[PAR] [TLE] Louis Sockalexis [SEP] Louis Francis Sockalexis (October 24, 1871 – December 24, 1913), nicknamed The Deerfoot of the Diamond, was an American baseball player.  Sockalexis played professional baseball in the National League for three seasons, spending his entire career (1897-1899) as an outfielder for the Cleveland Spiders. [PAR] [TLE] Joe Visner [SEP] Joseph Paul Visner (born "Joseph Paul Vezina": September 27, 1859 – June 17, 1945) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball outfielder and catcher born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  He played from 1885 to 1891, mostly in the American Association.  Visner also has the distinction of being one of the few Native Americans to play professionally in the years prior to the arrival of the much more famous Louis Sockalexis.
[PAR] [TLE] Louis Sockalexis [ SEP ] Louis Francis Sockalexis ( October 24 , 1871 – December 24 , 1913 ) , nicknamed The Deerfoot of the Diamond , was an American baseball player . Sockalexis played professional baseball in the National League for three seasons , spending his entire career ( 1897 - 1899 ) as an outfielder for the Cleveland Spiders . [PAR] [TLE] Joe Visner [ SEP ] Joseph Paul Visner ( born " Joseph Paul Vezina " : September 27 , 1859 – June 17 , 1945 ) was a 19th - century Major League Baseball outfielder and catcher born in Minneapolis , Minnesota . He played from 1885 to 1891 , mostly in the American Association . Visner also has the distinction of being one of the few Native Americans to play professionally in the years prior to the arrival of the much more famous Louis Sockalexis .
Who was a Native American to play professional baseball and was nicknamed The deerfoot of the diamond?
Who was a Native American to play professional baseball and was nicknamed The deerfoot of the diamond ?
Louis Sockalexis
Louis Sockalexis