Sandy Nava

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vincent P. "Sandy" Nava (April 12, 1850 - June 15, 1906) was an American 19th century Major League Baseball player for five seasons from 1882 through 1886. Nava was the first known Mexican American and second Hispanic baseball player to play in the Majors, behind Steve Bellán.Born as Vincent Irwin in San Francisco, California, Sandy made his Major League debut for the 1882 Providence Grays as a catcher. He was brought in to be fellow San Francisco native Charlie Sweeney's catcher.