"For starting pitchers we have two Dominicans, one Italian, one Mexican and one Japanese. In the bullpen we have a Venezuelan, a Mexican, a guy from the United States and a guy from St. Louis." - Los Angeles Dodger / Hall of Fame Manager Tommy Lasorda (AP Wire, 08/18/1999)
Major League Baseball Players Born in AustraliaA Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace |
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Player | Born In | Date of Birth | Debut Year | Final Year |
Grant Balfour | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1977-12-30 | 2001 | 2015 |
Shayne Bennett | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | 1972-04-10 | 1997 | 1999 |
James Beresford | Mount Waverly, Victoria, Australia | 1989-01-19 | 2016 | 2016 |
Travis Blackley | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 1982-11-04 | 2004 | 2013 |
Cameron Cairncross | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | 1972-05-11 | 2000 | 2000 |
Trent Durrington | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1975-08-27 | 1999 | 2005 |
Mark Ettles | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | 1966-10-30 | 1993 | 1993 |
Brad Harman | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 1985-11-19 | 2008 | 2008 |
Liam Hendriks | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | 1989-02-10 | 2011 | Active |
Justin Huber | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 1982-07-01 | 2005 | 2009 |
Luke Hughes | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | 1984-08-02 | 2010 | 2012 |
Mark Hutton | South Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | 1970-02-06 | 1993 | 1998 |
Shane Lindsay | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 1985-01-25 | 2011 | 2011 |
Graeme Lloyd | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 1967-04-09 | 1993 | 2003 |
Curtis Mead | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | 2000-10-26 | 2023 | Active |
Damian Moss | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia | 1976-11-24 | 2001 | 2004 |
Peter Moylan | Lesmurdie, Western Australia, Australia | 1978-12-02 | 2006 | 2018 |
Dave Nilsson | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1969-12-14 | 1992 | 1999 |
Trent Oeltjen | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1983-02-28 | 2009 | 2011 |
Chris Oxspring | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia | 1977-05-13 | 2005 | 2005 |
Luke Prokopec | Blackwood, South Australia, Australia | 1978-02-23 | 2000 | 2002 |
Joe Quinn | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia | 1864-12-24 | 1884 | 1901 |
Ryan Rowland-Smith | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1983-01-26 | 2007 | 2014 |
Warwick Saupold | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | 1990-01-16 | 2016 | Active |
Craig Shipley | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 1963-01-07 | 1986 | 1998 |
Josh Spence | Grovedale, Victoria, Australia | 1988-01-22 | 2011 | 2012 |
John Stephens | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1979-11-15 | 2002 | 2002 |
Brad Thomas | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1977-10-12 | 2001 | 2011 |
Rich Thompson | Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia | 1984-07-01 | 2007 | 2012 |
Lewis Thorpe | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 1995-11-23 | 2019 | Active |
Alex Wells | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | 1997-02-27 | 2021 | Active |
Aaron Whitefield | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1996-09-02 | 2020 | Active |
Glenn Williams | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia | 1977-07-18 | 2005 | 2005 |
Jeff Williams | Canberra, Capital Territory, Australia | 1972-06-06 | 1999 | 2002 |
Player | Born In | Date of Birth | Debut Year | Final Year |
Major League Baseball Players Born in Australia |
Did you know that Jose Canseco was the first foreign-born (Cuba) player to reach the four-hundred home runs plateau? Did you know that Sammy Sosa was the first foreign-born (Dominican Republic) player to reach the five-hundred home runs plateau?
Baseball Almanac is aware that researching baseball players by their place of birth is common data found easily on the Internet today. We, as you are well aware, enjoy taking that extra step here and have taken that common data and added this amazing chart which will enable you to see a historical breakdown of players from any given year in history by their place of birth:
If you would like to see a comprehensive list broken down by country of the first player born in a country or territory other than the United States of America, we have one in our Famous First section called Foreign Born Baseball Players.