SAN DIEGO – There were large numbers in Major League Baseball during the San Diego Padres‘ Win 16-1 blowout over Seattle, and it had nothing to do with runs.
At the Mariners Backup Catcher Jose Godoy He made his big league debut on Friday night and became the 20,000th player in MLB history.
There was no fanfare at Petco Park as Godoy made the sixth inning and the Mariners fell 12-1. The 26-year-old from Venezuela, who signed with St. Louis in 2011 and joined the Seattle system last winter, dropped out and went on his two record appearances.
But to fans who followed the procession to 20,000 on the website’s Twitter posts Céspedes family grillIt was a big deal.
Jose Godoy dropped out and went on to make two record appearances on his historic MLB debut. Matt Thomas / San Diego Padres / Getty Images
The Mariners were also enthusiastic and marked the occasion with an answer in “Jeopardy!” – Style on: “Who is José Godoy?”
“Who is José Godoy?”
Welcome to the show and baseball trivia lore, José! pic.twitter.com/U8U1zC2iqi
– Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) May 22, 2021
The list of great players began in 1871 and goes from A to Z – there has never been a player whose last name began with X, although there have been several whose first names began this way, including the Red Sox star Xander Bogaerts.
First in the alphabetical table is pitcher David Aardsma, who came out on top ahead of Hank Aaron when he started for San Francisco in 2004. Aardsma’s last season was 2015 – that was the same year that the last player on the list, pitcher Tony Zych, made his Mariners debut.
Of the total of 20,000 players, 266 have reached the Hall of Fame. Walter Alston played two innings in his only game for the Cardinals in 1936, struck in his lone stroke and made a mistake on first base – and later reached Cooperstown as the longtime manager of the Dodgers.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
