SEPTEMBER 29, 2013 | EVERYWHERE – Major league baseball players come from all over the world these days, not just the United States and Latin America.
Here’s a list of the states/territories/countries that have produced the most major league players, including some surprises, as of December 20, 2019:
United States…………….16,940
Top ten states:
California………………….2,304
Pennsylvania…………….1,408
New York………………….1,157
Illinois……………………..1,060
Ohio…………………………1,031
Texas…………………………944
Massachusetts……………665
Missouri…………………….611
Florida………………………564
Michigan……………………432
North & South America (outside the United States):
Dominican Republic…….759
Venezuela……………………407
Canada……………………….254
Puerto Rico………………..269
Cuba………………………….212
Mexico………………………129
Elsewhere:
Japan………………………….67
Panama………………………48
Ireland……………………….43
England………………………33
Australia…………………….31
Germany…………………….30
South Korea………………..23
Columbia……………………23
Curacao……………………..15
Nicaragua…………………..15
Netherlands……………….11
Russia…………………………8
Scotland……………………..7
Sweden……………………….4
Czechoslovakia……………3
Afghanistan…………………1
Lithuania…………………….1
CONTRIBUTING SOURCES:
Baseball-Almanac: Major League players by birthplace
https://www.baseball-almanac.com › players › birthplace
The Emerald Guide to Baseball 2009, The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)