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Posted By: Nickinvegas

Joe,
Good point regarding Ballan. Although some consider the NY(Haymakers&Mutuals)teams of 1871-73 to be professional teams. In my opinion I do not consider them to be organized Major League baseball teams. I would say they were considerd professional Minor League teams. Although many historians feel they were major leauge teams.

There seems to be some disagreement as to who was the first latin player to play MLB. Most credit Marsans and Almeida with this honor. Almeida is a bit of an afterthought as the number of games he played was minimal. Many consider Marsans to be the first Black player of the century as he was a dark skinned cuban.

I consider Luis "Jud" Castro to be the first Latin player in organized major league baseball:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/castrlu01.shtml

Not much of a carrer, but he was part of a championship team!

Anyway, I've gone on...

Regards,
Nick