"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 Ohio / Played in 1927A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace |
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Player | Born In | Date of Birth | Debut Year | Final Year |
Ethan Allen | Cincinnati, Ohio | 1904-01-01 | 1926 | 1938 |
Jim Beckman | Cincinnati, Ohio | 1905-03-01 | 1927 | 1928 |
Fred Bratschi | Alliance, Ohio | 1892-01-16 | 1921 | 1927 |
George Burns | Niles, Ohio | 1893-01-31 | 1914 | 1929 |
Art Decatur | Cleveland, Ohio | 1894-01-14 | 1922 | 1927 |
Woody English | Fredonia, Ohio | 1906-03-02 | 1927 | 1938 |
Gus Felix | Cincinnati, Ohio | 1895-05-24 | 1923 | 1927 |
Bob Fothergill | Massillon, Ohio | 1897-08-16 | 1922 | 1933 |
Howard Freigau | Dayton, Ohio | 1902-08-01 | 1922 | 1928 |
Wally Gerber | Columbus, Ohio | 1891-08-18 | 1914 | 1929 |
Jesse Haines | Clayton, Ohio | 1893-07-22 | 1918 | 1937 |
Dutch Henry | Cleveland, Ohio | 1902-05-12 | 1921 | 1930 |
Johnny Hodapp | Cincinnati, Ohio | 1905-09-26 | 1925 | 1933 |
Sam Jones | Woodsfield, Ohio | 1892-07-26 | 1914 | 1935 |
Ralph Judd | Perrysburg, Ohio | 1901-12-07 | 1927 | 1930 |
Ray Kolp | New Berlin, Ohio | 1894-10-01 | 1921 | 1934 |
Pat McNulty | Cleveland, Ohio | 1899-02-27 | 1922 | 1927 |
Jake Miller | Wagram, Ohio | 1898-02-28 | 1924 | 1933 |
Russ Miller | Etna, Ohio | 1900-03-25 | 1927 | 1928 |
Roger Peckinpaugh | Wooster, Ohio | 1891-02-05 | 1910 | 1927 |
Charlie Root | Middletown, Ohio | 1899-03-17 | 1923 | 1941 |
Urban Shocker | Cleveland, Ohio | 1890-08-22 | 1916 | 1928 |
Ed Sicking | St. Bernard, Ohio | 1897-03-30 | 1916 | 1927 |
George Sisler | Manchester, Ohio | 1893-03-24 | 1915 | 1930 |
Rudy Sommers | Cincinnati, Ohio | 1887-10-30 | 1912 | 1927 |
Arlie Tarbert | Cleveland, Ohio | 1904-09-10 | 1927 | 1928 |
Jackie Tavener | Celina, Ohio | 1897-12-27 | 1921 | 1929 |
George Uhle | Cleveland, Ohio | 1898-09-18 | 1919 | 1936 |
Dutch Ussat | Dayton, Ohio | 1904-04-11 | 1925 | 1927 |
Ed Wells | Ashland, Ohio | 1900-06-07 | 1923 | 1934 |
Harry Wilke | Cincinnati, Ohio | 1900-12-14 | 1927 | 1927 |
Player | Born In | Date of Birth | Debut Year | Final Year |
Major League Baseball Players Born in Ohio / Played in 1927 |
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:
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.