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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]
Player Debut Final Game Games Position Teams Ref Cha-seung Baek: August 8, 2004 24 years, 71 days: September 28, 2008: 61 Pitcher: Seattle Mariners (2004, 2006–2008) San Diego Padres (2008)
The list is based on players' birthplaces and each location's current country, per detailed records at Baseball-Reference.com. [a] For example, a player born in Berlin would be included with other players born in present-day Germany, even if when the player was born it might have been part of East Germany or West Germany. [b]
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Julio César Franco Robles (born August 23, 1958) [1] [note 1] is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder and coach.He spent most of his playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB), entering the major leagues in 1982 and last appearing in 2007, at which time he was the oldest active big league player.
Ozzie Virgil Sr., the first Dominican-born player in MLB, threw out a ceremonial first pitch before a Sept. 2018 Braves-Mets game at Citi Field. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) (Elsa via Getty Images)
This led to an improvement in their performance, and some of them were selected to participate in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Including their names in the Major League Baseball draft is a requisite for first-year players born in Puerto Rico, because the league recognizes the island as a jurisdiction within the United States. [2]