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, not just the United States and Latin America. Here's a list of the states/territories/countries that have produced the most major league players, as of September 29, 2012:

California......................2,035
Pennsylvania................1,367
New York......................1,106
Illinois...........................1,023
Ohio...............................994
Texas.............................829
Massachusetts...............650
Missouri.........................590
Michigan........................419
New Jersey...................410

Outside the 50 states:
Dominican Republic.......564
Venezuela......................285
Canada...........................237
Puerto Rico....................234
Cuba...............................170
Mexico............................114
Japan..............................57

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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