Major League Baseball Players Born in Texas / Played in 1996

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 1996 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 Texas / Played in 1996

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace

Shane Andrews Dallas, Texas 1971-08-28 1995 2002
Trey Beamon Dallas, Texas 1974-02-11 1996 1998
Robbie Beckett Austin, Texas 1972-07-16 1996 1997
Brian Bevil Houston, Texas 1971-09-05 1996 1998
Brian Bohanon Denton, Texas 1968-08-01 1990 2001
Mark Brandenburg Houston, Texas 1970-07-14 1995 1997
Mark Brandenburg Houston, Texas 1970-07-14 1995 1997
Billy Brewer Fort Worth, Texas 1968-04-15 1993 1999
Jay Canizaro Beaumont, Texas 1973-07-04 1996 2002
Frank Castillo El Paso, Texas 1969-04-01 1991 2005
Phil Clark Crockett, Texas 1968-05-06 1992 1996
Dennis Cook LaMarque, Texas 1962-10-04 1988 2002
Rocky Coppinger El Paso, Texas 1974-03-19 1996 2001
Archie Corbin Beaumont, Texas 1967-12-30 1991 1999
Danny Darwin Bonham, Texas 1955-10-25 1978 1998
Danny Darwin Bonham, Texas 1955-10-25 1978 1998
Jeff Darwin Sherman, Texas 1969-07-06 1994 1997
Doug Drabek Victoria, Texas 1962-07-25 1986 1998
Huck Flener Austin, Texas 1969-02-25 1993 1997
Ron Gant Victoria, Texas 1965-03-02 1987 2003
Steve Gibralter Dallas, Texas 1972-10-09 1995 1996
Rene Gonzales Austin, Texas 1960-09-03 1984 1997
Jason Grimsley Cleveland, Texas 1967-08-07 1989 2006
Buddy Groom Dallas, Texas 1965-07-10 1992 2005
Todd Haney Galveston, Texas 1965-07-30 1992 1998
Xavier Hernandez Port Arthur, Texas 1965-08-16 1989 1998
Xavier Hernandez Port Arthur, Texas 1965-08-16 1989 1998
Chris Holt Dallas, Texas 1971-09-18 1996 2001
David Hulse San Angelo, Texas 1968-02-25 1992 1996
Danny Jackson San Antonio, Texas 1962-01-05 1983 1997
Mike Jackson Houston, Texas 1964-12-22 1986 2004
Brooks Kieschnick Robstown, Texas 1972-06-06 1996 2004
Chuck Knoblauch Houston, Texas 1968-07-07 1991 2002
Scott Livingstone Dallas, Texas 1965-07-15 1991 1998
Greg Maddux San Angelo, Texas 1966-04-14 1986 2008
Pat Mahomes Bryan, Texas 1970-08-09 1992 2003
Pat Mahomes Bryan, Texas 1970-08-09 1992 2003
David McCarty Houston, Texas 1969-11-23 1993 2005
Chuck McElroy Port Arthur, Texas 1967-10-01 1989 2001
Chuck McElroy Port Arthur, Texas 1967-10-01 1989 2001
Nate Minchey Austin, Texas 1969-08-31 1993 1997
Rod Myers Conroe, Texas 1973-01-14 1996 1997
David Nied Dallas, Texas 1968-12-22 1992 1996
Roger Pavlik Houston, Texas 1967-10-04 1992 1998
Danny Perez El Paso, Texas 1971-02-26 1996 1996
Mark Petkovsek Beaumont, Texas 1965-11-18 1991 2001
Arthur Rhodes Waco, Texas 1969-10-24 1991 Active
Rich Robertson Nacogdoches, Texas 1968-09-15 1993 1998
Scott Ruffcorn Austin, Texas 1969-12-29 1993 1997
Bruce Ruffin Lubbock, Texas 1963-10-04 1986 1997
Pete Schourek Austin, Texas 1969-05-10 1991 2001
Mike Sirotka Houston, Texas 1971-05-13 1995 2000
Mike Stanton Houston, Texas 1967-06-02 1989 2007
Mike Stanton Houston, Texas 1967-06-02 1989 2007
Greg Swindell Fort Worth, Texas 1965-01-02 1986 2002
Greg Swindell Fort Worth, Texas 1965-01-02 1986 2002
Eddie Taubensee Beeville, Texas 1968-10-31 1991 2001
Justin Thompson San Antonio, Texas 1973-03-08 1996 2005
Mike Timlin Midland, Texas 1966-03-10 1991 2008
Ricky Trlicek Houston, Texas 1969-04-26 1992 1997
Randy Velarde Midland, Texas 1962-11-24 1987 2002
Woody Williams Houston, Texas 1966-08-19 1993 2007
Anthony Young Houston, Texas 1966-01-19 1991 1996

Major League Baseball Players Born in Texas / Played in 1996



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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