![Upstate NY native Bud Fowler, first Black pro baseball player, makes Hall of Fame - newyorkupstate.com Upstate NY native Bud Fowler, first Black pro baseball player, makes Hall of Fame - newyorkupstate.com](https://www.newyorkupstate.com/resizer/r1UgXU7uOUrFaOePyga7dbpGVho=/1280x0/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/JK64L3FO4NEL3PEHRMG5EKR2JU.jpg)
Upstate NY native Bud Fowler, first Black pro baseball player, makes Hall of Fame - newyorkupstate.com
Herkimer County Historical Society - We would like to start off Black History Month with a local man who many have never heard of..... Bud Fowler was born in Fort Plain, NY
![Hake's - 1894 FINDLAY (OHIO) BASEBALL TEAM CABINET PHOTO WITH BUD FOWLER & GRANT "HOME RUN" JOHNSON. Hake's - 1894 FINDLAY (OHIO) BASEBALL TEAM CABINET PHOTO WITH BUD FOWLER & GRANT "HOME RUN" JOHNSON.](https://www.hakes.com/Image/MediumRes/257925/2/image.jpg)
Hake's - 1894 FINDLAY (OHIO) BASEBALL TEAM CABINET PHOTO WITH BUD FOWLER & GRANT "HOME RUN" JOHNSON.
![May 17, 1878: Bud Fowler becomes the first Black player in Organized Baseball – Society for American Baseball Research May 17, 1878: Bud Fowler becomes the first Black player in Organized Baseball – Society for American Baseball Research](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/FowlerBud-385x423.jpg)