How Mel Almada Made MLB History When His Red Sox Career Started

Amada grew up in Los Angeles, where he became a standout high school athlete in baseball, football and track for Los Angeles High School. After graduating in 1932, he signed with the Pacific Coast League’s Seattle Indians, for whom his older brother Louis already was playing. It didn’t take long for Mel Almada’s potential to garner attention, and then-Red Sox general manager Eddie Collins signed him in 1933.

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