{"id":22,"date":"2004-04-28T18:16:07","date_gmt":"2004-04-28T22:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/kirkman\/2004\/04\/28\/opening-day-2004-non-us-born-players-"},"modified":"2004-04-28T18:16:07","modified_gmt":"2004-04-28T22:16:07","slug":"opening-day-2004-non-us-born-players-in-major-league-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/kirkman\/2004\/04\/28\/opening-day-2004-non-us-born-players-in-major-league-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Day 2004 Non-US born Players in Major League Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a recent press release that was picked up by some news outlets, Major League Baseball called attention to its swelling ranks of international players. As in past years, in the major leagues Dominicans (79) represent by far the greatest number of non-US born players, followed by Venezuela (45) and the US-born-but-not-on-the-mainland case of Puerto Rico (36). These numbers only consider the 25-man roster, not the 40-man roster, so I suspect that they under-represent the numbers of non-US born players on overall major league rosters. These numbers also clearly do not reflect ethnicity, merely place of birth. MLB today is a much more international, and especially latino, environment than these official numbers indicate.<\/p>\n

As follows are the non-US born players on Opening Day 2004, listed by place of origin with team affiliation as of April 2004 (courtesy of Major League Baseball):<\/p>\n\n\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAruba (1)<\/b>
\nSidney Ponson, Baltimore
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\nAustralia (4)<\/b>
\nGrant Balfour, Minnesota
\nTrent Durrington, Milwaukee
\nDamian Moss, Tampa Bay
\nBrad Thomas, Minnesota
\n 
\nCanada (11)<\/b>
\nJason Bay, Pittsburgh
\nRheal Cormier, Philadelphia
\nRyan Dempster, Chicago (NL)
\nEric Gagne, Los Angeles
\nAaron Guiel, Kansas City
\nCorey Koskie, Minnesota
\nSimon Pond, Toronto
\nPaul Quantrill, New York (AL)
\nMatt Stairs, Kansas City
\nLarry Walker, Colorado
\nJeff Zimmerman, Texas
\n 
\nColombia (3)<\/b>
\nJolbert Cabrera, Seattle
\nOrlando Cabrera, Montreal
\nEdgar Renteria, St. Louis
\n 
\nCuba (9)<\/b>
\nDanys Baez, Tampa Bay
\nJose Contreras, New York (AL)
\nAdrian Hernandez, Milwaukee
\nLivan Hernandez, Montreal
\nOrlando Hernandez, New York (AL)
\nEli Marrero, Atlanta
\nVladimir Nunez, Colorado
\nRafael Palmeiro, Baltimore
\nAlex Sanchez, Detroit
\n 
\nCuracao (2)<\/b>
\nAndruw Jones, Atlanta
\nRandall Simon, Pittsburgh
\n 
\nDominican Republic (79)<\/b>
\nJose Acevedo, Cincinnati
\nAntonio Alfonseca, Atlanta
\nCarlos Almanzar, Texas
\nMiguel Asencio, Kansas City
\nMiguel Batista, Toronto
\nTony Batista, Montreal
\nDanny Bautista, Arizona
\nJose Bautista, Baltimore
\nAdrian Beltre, Los Angeles
\nArmando Benitez, Florida
\nJoaquin Benoit, Texas
\nAngel Berroa, Kansas City
\nLuis Castillo, Florida
\nBartolo Colon, Anaheim
\nFrancisco Cordero, Texas
\nJuan Cruz, Atlanta
\nValerio De Los Santos, Toronto
\nJorge De Paula, New York (AL)
\nOctavio Dotel, Houston
\nJuan Encarnacion, Los Angeles
\nLeo Estrella, San Francisco
\nPedro Feliz, San Francisco
\nJulio Franco, Atlanta
\nRafael Furcal, Atlanta
\nReynaldo Garcia, Boston
\nEsteban German, Oakland
\nVladimir Guerrero, Anaheim
\nJose Guillen, Anaheim
\nCristian Guzman, Minnesota
\nFelix Heredia, New York (AL)
\nRunelvys Hernandez, Kansas City
\nD’Angelo Jimenez, Cincinnati
\nJose Jimenez, Cleveland
\nJose Lima, Los Angeles
\nAquilino Lopez, Toronto
\nMendy Lopez, Kansas City
\nJulio Lugo, Tampa Bay
\nHector Luna, St. Louis
\nDamaso Marte, Chicago (AL)
\nPedro Martinez, Boston
\nJulio Mateo, Seattle
\nJose Mesa, Pittsburgh
\nRaul Mondesi, Pittsburgh
\nGuillermo Mota, Los Angeles
\nRamon Nivar, Texas
\nAbraham Nunez, Florida
\nAbraham Nunez, Pittsburgh
\nJose Offerman, Minnesota
\nMiguel Olivo, Chicago (AL)
\nDavid Ortiz, Boston
\nRamon Ortiz, Anaheim
\nCarlos Pena, Detroit
\nWily Mo Pena, Cincinnati
\nNeifi Perez, San Francisco
\nOdalis Perez, Los Angeles
\nTimo Perez, Chicago (AL)
\nPlacido Polanco, Philadelphia
