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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 ...
Players in bold are still active in MLB, as of 2022. Since 1956 a large number of baseball players of Dominican origin have played in Major League Baseball in the United States, with the Dominican Republic being the second country in the world after the United States with the most current baseball players in MLB.
The globalization of baseball has been occurring since its inception. After an influx of players from western Europe in early years, the major leagues came to see fewer European players and more players from Latin America. Players born in over 50 countries and on every continent except Antarctica have now appeared in major league games ...
In 1956, Ozzie Virgil Sr. became the first Dominican-born player in MLB history. "Virgil should be for my country as important as [Jackie] Robinson [is] to the African-American," Ortiz told ESPN ...
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Felipe Rojas Alou (born May 12, 1935) is a Dominican former Major League Baseball outfielder, first baseman, coach and manager. He managed the Montreal Expos (1992–2001) and the San Francisco Giants (2003–2006).
Pedro Guerrero (born June 29, 1956) is a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball from 1978 to 1992 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals.