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This list consists of players who have appeared in Major League Baseball. Note that the list also includes players who appeared in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, which is not universally considered a major league. The list is broken down into a page of each letter to reduce the size.
As such, player representation by birth spans to 25 countries as of the 2022 MLB season, with the United States topping the list at 1,057 players called up to 26-man rosters. [9] The most represented overseas country is the Dominican Republic, with 171 players called up to 26-man rosters. [9]
Robinson became the first player since 1884 to openly break the major league baseball color line. Black fans began flocking to see the Dodgers when they came to town, abandoning their Negro league teams. [94] Robinson's promotion met a generally positive, although mixed, reception among newspapers and white major league players.
The 1958 Major League Baseball season began to turn Major League Baseball into a nationwide league. Walter O'Malley, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers and "perhaps the most influential owner of baseball's early expansion era," [69] moved his team to Los Angeles, marking the first major league franchise on the West Coast. [70]
Justin Verlander is the oldest active MLB player.. This is a list of Baseball players.Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization in North America. The oldest person ever to play MLB was Satchel Paige, who, at the age of 59, made a major league appearance twelve years after his Major League career had ended.
Pages in category "Lists of Major League Baseball players by national origin" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
For lists of MLB players' batting and pitching accomplishments, see: Category:Major League Baseball lists. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
National Association players are included in the major league records of sites such as Baseball-Reference.com and Retrosheet, thus are also included here. The European countries highlighted in blue have had a least one player born there play in a major league game, through the 2019 season.