Major League Baseball Players Born in California / Played in 1939

Since the 19th Century, Major League Baseball has enjoyed a rich, diverse, world-wide set of talent not seen in any other major league sport. Every state in the United States of America, and more than forty-five countries, have had at least one player make it to the show. The table below is a comprehensive historical analysis of every major league baseball player's birth place during the 1939 season. Selecting a player's name will bring up his statistics page and selecting a column title (Birthplace, Debut Year, Final Year) will allow you to re-sort the data.
"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 California / Played in 1939

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace
Red Barrett Santa Barbara, California 1915-02-14 1937 1949
Bud Bates Los Angeles, California 1912-03-16 1939 1939
Johnny Berardino Los Angeles, California 1917-05-01 1939 1952
Frenchy Bordagaray Coalinga, California 1910-01-03 1934 1945
Dolph Camilli San Francisco, California 1907-04-23 1933 1945
George Caster Colton, California 1907-08-04 1934 1946
Sam Chapman Tiburon, California 1916-04-11 1938 1951
Chet Clemens San Fernando, California 1917-05-10 1939 1944
Pete Coscarart Escondido, California 1913-06-16 1938 1946
Joe Cronin San Francisco, California 1906-10-12 1926 1945
Frankie Crosetti San Francisco, California 1910-10-04 1932 1948
Babe Dahlgren San Francisco, California 1912-06-15 1935 1946
Harry Danning Los Angeles, California 1911-09-06 1933 1942
Frank Demaree Winters, California 1910-06-10 1932 1944
Joe DiMaggio Martinez, California 1914-11-25 1936 1951
Vince DiMaggio Martinez, California 1912-09-06 1937 1946
Bobby Doerr Los Angeles, California 1918-04-07 1937 1951
Bob Elliott San Francisco, California 1916-11-26 1939 1953
Larry French Visalia, California 1907-11-01 1929 1942
Len Gabrielson Oakland, California 1915-09-08 1939 1939
Augie Galan Berkeley, California 1912-05-23 1934 1949
Joe Gantenbein San Francisco, California 1916-08-25 1939 1940
Lefty Gomez Rodeo, California 1908-11-26 1930 1943
Joe Gordon Los Angeles, California 1915-02-18 1938 1950
Stan Hack Sacramento, California 1909-12-06 1932 1947
Bud Hafey Berkeley, California 1912-08-06 1935 1939
Bud Hafey Berkeley, California 1912-08-06 1935 1939
Tom Hafey Berkeley, California 1913-07-12 1939 1944
Chris Hartje San Francisco, California 1915-03-25 1939 1939
Willard Hershberger Lemoncove, California 1910-05-28 1938 1940
Myril Hoag Davis, California 1908-03-09 1931 1945
Eddie Joost San Francisco, California 1916-06-05 1936 1955
Bob Joyce Stockton, California 1915-01-14 1939 1946
Alex Kampouris Sacramento, California 1912-11-13 1934 1943
Bill Knickerbocker Los Angeles, California 1911-12-29 1933 1942
Red Kress Columbia, California 1907-01-02 1927 1946
Red Kress Columbia, California 1907-01-02 1927 1946
Eddie Lake Antioch, California 1916-03-18 1939 1950
Lyn Lary Armona, California 1906-01-28 1929 1940
Lyn Lary Armona, California 1906-01-28 1929 1940
Lyn Lary Armona, California 1906-01-28 1929 1940
Cookie Lavagetto Oakland, California 1912-12-01 1934 1947
Tony Lazzeri San Francisco, California 1903-12-06 1926 1939
Tony Lazzeri San Francisco, California 1903-12-06 1926 1939
Thornton Lee Sonoma, California 1906-09-13 1933 1948
Bill Lillard Goleta, California 1918-01-10 1939 1940
Gene Lillard Santa Barbara, California 1913-11-12 1936 1940
Bob Loane Berkeley, California 1914-08-06 1939 1940
Dario Lodigiani San Francisco, California 1916-06-06 1938 1946
Ernie Lombardi Oakland, California 1908-04-06 1931 1947
Joe Marty Sacramento, California 1913-09-01 1937 1941
Joe Marty Sacramento, California 1913-09-01 1937 1941
Mel Mazzera Stockton, California 1914-01-31 1935 1940
Steve Mesner Los Angeles, California 1918-01-13 1938 1945
Joe Orengo San Francisco, California 1914-11-29 1939 1945
Marv Owen Agnew, California 1906-03-22 1931 1940
Monte Pearson Oakland, California 1908-09-02 1932 1941
Bill Posedel San Francisco, California 1906-08-02 1938 1946
Rip Russell Los Angeles, California 1915-01-26 1939 1947
Manny Salvo Sacramento, California 1913-06-30 1939 1943
Les Scarsella Santa Cruz, California 1913-11-23 1935 1940
Merv Shea San Francisco, California 1900-09-05 1927 1944
Tuck Stainback Los Angeles, California 1911-08-04 1934 1946
Hank Steinbacher Sacramento, California 1913-03-22 1937 1939
Gus Suhr San Francisco, California 1906-01-03 1930 1940
Gus Suhr San Francisco, California 1906-01-03 1930 1940
Jim Tobin Oakland, California 1912-12-27 1937 1945
Ted Williams San Diego, California 1918-08-30 1939 1960

Major League Baseball Players Born in California / Played in 1939


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:
 
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1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895
1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905
1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915
1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925
1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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.
     

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