Major League Baseball Players Born in Oklahoma / Played in 1979

Major League Baseball Players Born in Oklahoma / Played in 1979

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 1979 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)

Player	Born In	Date of Birth	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Born in Oklahoma / Played in 1979 A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace
Randy Bass	Lawton, Oklahoma	1954-03-13	1977	1982
Johnny Bench	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1947-12-07	1967	1983
Paul Blair	Cushing, Oklahoma	1944-02-01	1964	1980
Paul Blair	Cushing, Oklahoma	1944-02-01	1964	1980
Ray Burris	Idabel, Oklahoma	1950-08-22	1973	1987
Ray Burris	Idabel, Oklahoma	1950-08-22	1973	1987
Ray Burris	Idabel, Oklahoma	1950-08-22	1973	1987
Ted Cox	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1955-01-24	1977	1981
Bob Davis	Pryor, Oklahoma	1952-03-01	1973	1981
Tim Flannery	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1957-09-29	1979	1989
George Frazier	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1954-10-13	1978	1987
Terry Humphrey	Chickasha, Oklahoma	1949-08-04	1971	1979
Junior Kennedy	Fort Gibson, Oklahoma	1950-08-09	1974	1983
Joey McLaughlin	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1956-07-11	1977	1984
Bobby Murcer	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1946-05-20	1965	1983
Bobby Murcer	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1946-05-20	1965	1983
Dave Rader	Claremore, Oklahoma	1948-12-26	1971	1980
Bob Shirley	Cushing, Oklahoma	1954-06-25	1977	1987
Joe Simpson	Purcell, Oklahoma	1951-12-31	1975	1983
Roy Staiger	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1950-01-06	1975	1979
Willie Stargell	Earlsboro, Oklahoma	1940-03-06	1962	1982
Jackson Todd	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1951-11-20	1977	1981
U.L. Washington	Stringtown, Oklahoma	1953-10-27	1977	1987
Mike Willis	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1950-12-26	1977	1981
Player	Born In	Date of Birth	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Born in Oklahoma / Played in 1979

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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