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Major League Baseball has never had a player whose last name starts with X. Joe Xavier, who made it to AAA in 1989-90, is as close as any X player has gotten.
Until now.
Major League Baseball’s decision to reclassify some of the Negro Leagues as “major league” changes that. The Negro American League – once of the reclassified leagues – had a man by the name of Leovigildo Xiques, who played for the (Cincinnati and) Indianapolis Clowns.
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Love it! Now when can we get those sweet Negro League DTs?