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Mary Elizabeth Murphy (April 13, 1894 – July 27, 1964), known as "The Queen of Baseball", was the first woman to play baseball against major league players, in 1922. She played baseball for seventeen years as a first baseman; she also played on several all-star teams and was the first person of either sex to play on both American and National league baseball All-Star teams.
Luis Miguel Castro (November 25, 1876 – September 24, 1941), nicknamed "Jud" and "Count", was a professional baseball infielder who was born in Medellín, Colombia.He is considered the first Latin American to play in recognized Major League Baseball.
Osvaldo José Virgil Pichardo (May 17, 1932 – September 29, 2024) was a Dominican professional baseball player and coach. He was the first person from the Dominican Republic to play in Major League Baseball (MLB), appearing in 324 MLB games between 1956 and 1969 as a utility player for the New York / San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and the ...
Osvaldo "Ozzie" Virgil Sr., the first player from the Dominican Republic to play Major League Baseball, has died. He was 92 years old. Virgil played for five teams during his nine seasons in the ...
That same year, he was one of 30 players elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. [193] That same year, he was ranked No. 44 on The Sporting News list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players" in 1999. [272] In 2020, The Athletic ranked Robinson at number 42 on its "Baseball 100" list, complied by sportswriter Joe Posnanski. [273]
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He was an All-Star seven consecutive times, [2] a Triple Crown winner once, [3] an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player twice, [3] and a member of six World Series champion teams. He had a career .340 batting average, .632 slugging average, and a .447 on-base average.
The list is based on players' birthplaces and each location's current country, per detailed records at Baseball-Reference.com. [a] For example, a player born in Berlin would be included with other players born in present-day Germany, even if when the player was born it might have been part of East Germany or West Germany. [b]
Referred to by teammates as "Barry Bonds," Boston Red Sox prospect Kristian Campbell put on a hitting clinic across three levels to earn the 2024 USA TODAY Sports Minor League Player of the Year ...