<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpsie_Green" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pumpsie Green">Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green</a> becomes the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African-American_firsts" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of African-American firsts">African-American</a> to play for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, the last team to integrate. He came in as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinch_runner" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pinch runner">pinch runner</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Wertz" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vic Wertz">Vic Wertz</a> and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>.