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Pages in category "Nigerian baseball players" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. O. Wande Olabisi;
Babawande Onaolapo Olabisi is a former professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres.He played college baseball at Stanford University. [1] Olabisi is the first Nigerian-born player to be selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft and the first to play affiliated baseball.
Kenny Adeleke (born 1983) – basketball player; Giannis Antetokounmpo (born Adétòkunbọ̀ in 1994) – 2-time NBA MVP and 2021 NBA Finals MVP for the Milwaukee Bucks. His parents are Nigerian, and though he was born in Athens, Greece, he did not receive Greek citizenship until 2013. According to Giannis, him and his brothers grew up in a ...
[6] [7] And in another example, Marcus Stroman played for the United States in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, but played for Puerto Rico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. [8] 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 ...
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Major League Baseball players by national origin (52 C, 1 P) * Expatriate baseball players by nationality (25 C) + ... Nigerian baseball players (2 P)
Mudcat Grant in 2011. The Black Aces are a group of African-American pitchers who have won at least 20 games during a single Major League Baseball (MLB) season. The term comes from the title of a 2007 book by MLB pitcher Mudcat Grant (1935–2021), one of the members of the group. [1]
He holds MLB’s all-time highest average (.489) and on-base percentage (.505) in that situation (minimum 100 plate appearances), going 43-for-88 with 11 walks – including 8-for-9 with a walk in ...