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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]
The seven major Negro leagues from 1920 to 1948 were officially recognized as "major leagues" in December 2020. [1] Note that the status of the National Association as a major league is in dispute. [2] National Association players are included in the major league records of sites such as Baseball-Reference.com and Retrosheet, thus are also ...
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.
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 .
Major League Baseball recognizes the first major league season as 1876, the inaugural season of the National League. The following three players played parts of their careers in the 1850s and 1860s, and do not qualify as four-decade players, although they played four decades at the highest level of play available to them at the time: Joe Start (1859-1886), Candy Nelson (1867-1890), and Deacon ...
Curry Foley was the first player in Major League Baseball history to hit for the cycle. Jim O'Rourke is the earliest cycle hitter to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. On May 7, 1887, Tip O'Neill became the second player to hit multiple cycles. Hall of Famer Roger Connor hit his only cycle in the Players' League.
Waitkus returned to play in the 1950 season as the leadoff hitter for the Whiz Kids team that won the 1950 National League pennant. Waitkus led the team in scoring with 102 runs. [13] Waitkus made his only post-season appearance in the 1950 World Series. After the 1950 season, Waitkus was named the Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year. [14]