I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise.

Flood signed with the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1956 and made a handful of appearances for the team in 1956-57 before being traded to the Cardinals in December 1957. In 1988 he was named commissioner of the short-lived Senior Professional Baseball Association. 310.

Flood became one of the pivotal figures in the sport's labor history when he refused to accept a trade following the 1969 season ultimately appealing his case to the U. Supreme Court. Curtis Charles Flood (January 18 1938 – January 20 1997) was a Major League Baseball player who spent most of his career as a center fielder for the St.