MLBbros Comprised 10.3 % Percent Of 260 Opening Day Starters | Black List By The Numbers
The 2024 MLB season kicked off with a packed Opening Day slate of games and the MLBbros were well represented in various starting lineups.
Bros By The Numbers: Opening Day 2024
- 16 MLB teams started Black and brown players on Opening Day.
- 27 MLBbros in total hit the diamond for the start of the 162-game campaign. There were 26 games played and 260 players started.
- MLBbros comprised 10.3% of the total starters on Opening Day.
- Outfielders comprised more than half of the MLBbro Opening Day starters, filling 14 slots.
- The soul patrollers were followed in representation by shortstops (5).
- First baseman, DH and third baseman had 2 MLBbro starters at each position.
- There was one pitcher and also one second baseman out of the group.
Black Managers
Dave Roberts and Ron Washington are the only two Black managers in MLB, with Dusty Baker riding off into the sunset last season.
Rookies
Masyn Winn and Victor Scott II (St. Louis Cardinals) and Oakland A’s Lawrence Butler are MLBbro rookies who got the start on Opening Day.
Here’s The Black List for Opening Day 2024
LA Angels
Aaron Hicks (RF)
Baltimore Orioles
Cedric Mullins (CF)
Washington Nationals
Josiah Gray (P)
Cincinnati Reds
San Francisco Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Masyn Winn (SS)
LA Dodgers
Mookie Betts (SS)
Toronto Blue Jays
Minnesota Twins
Pittsburgh Pirates
Andrew McCutchen (DH)
Miami Marlins
New York Yankees
Texas Rangers
Arizona Diamondbacks
Seattle Mariners
Oakland As
The Mets vs Brewers and Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies openers were postponed until March 29 due to inclement weather.
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