Major League Baseball Players Born in California / Played in 1946

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 1946 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 1946

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace
Bill Rigney Alameda, California 1918-01-29 1946 1953
Hal Gregg Anaheim, California 1921-07-11 1943 1952
Mike McCormick Angels Camp, California 1917-05-06 1940 1951
Mike McCormick Angels Camp, California 1917-05-06 1940 1951
Catfish Metkovich Angels Camp, California 1920-10-08 1943 1954
Eddie Lake Antioch, California 1916-03-18 1939 1950
Augie Galan Berkeley, California 1912-05-23 1934 1949
George Caster Colton, California 1907-08-04 1934 1946
Red Kress Columbia, California 1907-01-02 1927 1946
Peanuts Lowrey Culver City, California 1917-08-27 1942 1955
Red Embree El Monte, California 1917-08-30 1941 1949
Pete Coscarart Escondido, California 1913-06-16 1938 1946
Ewell Blackwell Fresno, California 1922-10-23 1942 1955
Bob Dillinger Glendale, California 1918-09-17 1946 1951
Tiny Bonham Ione, California 1913-08-16 1940 1949
Les Webber Kelseyville, California 1915-05-06 1942 1948
Les Webber Kelseyville, California 1915-05-06 1942 1948
Roy Partee Los Angeles, California 1917-09-07 1943 1948
Tuck Stainback Los Angeles, California 1911-08-04 1934 1946
Joe Gordon Los Angeles, California 1915-02-18 1938 1950
Jack Brewer Los Angeles, California 1918-04-21 1944 1946
Johnny Berardino Los Angeles, California 1917-05-01 1939 1952
Jake Caulfield Los Angeles, California 1917-11-23 1946 1946
Al Zarilla Los Angeles, California 1919-05-01 1943 1953
Jerry Priddy Los Angeles, California 1919-11-09 1941 1953
Rip Russell Los Angeles, California 1915-01-26 1939 1947
Bobby Doerr Los Angeles, California 1918-04-07 1937 1951
Nippy Jones Los Angeles, California 1925-06-29 1946 1957
Ben Guintini Los Banos, California 1920-01-13 1946 1950
Marv Grissom Los Molinos, California 1918-03-31 1946 1959
Milo Candini Manteca, California 1917-08-03 1943 1951
Vince DiMaggio Martinez, California 1912-09-06 1937 1946
Joe DiMaggio Martinez, California 1914-11-25 1936 1951
Vince DiMaggio Martinez, California 1912-09-06 1937 1946
Ed Fernandes Oakland, California 1918-03-11 1940 1946
Cookie Lavagetto Oakland, California 1912-12-01 1934 1947
Ray Lamanno Oakland, California 1919-11-17 1941 1948
Ernie Lombardi Oakland, California 1908-04-06 1931 1947
Eddie McGah Oakland, California 1921-09-30 1946 1947
Red Adams Parlier, California 1921-10-07 1946 1946
Don Ross Pasadena, California 1914-07-16 1938 1946
Vic Lombardi Reedley, California 1922-09-20 1945 1950
Russ Christopher Richmond, California 1917-09-12 1942 1948
Bill Wight Rio Vista, California 1922-04-12 1946 1958
Bill Fleming Rowland, California 1913-07-31 1940 1946
Stan Hack Sacramento, California 1909-12-06 1932 1947
Bob Lemon San Bernardino, California 1920-09-22 1941 1958
Bob Usher San Diego, California 1925-03-01 1946 1957
Jim Wilson San Diego, California 1922-02-20 1945 1958
Ted Williams San Diego, California 1918-08-30 1939 1960
Bill Posedel San Francisco, California 1906-08-02 1938 1946
Frankie Crosetti San Francisco, California 1910-10-04 1932 1948
Dario Lodigiani San Francisco, California 1916-06-06 1938 1946
Bob Elliott San Francisco, California 1916-11-26 1939 1953
Dom DiMaggio San Francisco, California 1917-02-12 1940 1953
Babe Dahlgren San Francisco, California 1912-06-15 1935 1946
Wally Judnich San Francisco, California 1917-01-24 1940 1949
Emmett O'Neill San Mateo, California 1918-01-13 1943 1946
Emmett O'Neill San Mateo, California 1918-01-13 1943 1946
Eddie Bockman Santa Ana, California 1920-07-26 1946 1949
Red Barrett Santa Barbara, California 1915-02-14 1937 1949
Thornton Lee Sonoma, California 1906-09-13 1933 1948
Bob Joyce Stockton, California 1915-01-14 1939 1946
Sam Chapman Tiburon, California 1916-04-11 1938 1951
Bobby Adams Tuolumne, California 1921-12-14 1946 1959
Ace Adams Willows, California 1910-03-02 1941 1946
Nanny Fernandez Wilmington, California 1918-10-25 1942 1950

Major League Baseball Players Born in California / Played in 1946


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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