 Vick made his Major League Baseball ( MLB ) debut with the Yankees on September 20 , 1917 . He finished the season with the Yankees , playing in 10 games , all in right field . In 36 at bats during that stretch , he collected 10 hits for a .278 batting average . He played in just two games during the early part of the 1918 season , before being drafted into the military . The first appearance occurred on April 19 , in the second game of a double header against the Boston Red Sox . He relieved starting right fielder Frank Gilhooley late in the game , and collected a hit in each of his two at bats in against Red Sox pitcher , Babe Ruth . He had a run batted in ( RBI ) and scored a run in the game , although the Red Sox won the game by a score of 9 to 5 . His other appearance that season was as a pinch hitter in a game against the Washington Senators on April 25 , and failed to collect a hit . 
