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Buck OâNeil, Negro Leagues Pioneer, Is Dead at 94. Buck OâNeil, a star first baseman and manager in the Negro leagues and a pioneering scout and coach in the major leagues who devoted the final decade of his life to chronicling the lost world of black baseball, died last night in Kansas City, Mo. He was 94.
Buck O'Neill was the first African American hired as a coach for a team in MLB. He was hired by the Chicago Cubs in May, 1962. (Just heard on WGN broadcast that Ernie Banks in 1973 managed a game after the Cubs Whitey Lockman was tossed out of a game, so technically he was the first black to manage a game.