Where are they from?

EVERYWHERE - The September call-ups have been getting a lot of playing time lately. Now days they come from all over the world. Some will be back next year, some may not be heard from again.

So, where are major league baseball players from? Here's a list of the states/territories/countries that have produced the most players over the years:

California......................1,974
Pennsylvania.................1,349
New York......................1,097
Illinois...........................1,010
Ohio..............................985
Texas............................796
Massachusetts...............646
Missouri.........................580
Michigan........................414
New Jersey...................405
Florida..........................402
North Carolina...............380
Indiana.........................354
Georgia.........................313
Alabama........................303

Outside the 50 states:
Dominican Republic.........517
Venezuela......................256
Canada..........................230
Puerto Rico....................230
Cuba.............................163
Mexico...........................112
Japan..............................51

Here are some locations MLB players are from that may surprise you:
Russia..............................8
Czechoslovakia.................3
Scotland...........................7
Afghanistan......................1
Finland.............................1

CONTRIBUTING SOURCES:
Baseball-Almanac: Major League players by birthplace
The Emerald Guide to Baseball 2009, The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

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