According to Baseball Reference.com, through 2007 there have been 16,187 Major League Baseball players. Here are the numbers, broken down by country of origin, and the first year a player from the given country appeared: {| |- | Afghanistan Jeff Bronkey 1993 1 American Samoa Tony Solaita 1968 1 Aruba Gene Kingsale 1996 4 Australia Joe Quinn 1884 19 Austria Kurt Krieger 1949 1 Austria-Hungary Frank Rooney 1914 1 Bahamas Andre Rodgers 1957 5 Belgium Brian Lesher 1996 1 British Honduras Chito Martinez 1991 1 Canada Tom Smith 1875 205 Canary Islands Al Cabrera 1913 1 China Harry Kingman 1914 1 Colombia Luis Castro 1902 7 Cuba Steve Bellan 1871 152 Curaçao Hensley Meulens 1989 5 Czechoslovakia Amos Cross 1885 4 Dominican Republic Ozzie Virgil 1956 410 Denmark Olaf Henriksen 1911 1 England George Hall/Harry Wright 1871 32 Finland John Michaelson 1921 1 France Larry Ressler 1875 8 Germany David Lenz/Marty Swandell 1872 29 Greece Al Campanis 1943 1 Honduras Gerald Young 1987 1 Indonesia Tom Mastny 2006 1 Ireland Andy Leonard 1871 41 Italy Lou Polli 1932 6 Jamaica Chili Davis 1981 3 Japan Masanori Murakami 1964 32 Mexico Mel Almada 1933 98 the Netherlands Rynie Wolters 1871 7 Nicaragua Dennis Martinez 1976 8 Norway John Anderson 1894 3 Okinawa Bobby Fenwick 1972 1 Puerto Rico Hi Bithorn 1942 215 Panama Humberto Robinson 1955 45 the Philippines Bobby Chouinard 1996 1 Poland Henry Peploski 1929 4 Russia Jake Gettman 1897 5 Saudi Arabia Craig Stansberry 2007 1 Scotland Jim McCormick 1878 8 Singapore Robin Jennings 1996 1 South Korea Chan Ho Park 1994 12 South Vietnam Danny Graves 1996 1 Spain Bryan Oelkers 1983 3 Sweden Charlie Hallstrom 1885 4 Switzerland Otto Hess 1902 1 Taiwan Chin-Feng Chen 2002 4 Ukraine Bill Cristall 1901 3 United States Bobby Mathews 1871 14580 United States Virgin Islands Joe Christopher 1959 10 Venezuela Alex Carrasquel 1939 181 West Germany Rob Belloir 1975 13 Wales Peter Morris 1884 3 |}
Currently Dustin Pedroia is number 15 for the Red Sox.
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By order of the Commissioner of Baseball, number 42, Jackie Robinson's number with the Dodgers, has been retired from all Major League teams, although players who wore "42" prior to the Commissioner's order have the option of continuing to wear that number.
Jackie Robinson's jersey number are retired from all MLB teams because Robinson was the first African American baseball player in MLB history.His number was not retired because he was one of the best players but, because of the reason stated above.Most experts do not believe that he was not among the top players in history; some even say he is not the best to wear his jersey number, 42.
Actually, there are several. The top six, categorized by number of games, are as follows:Stan Musial — 3,026Willie Mays — 2,992Brooks Robinson — 2,896Robin Yount — 2,856Tony Perez — 2,777 (ejected once as a manager in 2001)Derek Jeter — 2,744
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there are not a set number
18 or 20. In games played where the home team is from the National League, there are 9 players on each team. In games played where the home team is from the American League there are 10 players on each team. This is because the American League allows for a designated hitter, whereas the National League does not.
Currently Dustin Pedroia is number 15 for the Red Sox.
There are 30 Major League Baseball teams. Each has 25 players, so there are 750 players in the Major Leagues. From September 1 through the end of the regular season (usually the first Sunday in October) teams can expand their roster to 40 players, so during that period there can be 1,200 Major League Baseball players. Teams also have 10 players on their A, AA and AAA minor league affiliates
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It is a different number every year. It all depends on the talent level.
The number of players on a major league team is 9, so if you don't count the pitcher, there would be 8. The American league also has a designated hitter (DH) who bats, but does not take the field on defense.
The New York Yankees were the first Major League team to retire a players number.Lou Gehrig was the first player and the #4 was the first number.
There were many famous players who are legends of major league baseball. First of Nick joynson had hit 3 grand slams with your mother.