Puerto Rico baseball

By Dan Bi

  • First organized baseball game

    Played between the Borinquen team and the Almendares team, Borinquen won 3-0.

  • First Puerto Rican player to play in Negro League

    Emilio "Millito" Navarro of the Cuban Stars beacme the first Puerto Rican player to play in Negro League

  • First player to play in the Major Leagues

    The first player to play was Hiram Bithorn of the Chicago Cubs

  • First player to play in a World Series game.

    Luis Olmo of the Brooklyn Dodgers became the first player to play in a World Series game

  • First Baseball World Cup win

    It was also Puerto Rico's only win

  • First Hispanic to reach 3,000 hits

    Roberto Clemente became the first hispanic to reach 3,000 hits

  • First Puerto Rican born player to be put in the Hall of Fames

    Shortly after Roberto Clemente's death in a plane crash, he became the first Puerto Rican born player to be put in the Hall of Fames

  • Player of Puerto Rican heritage enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame

    Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson, son of a Puerto Rican, was enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame

  • Major League Baseball opening day in Puerto Rico.

    The game was played in the Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays