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Tom Alston

1926–1993

United States

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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).

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