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.
FIRST STRIKEOUT: Sutcliffe struck out Cleveland right fielder Mark Whiten in the second inning. FIRST HOME RUN: Cleveland's Paul Sorrento (3-run homer) FIRST ORIOLES HOME RUN: Mike Devereaux, leading off the fourth inning (off Cleveland's Jack Armstrong), April 9.