2007-06-24 13:41:23 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
andruw jones
yunel escobar
edgar renteria
rafael soriano (one of the darkest players in the mlb)
willie hayes
willy aybar
oscar villarreal and wilfredo ledezma are both latin but light colored
i'm curious what's the team w/ the least "non-white" players...
2007-06-24 13:50:00 · answer #1 · answered by Yogaflame 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Willie Harris is the only African-American player on the Braves, and this trend is not uncommon. African-American players make up something like less than 10% of players in the Majors.
Andruw Jones is from Curacao, Rafael Soriano is from the Dominican Republic, Yunel Escobar is from Cuba, and Edgar Renteria is from Colombia. Wilfredo Ledezma is from Venezuela. Willy Aybar is on the DL right now, and he is from the Dominican Republic.
So, no, the Braves are not an all-white team, but they do reflect a lack of African-American players that exists in all of baseball.
2007-06-24 21:51:33 · answer #2 · answered by Jason 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aside from Yunel Escobar and Andruw Jones, they have mostly white players but so do a lot of teams like the San Diego Padres. It has nothing to do with managing, it's just the way that turned out. There are a bunch of teams that have prodominantly black players like the Chicago Cubs.
2007-06-24 20:50:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They have Escobar, Ledezma, A. Jones, W. Harris, Soriano, Renteria, Pendleton (coach), I think there might be 1 or 2 more. But that's 6 out of 25 right there.
2007-06-25 01:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by oysterchowder2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you need to go check out Andruw Jones, Willie Harris, Edgar Renteria, Yunel Escobar, Rafael Soriano and Wilfredo Ledezma. They are all not white.
2007-06-24 21:45:44 · answer #5 · answered by Monica =] 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not even close. Nearly every team, even the Braves have several Latin Americans on their roster. The Braves have Rafael Soriano and Edgar Renteria as Latin ballplayers. In addition, they have Willie Harris, whois black and Andrew Jones, who is from Aruba.
2007-06-24 20:48:40 · answer #6 · answered by tahoe5284 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask Andruw Jones.
2007-06-24 20:43:50 · answer #7 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope...They got Willie Harris, Andruw Jones, Yunel Escobar, Rafael Soriano....I'm sure I'm missing some others though.
2007-06-24 20:54:52 · answer #8 · answered by hoosierscroop 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or Yunel Escobar
2007-06-24 20:44:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Last time I looked Andruw Jones was black,and Im pretty sure they have a few other black players.
2007-06-24 20:47:09 · answer #10 · answered by mikecubbie69 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