John Fallings

A native of Lamar County, Georgia, Fallings began his baseball career with the Atlantic Black Crackers at age 16 in the early 1940s.^[2]

During World War II, he served in the United States Army and was discharged on March 6, 1946.^[3][4]

By 1947, he had joined the New York Black Yankees.^[5] He appeared in one documented Negro National League game, pitching 2.0 innings in relief on May 16, 1947 in a game against the Baltimore Elite Giants.^[6] In June 1947, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle speculated that Fallings could be the first Black pitcher to enter the major leagues,^[2] one month before Dan Bankhead would accomplish the feat with the Brooklyn Dodgers.^[7] He later appeared in a game against the Negro American League's Chicago American Giants on August 7.^[8] Fallings was one of eight players to return to the team for the 1948 season.^[9]

Though primarily a pitcher, he also played left field.^[10] Fallings died in Atlanta, Georgia in 1983 at age 56.

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