A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

Tommy Brown, a Brooklyn native who starred for the 'Boys of Summer'-era Dodgers before going on to play for the Chicago Cubs and ... baseball history when Jackie Robinson became the first Black ...

The Chicago Cubs have acquired right-hander Ryan Pressly and cash from the Houston Astros for minor league pitcher Juan Bello.

He would also suit up for the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia ... for playing time at first base alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won the competition and ...

Dodgers news and notes include several offseason reviews, reliever Ryan Brasier on his trade from Los Angeles to the Cubs, ...

The Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund have announced application details for the annual Jackie Robinson Grant Program. The Jackie Robinson Grant Program will accept applications through ...

Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie Robinson, has died. He ...

Nicknamed “Buckshot,” the 6-foot-1 Brown was 16 years, 241 days old when he started at shortstop at Ebbets Field against the Chicago Cubs on Aug ... Pee Wee Reese and Robinson, whose debut ...

LOS ANGELES -- Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie Robinson ...