The first Hispanic player?

September 4, 2007

From Smithsonian.com, this piece by Ian Herbert which speculates on the identity of the
first Hispanic player.

“…why all the mystery surrounding someone who appears to have had little to no impact on the game of baseball? The answer lies in the most basic of details: Castro’s birthplace.”

Until 2001, Castro was listed in the official records as being bornin Medellin, Colombia—not New York City. That would make Castro thefirst foreign-born Hispanic to play Major League ball. That’s a prestigious historical role, considering that at the start of the2007 season, nearly 25 percent of Major League Baseball’s players
were from Mexico, South America or the Caribbean.”

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