This day in baseball: Luis Castro’s major league debut
Posted: April 23, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Connie Mack, history, Luis Castro, Major League Baseball, MLB, Orlando Ramirez, Philadelphia Athletics, sports Leave a commentLuis Castro made his major league debut on April 23, 1902, making him the first player from Colombia to play in the big leagues. Castro took the field at second base for Connie Mack’s Philadelphia’s A’s in an 8-1 victory over the Orioles at Oriole Park that day. The 25-year-old Medellin native would play in 42 games that year and would also prove to be the last player from Colombia to appear in major league baseball until Orlando Ramirez broke in with the Angels in 1974.
Castro in 1902 (Wikipedia)