\nAlbert Pujols, St. Louis
\nAramis Ramirez, Chicago (NL)
\nManny Ramirez, Boston
\nJose Reyes, New York (NL)
\nFernando Rodney, Detroit
\nFelix Rodriguez, San Francisco
\nDuaner Sanchez, Los Angeles
\nAlfonso Soriano, Texas
\nRafael Soriano, Seattle
\nJorge Sosa, Tampa Bay
\nSammy Sosa, Chicago (NL)
\nJulian Tavarez, St. Louis
\nMiguel Tejada, Baltimore
\nAmaury Telemaco, Philadelphia
\nSalomon Torres, Pittsburgh
\nJuan Uribe, Chicago (AL)
\nJose Valverde, Arizona
\nClaudio Vargas, Montreal
\nJose Vizcaino, Houston
\nLuis Vizcaino, Milwaukee
\nEnrique Wilson, New York (AL)
\nEsteban Yan, Detroit
\n 
\nJapan (10)<\/b>
\nShigetoshi Hasegawa, Seattle
\nKazuhisa Ishii, Los Angeles
\nHideki Matsui, New York (AL)
\nKazuo Matsui, New York (NL)
\nHideo Nomo, Los Angeles
\nTomo Ohka, Montreal
\nAkinori Otsuka, San Diego
\nIchiro Suzuki, Seattle
\nSo Taguchi, St. Louis
\nShingo Takatsu, Chicago (AL)\n<\/td>\n		\nKorea (4)<\/b>
\nHee Seop Choi, Florida
\nByung-Hyun Kim, Boston
\nSun Woo Kim, Montreal
\nChan Ho Park, Texas
\n 
\nMexico (16)<\/b>
\nLuis Ayala, Montreal
\nVinny Castilla, Colorado
\nJuan Castro, Cincinnati
\nHumberto Cota, Pittsburgh
\nElmer Dessens, Arizona
\nErubiel Durazo, Oakland
\nKarim Garcia, New York (NL)
\nEsteban Loaiza, Chicago (AL)
\nRodrigo Lopez, Baltimore
\nMiguel Ojeda, San Diego
\nAntonio Osuna, San Diego
\nOliver Perez, Pittsburgh
\nDennys Reyes, Kansas City
\nRicardo Rincon, Oakland
\nIsmael Valdes, San Diego
\nOscar Villarreal, Arizona
\n 
\nNicaragua (1)<\/b>
\nVicente Padilla, Philadelphia
\n 
\nPanama (6)<\/b>
\nEinar Diaz, Montreal
\nCarlos Lee, Chicago (AL)
\nJose Macias, Chicago (NL)
\nRamiro Mendoza, Boston
\nMariano Rivera, New York (AL)
\nOlmedo Saenz, Los Angeles
\n 
\nPuerto Rico (36)<\/b>
\nRoberto Alomar, Arizona
\nSandy Alomar, Jr., Chicago (AL)
\nCarlos Baerga, Arizona
\nCarlos Beltran, Kansas City
\nEnrique Calero, St. Louis
\nRamon Castro, Florida
\nAlex Cintron, Arizona
\nAlex Cora, Los Angeles
\nWil Cordero, Florida
\nCesar Crespo, Boston
\nJose Cruz, Jr., Tampa Bay
\nCarlos Delgado, Toronto
\nJuan Gonzalez, Kansas City
\nJose Hernandez, Los Angeles
\nRoberto Hernandez, Philadelphia
\nRicky Ledee, Philadelphia
\nJavier Lopez, Colorado
\nJavy Lopez, Baltimore
\nLuis Lopez, Baltimore
\nMike Lowell, Florida
\nLuis Matos, Baltimore
\nBengie Molina, Anaheim
\nJose Molina, Anaheim
\nJoel Pineiro, Seattle
\nJorge Posada, New York (AL)
\nIvan Rodriguez, Detroit
\nJ.C. Romero, Minnesota
\nRey Sanchez, Tampa Bay
\nBenito Santiago, Kansas City
\nRuben Sierra, New York (AL)
\nJavier Valentin, Cincinnati
\nJose Valentin, Chicago (AL)
\nJavier Vazquez, New York (AL)
\nRamon Vazquez, San Diego
\nJose Vidro, Montreal
\nBernie Williams, New York (AL)
\n 
\nVenezuela (45)<\/b>
\nBobby Abreu, Philadelphia
\nEdgardo Alfonzo, San Francisco
\nWilson Alvarez, Los Angeles
\nTony Armas, Jr., Montreal
\nRafael Betancourt, Cleveland
\nHenry Blanco, Minnesota
\nMiguel Cairo, New York (AL)
\nMiguel Cabrera, Florida
\nJose Castillo, Pittsburgh
\nRoger Cedeno, St. Louis
\nRaul Chavez, Houston
\nOmar Daal, Baltimore
\nAlexander Escobar, Cleveland
\nKelvim Escobar, Anaheim
\nFreddy Garcia, Seattle
\nAlex Gonzalez, Florida
\nJeremi Gonzalez, Tampa Bay
\nLuis Gonzalez, Colorado
\nCarlos Guillen, Detroit
\nRamon Hernandez, San Diego
\nRichard Hidalgo, Houston
\nOmar Infante, Detroit
\nCesar Izturis, Los Angeles
\nJorge Julio, Baltimore
\nAnderson Machado, Philadelphia
\nVictor Martinez, Cleveland
\nMelvin Mora, Baltimore
\nOber Moreno, New York (NL)
\nRay Olmedo, Cincinnati
\nMagglio Ordonez, Chicago (AL)
\nEddie Perez, Atlanta
\nTomas Perez, Philadelphia
\nRene Reyes, Colorado
\nJuan Rincon, Minnesota
\nLuis Rivas, Minnesota
\nJuan Rivera, Montreal
\nFrancisco Rodriguez, Anaheim
\nJohan Santana, Minnesota
\nMarco Scutaro, Oakland
\nCarlos Silva, Minnesota
\nYorvit Torrealba, San Francisco
\nLino Urdaneta, Detroit
\nOmar Vizquel, Cleveland
\nCarlos Zambrano, Chicago (NL)
\nVictor Zambrano, Tampa Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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