Who Was The First Mlb Baseball Player To Walk On A Baseball Field?
The answer to this question has always been in dispute.
Because the first person on the field prior to game time was an umpire. But, he was a baseball player before he retired and then became an umpire.
So I guess that question could be "the first umpire and ball player" were the same person. And then it depends on which Record Book you believe. One says Billy 'Big Boy' Phillips, and another says, Robert 'Bullet Bob' Pendergrass.
Take your choice.
Here are a few 'firsts' from by 'Book of Firsts':
1st homerun NL - Ross Barnes, Chicago, May 2, 1876 and Charlie Jones, Cincinnati, May 2, 1876
AL - Erve Beck, Cleveland, April 25, 1901
1st pinch-hit grandslam NL - Mike O'Neill, St. Louis, June 3, 1902
AL - Marty Kavanagh, Cleveland, Sept. 24, 1916
1st lefthanded catcher - Bill Harbidge, Hartford, May 6, 1876
1st lefdthanded pitcher - Bobby Mitchell, Cincinnati, 1878
1st pitcher to wear glasses - Will White, Boston, 1877
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