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Yes.
Lou Gehrig played baseball as a first baseman. Not soccer.
Lou Gehrig played his first game at Yankee Stadium, on June 15, 1923.
Lou Gehrig's Major League debut was on June 15, 1923 as a pinch hitter.
Yes, most major league players make their first great leap to the major leagues from Triple-A affiliates.
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The first African-American player in the major leagues was Jackie Robinson. The Brooklyn Dodgers played him for the first time on April 15, 1947.
No. In the modern era, Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in the Major Leagues.
In 1960, both the American and National leagues still had eight teams, and both leagues played 154 game schedules
Who was the second black player to play in the modern major leagues and the first to do so in the American League?