The Ballplayers : A Baseball Player Encyclopedia

Every Major League Baseball Player in History | Baseball Almanac

Casey Stengel once said, "You could look it up." This comprehensive baseball players section here at Baseball Almanac allows you to do just that — look it up, as in every baseball player in Major League Baseball history!

Our baseball player "stat" pages go beyond the stats — we like to think of them as online baseball cards. Included in each alphabetical section is an easy-to-use list that leads you to a player's year-by-year statistics, career statistics, uniform numbers, salaries, biographies and literally millions of historical baseball facts.

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens." - Lasorda, Tommy. Hall of Fame Manager. The Artful Dodger. Lasorda, Tommy. Author. Arbor House Publishing. 1 April 1985. Page 330. [Tommy Lasorda Quotes]

The Ballplayers

A Comprehensive Baseball Player Encyclopedia

Aar-AlvA is for Alex
The great Alexander;
More Goose eggs he pitched
Than a popular gander.
Aardsma
to
Alvarez
644 Players
Alv-AzoAlvis
to
Azocar
Bab-BarB is for Bresnahan
Back of the plate;
The Cubs were his love,
and McGraw his hate.
Babb
to
Barrett
1,922 Players
Bar-BelBarria
to
Bell
Bel-BlaBella
to
Blackburne
Bla-BosBlackerby
to
Bostock
Bos-BriBoston
to
Briles
Bri-BufBriley
to
Buffinton
Buf-BysBuford
to
Bystrom
Cab-CarC is for Cobb,
Who grew spikes and not corn,
And made all the basemen
Wish they weren't born.
Caballero
to
Carreno
1,579 Players
Car-ChaCarreon
to
Chavez
Cha-CloChavis
to
Cloninger
Clo-ConClontz
to
Conway
Con-CraConwell
to
Crawford
Cre-CzaCreamer
to
Czajkowski
D'A-De D is for Dean,
The grammatical Diz,
When they asked, Who's the tops?
Said correctly, I is.
D'Acquisto
to
De La Torre
996 Players
Del-DicDelay
to
Dickerson
Dic-DoyDickey
to
Doyne
Doz-DysDozier
to
Dyson
Ead-ElsE is for Evers,
His jaw in advance;
Never afraid
To Tinker with Chance.
Eaddy
to
Elston
373 Players
Elv-EzzElvira
to
Ezzell
Faa-FioF is for Fordham
And Frankie and Frisch;
I wish he were back
With the Giants, I wish.
Faatz
to
Fiore
726 Players
Fio-FosFiorentino
to
Fossum
Fos-FyhFoster
to
Fyhrie
Gab-GenG is for Gehrig,
The Pride of the Stadium;
His record pure gold,
His courage, pure radium.
Gabbard
to
Genovese
1,116 Players
Gen-GogGentile
to
Goggin
Gog-GreGogolewski
to
Green
Gre-GysGreenberg
to
Gyselman
Haa-HarH is for Hornsby;
When pitching to Rog,
The pitcher would pitch,
Then the pitcher would dodge.
Haad
to
Harting
1,466 Players
Har-HayHartje
to
Hayes
Hay-HerHayhurst
to
Hernandez
Her-HofHerndon
to
Hofferth
Hof-HowHoffman
to
Howard
How-HyzHowarth
to
Hyzdu
Ian-IztI is for Me,
Not a hard-hitting man,
But an outstanding all-time
Incurable fan.
Iannetta
to
Izturis
65 Players
Jab-JohJ is for Johnson
The Big Train in his prime
Was so fast he could throw
Three strikes at a time.
Jablonski
to
Johnson
529 Players
Joh-JuuJohnston
to
Juul
Ka'-KenK is for Keeler,
As fresh as green paint,
The fastest and mostest
To hit where they ain't.
Ka'aihue
to
Kent
748 Players
Ken-KnoKenworthy
to
Knoll
Kno-KylKnolls
to
Kyle
Laa-LawL is for Lajoie
Whom Clevelanders love,
Napolean himself,
With glue in his glove.
Laabs
to
Lawrence
