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Players in bold are still active in MLB, as of 2022. Since 1956 a large number of baseball players of Dominican origin have played in Major League Baseball in the United States, with the Dominican Republic being the second country in the world after the United States with the most current baseball players in MLB.
Dominican Republic: Manager: 5: Won the Series title in 1990 [17] Tony Peña: Dominican Republic: Catcher: 8 [17] Luis Polonia: Dominican Republic: Left fielder: 14: All-time leader in games played, at-bats, hits and doubles [17] Gerónimo Berroa: Dominican Republic: Right fielder: 6: Two-time MVP Award (1990–1991) Two-time leader in RBI ...
There were 98 Dominican-born players on MLB opening day rosters in 2021, more than any other country – with Venezuela at 64 and 19 Cubans rounding out the top three countries with the most ...
Pedro Guerrero was born on June 29, 1956, in San Pedro de Macorís, on the east coast of the Dominican Republic. During his early teenage years, he left school to support his family by working in the island's rum industry, earning less than US$3 a week from cutting cane. Guerrero supported his divorced mother and siblings during the day.
José St. Claire (born in 1916), better known as Pepe Lucas, was a Dominican professional baseball player. He was better known for a home-run which occurred on February 17, 1951, which became known across the Caribbean as the "Pepelucazo". That home-run also became known as "the shot heard around the Caribbean". [1]
Ozzie Virgil Sr., the first player native to the Dominican Republic to play Major League Baseball, died at the age of 92. He played nine seasons in the majors.
The Dominican Republic advanced out of the first round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic. The Dominican Republic’s win over the US set a new Marlins Park record for baseball game attendance with 37,446. [9] Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting .357. [9]
Osvaldo José Virgil Pichardo (May 17, 1932 – September 29, 2024) was a Dominican professional baseball player and coach. He was the first person from the Dominican Republic to play in Major League Baseball (MLB), appearing in 324 MLB games between 1956 and 1969 as a utility player for the New York / San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and the ...