Walter Mueller
Baseball
Walter was also the father to Don Mueller, who also played in the major leagues, during in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as the brother of fellow major leaguer, Heinie Mueller.\n', '
He began the 1922 season with the Pirates, but he sat on the bench for three weeks before the team\'s manager, George Gibson, gave him a chance to play. In the early 1920s, Pittsburgh did not play baseball within the state borders on Sundays, due to Pennsylvania\'s blue laws. Therefore, he Pirates interrupted a home stand to travel to Cubs Park for a one-day trip on Sunday, May 7, 1922 to play the Chicago Cubs. During that game, Mueller became the first major leaguer ever to hit a home run off the first pitch thrown to him in the major leagues. The pitch that resulted in the historic home run, was thrown by future Hall of Famer, Grover Cleveland Alexander. Later in the game, Mueller added another RBI for the…
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