Major League Baseball Players Born in New York / Played in 1909

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 1909 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 1909

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace

Bill Dahlen Nelliston, New York 1870-01-05 1891 1911
George Davis Cohoes, New York 1870-08-23 1890 1909
Willie Keeler Brooklyn, New York 1872-03-03 1892 1910
Cy Seymour Albany, New York 1872-12-09 1896 1913
George Bell Greenwood, New York 1874-11-02 1907 1911
Frank Isbell Delevan, New York 1875-08-21 1898 1909
Bill Dinneen Syracuse, New York 1876-04-05 1898 1909
Fred Jacklitsch Brooklyn, New York 1876-05-24 1900 1917
Patsy Dougherty Andover, New York 1876-10-27 1902 1911
Tommy Leach French Creek, New York 1877-11-04 1898 1918
Tim Jordan New York, New York 1879-02-14 1901 1910
Ed Phelps Albany, New York 1879-03-03 1902 1913
Hooks Wiltse Hamilton, New York 1879-09-07 1904 1915
Fred Payne Camden, New York 1880-09-02 1906 1911
Heinie Wagner New York, New York 1880-09-23 1902 1918
Joe Lake Brooklyn, New York 1881-01-06 1908 1913
Ira Thomas Ballston Spa, New York 1881-01-22 1906 1915
Doc Scanlan Syracuse, New York 1881-03-07 1903 1911
Bill Chappelle Waterloo, New York 1881-03-22 1908 1914
Bill Chappelle Waterloo, New York 1881-03-22 1908 1914
Claude Rossman Philmont, New York 1881-06-17 1904 1909
Claude Rossman Philmont, New York 1881-06-17 1904 1909
Johnny Evers Troy, New York 1881-07-21 1902 1929
Jap Barbeau New York, New York 1882-06-10 1905 1910
Jap Barbeau New York, New York 1882-06-10 1905 1910
Wildfire Schulte Cochecton, New York 1882-09-17 1904 1918
Al Mattern West Rush, New York 1883-06-16 1908 1912
Al Burch Albany, New York 1883-10-07 1906 1911
Rube Oldring New York, New York 1884-05-30 1905 1918
Heinie Beckendorf New York, New York 1884-06-15 1909 1910
Jimmy Dygert Utica, New York 1884-07-05 1905 1910
Joe Birmingham Elmira, New York 1884-08-06 1906 1914
Alan Storke Auburn, New York 1884-09-27 1906 1909
Alan Storke Auburn, New York 1884-09-27 1906 1909
Biff Schlitzer Rochester, New York 1884-12-04 1908 1914
Biff Schlitzer Rochester, New York 1884-12-04 1908 1914
George McQuillan Brooklyn, New York 1885-05-01 1907 1918
Bobby Vaughn Stamford, New York 1885-06-04 1909 1915
Elmer Steele Poughkeepsie, New York 1886-05-17 1907 1911
Rube Kroh Friendship, New York 1886-08-25 1906 1912
Jack Coffey New York, New York 1887-01-28 1909 1918
Heinie Zimmerman New York, New York 1887-02-09 1907 1919
Babe Danzig Binghamton, New York 1887-04-30 1909 1909
Eddie Collins Millerton, New York 1887-05-02 1906 1930
George Hunter Buffalo, New York 1887-07-08 1909 1910
Bill McCorry Saranac Lake, New York 1887-07-09 1909 1909
George Daly Buffalo, New York 1887-07-28 1909 1909
Tommy Clarke New York, New York 1888-05-09 1909 1918
Frank Scanlan Syracuse, New York 1890-04-28 1909 1909

Major League Baseball Players Born in New York / Played in 1909



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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