Puerto Rico baseball

First organized baseball game

Jan 11, 1898

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

First Puerto Rican player to play in Negro League

Jan 1, 1928

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

Jan 1, 1942

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

First player to play in a World Series game.

Jan 1, 1949

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

First Baseball World Cup win

Jan 1, 1951

It was also Puerto Rico's only win

First Hispanic to reach 3,000 hits

Jan 1, 1972

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

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

Jan 1, 1973

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

Jan 1, 1993

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.

Apr 1, 2001

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