Charles Grant Jr.nearly crossed the baseball color line decades before a second baseman who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in what year?
Charlie Grant: Charles Grant Jr. (August 31, 1874 – July 9, 1932) was an African American second baseman in Negro League baseball. Charlie Grant:  Grant nearly crossed the baseball color line decades before Jackie Robinson when Major League Baseball manager John McGraw attempted to pass him off as a Native American named "Tokohama". Jackie Robinson: Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Jackie Robinson:  Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
1962