Ozzie Virgil Sr., the first Dominican-born player to appear in the major leagues, has died, MLB announced Sunday. He was 92.

Osvaldo "Ozzie" Virgil Sr., the first Dominican-born player to appear in a Major League Baseball game, has died, MLB announced Sunday. He was 92. Virgil was born in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic, and emigrated to the Bronx as a child with his family.

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 later as the Detroit Tigers’ first Black player, died on Sunday at his home in Monte Cristi, a city near the Dominican Republics’s border with Haiti. He was 92.

Osvaldo Virgil Sr., or Ozzie Virgil, the first Dominican-born player in American League/National League history, has passed away at 92. Nine years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball,

Virgil became the first nonwhite Detroit Tigers player when he joined the team in 1958 via trade, 11 years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. He was the Tigers' first Latino player and at the time,

Osvaldo "Ozzie" Virgil Sr., the first player from the Dominican Republic to play Major League Baseball, has died. He was 92 years old. Virgil played for five teams during his nine seasons in the Major Leagues,