two of them, the baseball-playing Bender brothers…

Jim Bluejacket
The World War I-era right-hander who played under the name Jim…

Lou Bruce
Full-blooded Mohawk Louis Bruce was one of the earlier Native…

Virgil Cheeves
Poet Alexander Pope gave us the phrase “Hope springs eternal…

William Cadreau
A pitcher for one game in the major leagues, appearing under…

Jimmy Cleghorn
A teammate of Allie Reynolds in their college days, James G.…

Vallie Eaves
Right-handed pitcher Vallie Eaves had an undistinguished major-league…

Bob Johnson
Because he was born on an Indian reservation, Bob Johnson was…

Roy Johnson
Because he was born on an Indian reservation, Roy Johnson was…

Frank Jude
Like classmate Jim Thorpe, Frank Jude was one of many outstanding…

Louis LeRoy
Louis Leroy was a Native American who almost became a charter…

Gene Locklear
This outfielder was the first member of the Lumbee people of…

Dwight Lowry
Dwight Lowry spent the bulk of his four-year major-league career…

Cal McLish
Indians fans in Cleveland awoke the morning of May 23, 1957,…

Jack Meyers
As a Native American playing in the Deadball Era, Jack Meyers…

Euel Moore
There have been more than 100 major-leaguers of at least partial…

Bob Neighbors
In the baseball record books, Bob Neighbors was originally without…

Allie Reynolds
Because of religious strictures imposed by his parents, Allie…

Charlie Roy
As a star pitcher with the Carlisle (Pennsylvania) Indian School,…

Luther Smith
Gambling posed a serious threat to baseball in 1919. Rumors of…

Louis Sockalexis
Louis Sockalexis, a member of the Penobscot Indian tribe of Maine,…

Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe was the greatest all-around athlete of the Deadball…