Major League Baseball Players Born in New York / 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 New York / Played in 1939

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace
Moe Berg New York, New York 1902-03-02 1923 1939
Earle Brucker Albany, New York 1901-05-06 1937 1943
Ken Chase Oneonta, New York 1913-10-06 1936 1943
Tony Cuccinello Long Island City, New York 1907-11-08 1930 1945
Emerson Dickman Buffalo, New York 1914-11-12 1936 1941
Harry Eisenstat Brooklyn, New York 1915-10-10 1935 1942
Harry Eisenstat Brooklyn, New York 1915-10-10 1935 1942
Joe Gallagher Buffalo, New York 1914-03-07 1939 1940
Joe Gallagher Buffalo, New York 1914-03-07 1939 1940
Johnny Gee Syracuse, New York 1915-12-07 1939 1946
Lou Gehrig New York, New York 1903-06-19 1923 1939
Tom Gorman New York, New York 1919-03-16 1939 1939
Hank Greenberg New York, New York 1911-01-01 1930 1947
Buddy Hassett New York, New York 1911-09-05 1936 1942
Billy Jurges Bronx, New York 1908-05-09 1931 1947
Bill Lohrman Brooklyn, New York 1913-05-22 1934 1944
Hank Majeski Staten Island, New York 1916-12-13 1939 1955
Frank McCormick New York, New York 1911-06-09 1934 1948
Hiker Moran Rochester, New York 1912-01-01 1938 1939
Johnny Murphy New York, New York 1908-07-14 1932 1947
Ken O'Dea Lima, New York 1913-03-16 1935 1946
Frankie Pytlak Buffalo, New York 1908-07-30 1932 1946
Buddy Rosar Buffalo, New York 1914-07-03 1939 1951
Chet Ross Buffalo, New York 1917-04-01 1939 1944
Marius Russo Brooklyn, New York 1914-07-19 1939 1946
Hal Schumacher Hinckley, New York 1910-11-23 1931 1946
Bill Schuster Buffalo, New York 1912-08-04 1937 1945
Sibby Sisti Buffalo, New York 1920-07-26 1939 1954
Bill Swift Elmira, New York 1908-06-19 1932 1943
Al Todd Troy, New York 1902-01-07 1932 1943
Babe Young Astoria, New York 1915-07-01 1936 1948

Major League Baseball Players Born in New York / 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:
 
1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885
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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