MLB Scores An "A" For Racial Diversity

League's Racial, Gender Diversity Get High Marks, Report Says

(CBS)  On the 62nd anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier, the Major Leagues scored an "A" for its racial hiring practices, according to The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport.

Major League Baseball enters the 2009 season with 10 minority managers, matching a 2002 record, and an all-time high five general managers. The league's grade for gender is slightly worse, but still represents an improvement from last year - up from a score of 76 to 81, which is good for a "B+."

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The 2009 Racial and Gender Report Card: Major League Baseball

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The report also showed that the number of African-American players, in decline for the last 15 years, actually rose to 10.2 percent from a record low of 8.2 percent last season.

According to the report:

39.6 percent of Major League players are people of color - 27 percent Latino, 10.2 percent African-American and 2.4 percent Asian.

The percentage of Latino and Asian players declined by 2.1 and 0.4 percentage points, respectively.

As of Opening Day, 28 percent of Major League players are foreign born, representing 15 countries and territories.

The racial breakdown of MLB's minority managers is: five African-American, four Latino and one Asian-American.

In 2008, minorities held 33.4 percent of coaching positions in the league, a increase of 2.4 percentage points from 2007.

The Boston Red Sox led the league with with seven women in vice president positions. The San Francisco Giants were second with six. Half of all MLB teams have at least one woman in a vice president position.

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by oftencensord April 15, 2009 6:59 PM EDT

I know baseball lovers really love statistics, but this is ridiculous and has nothing to with baseball. Perhaps you need to start keeping a separate set of statistics for each player 's racial ethnic or religious voting block you think they belong to, so you can draw some political social conclusions ! Your racist assumptions are a disgrace, and only add unwanted tension between me and this other guy just trying to live in this messed up America ...together!

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by Cxa44 April 15, 2009 6:18 PM EDT

Racial Diversity.. Because it feels good.. That's the important thing.. Not who's the best, but how we feeeel..

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by cockroachcrusher April 15, 2009 4:09 PM EDT

Too bad Hollywood movies and TV can't do they same. That place still is one of the last bastions of racial stereotyping and exclusion. Sorry Hollywood, the White and Black buddy movies were tired when you first started them, and they are sick now. There are other Americans out there that are not being fairly portrayed in movies or TV.

All we see is White or Black. I guess Afro-Americans are the stand in for all other races out there that are taking an active part of American culture, from scientists to judges. Come on. Oh, yeah, the Asian doctor, I guess, cus' Hollywood says "they're smurt." That's it with very few exceptions. Gee, there was even a movie with a character called Cruz played by one red headed White guy who made no pretense to being Latino.

Hollywood segregationist policies live on.

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by dhutch88 April 15, 2009 1:01 PM EDT

Well gee whiz now we can all rest. Lets not give jobs to the most deserving, lets make sure we have ever nationality represented. What a load of crap. If your good you get the job. If your not, find another occupation.

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by clowry1611 April 15, 2009 12:59 PM EDT

so as long as you are racially diversified you can use steroids, lol

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by eyesupremacy April 15, 2009 12:51 PM EDT

What grade did NASCAR get???



LMAO

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by eyesupremacy April 15, 2009 12:50 PM EDT

What grade did the NHL get?


LOL

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by vancouverboo April 15, 2009 12:41 PM EDT

Basketball and Football, on the other hand, are way out of line, far too high a percentage of Black Boys.

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[oftencensord]

I know baseball lovers really love statistics, but this is ridiculous and has nothing to with baseball. Perhaps you need to start keeping a separate set of statistics for each player 's racial ethnic or religious voting block you think they belong to, so you can draw some political social conclusions ! Your racist assumptions are a disgrace, and only add unwanted tension between me and this other guy just trying to live in this messed up America ...together!

[Cxa44]

Racial Diversity.. Because it feels good.. That's the important thing.. Not who's the best, but how we feeeel..

[cockroachcrusher]

Too bad Hollywood movies and TV can't do they same. That place still is one of the last bastions of racial stereotyping and exclusion. Sorry Hollywood, the White and Black buddy movies were tired when you first started them, and they are sick now. There are other Americans out there that are not being fairly portrayed in movies or TV.

All we see is White or Black. I guess Afro-Americans are the stand in for all other races out there that are taking an active part of American culture, from scientists to judges. Come on. Oh, yeah, the Asian doctor, I guess, cus' Hollywood says "they're smurt." That's it with very few exceptions. Gee, there was even a movie with a character called Cruz played by one red headed White guy who made no pretense to being Latino.

Hollywood segregationist policies live on.

[dhutch88]

Well gee whiz now we can all rest. Lets not give jobs to the most deserving, lets make sure we have ever nationality represented. What a load of crap. If your good you get the job. If your not, find another occupation.

[clowry1611]

so as long as you are racially diversified you can use steroids, lol

[eyesupremacy]

What grade did NASCAR get???



LMAO

[eyesupremacy]

What grade did the NHL get?


LOL

[vancouverboo]

Basketball and Football, on the other hand, are way out of line, far too high a percentage of Black Boys.