938 Players
Law-LewLawrie
to
Lewis
Ley-LóLey
to
López
Lor-LytLord
to
Lyttle
Maa-ManM is for Matty,
Who carried a charm
In the form of an extra
brain in his arm.
Maas
to
Mantei
2,126 Players
Man-MatMantilla
to
Mattison
Mat-McDMattox
to
McDonnell
McD-McNMcDonough
to
McNulty
McP-MilMcPartlin
to
Milchin
Mil-MonMiles
to
Money
Mon-MosMonge
to
Mossi
Mos-MyrMossor
to
Myrow
Nab-NicN is for Newsom,
Bobo's favorite kin.
You ask how he's here,
He talked himself in.
Nabholz
to
Nicholson
362 Players
Nic-NymNichting
to
Nyman
O'B-OliO is for Ott
Of the restless right foot.
When he leaned on the pellet,
The pellet stayed put.
O'Berry
to
Oliveros
380 Players
Oli-OzuOlivo
to
Ozuna
Pab-PeaP is for Plank,
The arm of the A's;
When he tangled with Matty
Games lasted for days.
Pabst
to
Peacock
979 Players
Pea-PetPeak
to
Petty
Pet-PolPettyjohn
to
Polli
Pol-PyzPollock
to
Pyznarski
Qua-QuiQ is for Don Quixote
Cornelius Mack;
Neither Yankees nor years
Can halt his attack.
Quackenbush
to
Quisenberry
51 Players
Raa-ReiR is for Ruth.
To tell you the truth,
There's just no more to be said,
Just R is for Ruth.
Raabe
to
Reilly
1,134 Players
Rei-RitReimer
to
Ritterson
Rit-RomRittwage
to
Romero
Rom-RzeRomine
to
Rzepczynski
Saa-SchS is for Speaker,
Swift center-field tender,
When the ball saw him coming,
It yelled, "I surrender."
Saalfrank
to
Schenz
1,990 Players
Sch-SerSchepner
to
Service
Ses-SilSessi
to
Silva
Sil-SmiSilvera
to
Smith
Smi-StaSmith-Njigba
to
Stanley
Sta-StrStansberry
to
Stroud
Str-SzuStroughter
to
Szuminski
Tab-ThiT is for Terry
The Giant from Memphis
Whose .400 average
You can't overemphis.
Tabaka
to
Thielman
676 Players
Thi-TomThies
to
Tompkins
Tom-TysToms
to
Tyson
Uce-UtlU would be 'Ubell
if Carl were a cockney;
We say Hubbell and Baseball
Like Football and Rockne.
Uceta
to
Utley
65 Players
Vac-VukV is for Vance
The Dodger's very own Dazzy;
None of his rivals
Could throw as fast as he.
Vache
to
Vukovich
295 Players
Wac-WarW is for Wagner,
The bowlegged beauty;
Short was closed to all traffic
With Honus on duty.
Wacha
to
Warnock
1,145 Players
War-WesWarren
to
Westbrook
Wes-WilWestburg
to
Williamson
Wil-WooWilligrod
to
Wood
Woo-WysWoodall
to
Wysong
XX is the first
of two x's in Foxx
Who was right behind Ruth
with his powerful soxx.
No Names0 Players
Yab-YvaY is for Young
The magnificent Cy;
People battled against him,
But I never knew why.
Yabu
to
Yvars
126 Players
Zab-ZycZ is for Zenith
The summit of fame.
These men are up there.
These men are the game.
Zabala
to
Zych
101 Players
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The classic baseball poem, Line-Up For Yesterday (used above as an intro for each alphabetical breakout section), was written by Ogden Nash in 1949, and it also appears in Baseball Almanac's Poetry & Song section.

Did you know that through today (March 17, 2024) in baseball history, and since 1876 (first year of the National League), there have been a total of 20,532 Major League ballplayers?

In 2023, there were two-hundred sixty-one rookies of which 125 debuted in the American League, and 136 debuted in the National League. We literally create an "online baseball card" within hours of every single new player's debut!