A while back I had posted a column on Dan Bankhead, the first African-American pitcher in MLB. I knew the answer to that trivia question. To this one I did not know the answer. Namely, who was the first Puerto Rican player to play at the MLB level with the Dodgers? He was not the first to play MLB coming in second but was the first position player from Puerto Rico to make it to the top.
The first player from Puerto Rico to play MLB was right-hander Hiram Bithorn who made his debut with the Chicago Cubs in 1942 and was an 18-game winner in 1943.