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.
Now hereâs some great Major League Baseball Trivia. Tallest: Relief pitcher Jon Rauch debuted with the Chicago White Sox in 2002. Heâs played for seven teams, won an Olympic gold medal in baseball in the 2000 Olympics, and at a height of 6â11â heâs the tallest player in MLB history. Shortest: As a publicity stunt in 1951, St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck hired a 26-year-old little person named Eddie Gaedel to take the plate in a game.