Tom Alston Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: R Height: 77 Weight: 210 Born: Sunday, January 31, 1926 in Greensboro, NC USA Died: 12 30 1993 in Winston-Salem, NC USA Debut: 4/13/1954 Last Game: 9/29/1957 Full Name: Thomas Edison Alston
Seven years after the team had threatened to strike because of the integration of baseball by Jackie Robinson, North Carolina A&T graduate Tom Alston becomes the first black player to appear in a Cardinals uniform. The highly-touted first baseman, acquired from the PCL’s San Diego club in exchange for veteran infielder Dick Sisler and $100,000, pops out to first base in his first major league at-bat.
On Opening Day off Chicago hurler Paul Milner, Wally Moon hits a home run in his first major league at-bat. The 24 year-old Cardinal center fielder, who will be selected as the National League’s Rookie of the Year, will also homer in the last at-bat of his freshman season.
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