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According to numbers published by the Major League Baseball Players Association, the average player salary in 1969 was $24,909. The league minimum that season was $10,000.
The first hispanic baseball player elected into the Hall of Fame was Roberto Clemente in 1973.
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The minimum salary for the 2009 season is $400,000 according to major league players association.
The first Latin American player in the modern era of MLB was Luis Castro who played with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1902. Castro was born in Medellin, Columbia. Estaban Bellan from Cuba played for the Troy Haymakers of the National Association in 1871. The National Association was the predecessor of the National League.
The Major League baseball Most Valuable Player awards were established in 1931 by the Baseball Writers Association of America and have always been called the Most Valuable Player Awards.
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None. The Major League's Most Valuable Player awards are voted on awards by the Baseball Writers Association.
This question has been asked and answered several times. The first African-American major league baseball player(s) by all accounts seems to be the brothers Fleet and Welday Walker, who played for Toledo in the American Association, then consided a "major" league, in 1884.
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I always believe that baseball is won with pitching. Therefore I think Juan Marichal should be considered alongside Clemente, but obviously this in no way diminishes Clemente's impact on the game.