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1st Mexican MLB player's debut...
1st Mexican MLB player's debut...
Item # 571339
September 09, 1933
THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 9, 1933
* Mel Almada - Boston Red Sox
* 1st Mexican player debut
* Major league baseball MLB
This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 17 that include:
* TIGERS ANNEX TWO FROM THE RED SOX
and more with box scores. (see)
Tells of the doubleheader between the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers. Mel Almada made his major league debut in the outfield at Fenway Park. He became the very 1st Mexican to play in the major leagues on this day.
Though not mentioned in the text, you can see his name in the box scores.
Other news of the day throughout. Rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: Baldomero "Mel" Almada (February 7, 1913 – August 13, 1988) was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1933 through 1939 for the Boston Red Sox (1933-37), Washington Senators (1937-38), St. Louis Browns (1938-39) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1939). He batted and threw left-handed.
A native of Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico, Almada made history by becoming the first Mexican baseball player to play in the Major Leagues.
Almada was signed by the Boston Red Sox out of the Pacific Coast League. He made his Major League debut with the Red Sox on September 8, 1933, batting .344 in 14 games that season. He became an everyday player in 1935, appearing in 151 games and finishing with a .290 average and 20 stolen bases.
Category: The 20th Century
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