Additional
Information: Louis Francis Sockalexis was the first Indian athlete in major league baseball. He had an impressive season in 1897, but did not succeed in the majors due to racism and alcohol abuse.
Sockalexis, Louis Sites:
Baseball Library: Lou Sockalexis Baseball Library: Lou Sockalexis: Profile and stats of the Penobscot ballplayer. (Sockalexis, Louis) http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/S/Sockalexis_Lou.stm
A Season of Brilliance A Season of Brilliance: Biography of Sockalexis, the first Native American baseball player. (Sockalexis, Louis) http://aistm.org/sockbio.htm
The Baseball Reliquary: The Story of Louis Sockalexis The Baseball Reliquary: The Story of Louis Sockalexis: Biography of the first American Indian ballplayer and pictures of his shrine. (Sockalexis, Louis) http://www.baseballreliquary.org/story_of_sockalexis.htm
Louis Sockalexis: Baseball Pioneer Louis Sockalexis: Baseball Pioneer: Biography of the Penobscot ballplayer (PDF format). (Sockalexis, Louis) http://www.writerskeep.com/Writers/Lee_Swan/SOCKALEXIS.pdf
Additional
Information: Louis Francis Sockalexis was the first Indian athlete in major league baseball. He had an impressive season in 1897, but did not succeed in the majors due to racism and alcohol abuse.
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