1911, Sept 27 - "Real Indians" in the National League

1911, The Raleigh Times   9/27/1911

Mike Balenti - July 3, 1886 to August 4, 1955 - was also the Indian shortstop of the St. Louis Browns, a former Carlisle student (Class of 1909), a football coach and was a member of the Carlisle Indian eleven. 

Zachariah Davis "Zack" Wheat (Cherokee/English)  - May 23, 1888 – March 11, 1972, nicknamed "Buck", was a Major League Baseball left fielder for Brooklyn in the National League. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1959. In 1981,Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.