Fifty years ago today, Dave McKay (Vancouver, B.C.) became the first - and still only - Canadian to hit a home run in their first major league at bat.
August 22, 1975 – Dave McKay becomes the first Canadian to homer in their first MLB at bat
Forty-nine years ago, Dave McKay became the first Canadian to homer in their first MLB at bat
Forty-nine years ago today, Dave McKay (Vancouver, B.C.) homered in his first MLB at bat. He is the only Canadian to accomplish that feat.
August 24, 1993: Kevin Reimer becomes first Canadian to register six hits in a MLB game
It would’ve been understandable if Kevin Reimer was too exhausted to savour the fact that he had just made Canadian baseball history. After all, on August 24, 1993, when the left-handed hitting slugger became the first and only Canadian to record six hits in a major league game, he accomplished this in a grueling, extra-inning... Continue Reading →