The Farnham Pirates were a minor league baseball team located in

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, Canada. They played in the

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from 1948 to 1951. The team was managed by

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, who was a

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. He was the first black coach in Minor League Baseball. Outfielder Fred Thomas played 58 games in the 1948 season batting .351 which caught the attention of

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scouts. He was selected by the

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to join the Wilkes-Barre Barons farm-team who played in the Eastern League, where he was the first black player in the league.

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