Ozzie Virgil Sr. opened the door for many Dominicans to play in the MLB He made his MLB debut in 1956 and played in the Majors for nine seasons Ozzie Virgil Sr, the first Dominican to ever play in ...

By Richard Goldstein Ozzie Virgil Sr., who became the first Dominican native in major league baseball when he played third base for the New York Giants in 1956, and who took the field two years ...

Ozzie Virgil Sr. died recently at age 92. That probably doesn’t mean a lot to most people. It may not even mean a lot to most baseball fans, even though what he did for a living was to play ...

Ozzie Virgil Sr., the first Dominican-born baseball player in the major leagues, has died, MLB announced Sunday. He was 92. Virgil became the first nonwhite Detroit Tigers player when he joined ...

Ozzie Virgil Sr., the first Dominican-born baseball player in the major leagues, has died, MLB announced Sunday. He was 92. Virgil became the first nonwhite Detroit Tigers player when he joined the ...