The Black College World Series played this week in Alabama hopes to spur pro careers amid declining numbers of U.S.-born Black players in the major leagues.
Wiley College plays Rust College during an NCAA college baseball game at the Black College World Series Thursday, May 11, 2023 in Montgomery, Alabama. The Black College World Series is giving dozens of HBCU players from NAIA and Division II schools a chance to compete for a title beyond their own leagues and perhaps attract attention from Major League Baseball teams. – The spectators were mostly Black kids, ranging from elementary school to high school.
Only 59 of the 945 players on opening day rosters this season were Black players born in the U.S. That’s a nearly two-thirds decline from when the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports started compilingfor the first time since 1950, not long after Jackie Robinson broke the MLB color barrier. “Baseball probably will give you more longevity than some of the other sports, but because it’s not that instantaneous success in making to the big leagues, I think, is what holds them back a little bit," Smith said. “If a kid can play football or he can play basketball, they look at that as a quicker avenue to stardom.”
“If things want to be done about it you’ve got to bring it back to this generation and what it’s going take to advance it,” he added. It's not the only event geared toward increasing exposure for players from historically Black schools. The inaugural HBCU Swingman Classic will feature 50 HBCU players in July during MLB All-Star Week at the Seattle Mariners ballpark with Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. helping to assemble the roster. MLB's program has also produced several Black big leaguers, including CC Sabathia and J.P. Crawford.
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