Lou Chiozza

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Louis Peo Chiozza

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 172 lb.

• Debut April 17, 1934
• Final Game July 17, 1939
• Born May 17, 1910 in Tallulah, LA USA
• Died February 28, 1971 in Memphis, TN USA

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Baseball changed dramatically in 1935 with the introduction of Major League Baseball under the lights. President Franklin Roosevelt threw the light switch to the historic first Major League night game from the White House six hundred miles away from Crosley Field. The first MLB night game ever played was the Cincinnati Reds against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 24, 1935. Lou Chiozza was the first major league baseball player to come to bat in a night-time baseball game.

Brother of Dino Chiozza

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