Tom Alston
Tom Alston was born on January 31, 1926. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Tom Alston
Thomas Edison Alston (January 31, 1926 – December 30, 1993) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1954 to 1957, the first African-American to do so. A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, he stood 6'5" (200 cm) and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg). Alston was acquired by St. Louis via a trade with the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League, where he played in 180 games in 1953, on January 26, 1954, after team president Gussie Busch told manager Eddie Stanky to find a black player. Not only did Busch think excluding blacks from…