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Fictional pitcher in the move Major League (and Major League 2) and also known as "Wild Thing". Charlie Sheen starred as Rick Vaughn, a "graduate" of the California Penal League who became a member of a misfit Cleveland Indians team that defied all odds to make movie magic and contend. Rick Vaughn was the closer in the first Major League who had control issues, but threw very hard.
He bunted the ball and safely made it to first base.
Kevin Costner's character, Crash Davis, in the movie "Bull Durham," is often associated with the nickname "Crash." However, if you are referring to an actual Major League Baseball player, there is no player with the nickname "Crash" that stands out in particular.
Charlie Sheen as Rick Wild Thing Vaughn in Major League The Movie 1989 Charlie Sheen was not an MLB player. Mitch Williams, a relief pitcher who played with the Rangers, Cubs, Phillies, Astros, Angels, and Royals between 1986-1997, was known as the Wild Thing.
In 1884, two bothers, Fleet and Welday Walker, black Americans, played for Toledo in the American Association which was considered a Major League at the time. In the modern era, of course, Jackie Robinson is considered the first African American player when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.