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History of the Integration Era

The Integration Era starts five years before baseball integrated players of color. This is because World War 2 had a massive impact
on the playerbase, sending over 1300 players into war, 29 of which were Hall of Famers. Ted Williams is a player who sticks out from
this era, missing out on almost 5 whole seasons of baseball due to WW2, as well as the Korean War. Even with all this, he still managed
to be known as the greatest hitter of all time. Back to the Integration Era, the well-known Jackie Robinson wasn't actually the first
player of color in the sport. It was Moses Fleetwood Walker who played six decades prior to Robinson. Though that may be the case,
the MLB only started formerly allowing players of color around the time that Jackie Robinson joined the league. Along with him, players
like Hank Aaron and Willie Mays joined the league during the Integration Era and went on to be some of the best players the sport has
ever seen, Aaron holding the home run record for many years with 755 in his career.