Major League Baseball Players Born in New York / Played in 1978

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 1978 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 1978

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace
Carl Yastrzemski Southampton, New York 1939-08-22 1961 1983
Ed Kranepool New York, New York 1944-11-08 1962 1979
Jim Palmer New York, New York 1945-10-15 1965 1984
Ken Brett Brooklyn, New York 1948-09-18 1967 1981
Al Fitzmorris Buffalo, New York 1946-03-21 1969 1978
Dave Cash Utica, New York 1948-06-11 1969 1980
Terry Crowley Staten Island, New York 1947-02-16 1969 1983
Al Fitzmorris Buffalo, New York 1946-03-21 1969 1978
Ken Singleton New York, New York 1947-06-10 1970 1984
Rudy Meoli Troy, New York 1951-05-01 1971 1979
Richie Zisk Brooklyn, New York 1949-02-06 1971 1983
Charlie Williams Flushing, New York 1947-10-11 1971 1978
Eric Soderholm Cortland, New York 1948-09-24 1971 1980
Kevin Kobel Buffalo, New York 1953-10-02 1973 1980
Craig Skok Dobbs Ferry, New York 1947-09-01 1973 1979
Dave Lemanczyk Syracuse, New York 1950-08-17 1973 1980
Tom Veryzer Port Jefferson, New York 1953-02-11 1973 1984
Dennis Leonard Brooklyn, New York 1951-05-08 1974 1986
Kevin Pasley Bronx, New York 1953-07-22 1974 1978
Ed Glynn Flushing, New York 1953-06-03 1975 1985
Pete Falcone Brooklyn, New York 1953-10-01 1975 1984
John Candelaria New York, New York 1953-11-06 1975 1993
Mike Barlow Stamford, New York 1948-04-30 1975 1981
Rick Manning Niagara Falls, New York 1954-09-02 1975 1987
Frank Riccelli Syracuse, New York 1953-02-24 1976 1979
Phil Mankowski Buffalo, New York 1953-01-09 1976 1982
Joe Sambito Brooklyn, New York 1952-06-28 1976 1987
Gerry Hannahs Binghamton, New York 1953-03-06 1976 1979
Lee Mazzilli New York, New York 1955-03-25 1976 1989
Mike Proly Jamaica, New York 1950-12-15 1976 1983
Tommy Boggs Poughkeepsie, New York 1955-10-25 1976 1985
Lou Whitaker Brooklyn, New York 1957-05-12 1977 1995
Dell Alston Valhalla, New York 1952-09-22 1977 1980
Julio Cruz Brooklyn, New York 1954-12-02 1977 1986
Dell Alston Valhalla, New York 1952-09-22 1977 1980
Jim Norris Brooklyn, New York 1948-12-20 1977 1980
Dave Palmer Glens Falls, New York 1957-10-19 1978 1989
Mike Bruhert Jamaica, New York 1951-06-24 1978 1978

Major League Baseball Players Born in New York / Played in 1978


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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