1929 — Cleveland’s Earl Averill became the first American League player to hit a home run in his first major league plate appearance. The Indians won the game 5-4 in 11 innings on Carl Lind’s double.

Before Shohei Ohtani arrived, Ichiro Suzuki was the best Japanese player to ever suit up in Major League Baseball. Ichiro was quite the pitcher growing up, too, although he wasn't a two-way player in ...

Major League Baseball returns to Japan to open the 2019 season. The 2019 regular season started off with an exciting Opening Series between the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle M ...