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.
Robinson, the first African American to play major professional baseball, made his debut as a Dodger in 1947 and won the first Rookie of the Year award. The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field on September 24, 1957, which the Dodgers won 2â0 over the Pittsburgh Pirates.