There was actually, for 42 games in 1884, a major league baseball franchise in Richmond, Virginia. MLB wouldn't return to the South until - depending on your definition of "South" - 1962 in Houston or 1966 in Atlantahttps://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/RIC/1884.shtml …
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The last games ever played in Richmond were their lone home games vs the Toledo Blue Stockings, another short-lived franchise. Toledo had a black catcher, Fleet Walker, the first black MLB player & (with his brother) the last until 1947. An ignominious end to Virginia baseball:pic.twitter.com/lTpchqwBe3
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