Elijah "Pumpsie" Green became the first black player to play for the Red Sox.
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Prior to 1959 season: Mike Page was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.
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In 1959, the Red Sox became the last major league team to field a black player, (Pumpsie Green), twelve years after Jackie Robinson's rookie season with the Brooklyn Dodgers and two-and-a-half years after Robinson's retirement.