Charlie Morton

Charles Hazen Morton (October 12, 1854 – December 9, 1921) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder, manager, and League executive. As a manager, he led a team whose members included the first African-American players in Major League history.

After retiring from the major leagues, Morton served intermittently as an official and went on to become an influential minor league baseball executive.

Major league career Morton played for, and managed in, the American Association, with the Toledo Blue Stockings in and the Detroit Wolverines in . He played one season prior to managing, , and managed the Toledo Maumees after his playing career was over. He compiled a career managerial record of 121 wins and 153 losses.

He was the manager for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings, who had transferred into the American Association from the Northwestern League after the season. It was this team that included Moses Fleetwood Walker and his brother Welday Walker, who are now considered the first African-American players to play in Major League Baseball. By the end of its seven-year lifespan, the league had enlisted the membership of no less than 40 ball clubs based in over 20 cities. He died in Massillon, Ohio at the age of 67, and was buried at Glendale Cemetery in Akron, Ohio.