Use of the word vocation before the sixteenth century referred firstly to the call by God to an individual, or calling of all humankind to salvation, particularly in the Vulgate, and more specifically to the vocation to the priesthood or to the religious life, which is still the usual sense in Roman Catholicism.
He was born in San Pedro, Californiaâ¦.   The first Filipino born player to play in MLB was Bobby Chouinard of the Oakland Athletics who played his first MLB game on May 26, 1996. Chouinard was born in Manila.
Jackie plays his first professional baseball game for the Montreal Royals at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey. Joe Cummiskey of the Jersey Journal wrote: Jackie Robinson, first Negro player ever to play in organized baseball, broke in yesterday with the Montreal Royals-and with a bang. He smashed out four hits in five times up-a homer with two men on base and three singles.