Santo Domingo.- The Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants open what promises to be a thriller of a World Series tonight, when a record six Dominicans on the Motor City’s roster.
Jhonny Peralta, Ramon Santiago, Jose Valverde, Alberto Alburquerque, Joaquin Benoit and Octavio Dotel exceed five the Texas Rangers fielded in 2010; Julio Borbon, Nelson Cruz, Vladimir Guerrero, Neftali Feliz and Alexi Ogando.
When the three San Francisco players, Santiago Casilla, Guillermo Mota and Joaquin Arias are added, the country’s nine players in the Fall Classic 2012 will tie its record set in 2010, when the Rangers played the Giants.
Since the terrific trio formed by the brothers Felipe and Matty Alou, and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal in the 1962 Series (Giants v. Yankees) until last year’s Cardinals v. Rangers, a total of 89 Dominicans have seen action in the Major Leagues championship.
Written by: Danilo, 24 Oct 2012 10:59 AM
From: Dominican Republic, www.DuckyDeals.com
Good luck guys! It's gonna be a good one!
From: Dominican Republic
Being a Detroit native married to a Dominicana and residing in the DR, this is very cool. Now don't screw it up by testing positive for any PED's. Good Luck!!!
Written by: devin11, 24 Oct 2012 12:45 PM
From: United States, The Greatest City
Editor,
The 2010 record will still stand since Guillermo Mota is not on the SF Giants roster as he is serving his second MLB suspension for 100 games this time after testing positive for using performance enhancing drugs. If the 2010 WS had 9 national representatives, that would still be the record since this years 2012 WS campaign will have 8 combined national representatives. Also, the 2010 representatives had 2 starters (Cruz and Guerrero) and this years representatives have one (Peralta).
From: United States, I dont even live inside a house , I haunt one!
Who cares the whole Mlb is full of dominicans, thats is nothing new.
Written by: juanb, 24 Oct 2012 1:19 PM
From: Dominican Republic
I once asked my wife's son how many Domincans are in the major leagues. He answered, "1000".
That is what most Dominicans believe.
Actual number?
Less than 100
Written by: Atabey, 24 Oct 2012 1:58 PM
From: United States, NYC
baseball-reference.com
and
fangraphs.com
are two worthwhile sites for information.
Players by Place of Birth (Number of players)
Foreign Countries and U.S. Territories
Dominican Republic (563)
Venezuela (286)
Canada (238)
Puerto Rico (234)
Cuba (173)
To give you guys some perspective only California (1,025), Pennsylvania (766), New York (659), Ohio (556) outrank the Dominican Republic when it comes to producing ML players. Cuba, of course, would have many more players if not for the Revolution of 1959. Venezuela is coming on strongly and will give DR a run for its money.
* Please note that this information is not complete and some player's birthplace information is either unknown or unentered.
Sortable totals by state: Batting / Pitching / Managing
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Written by: Atabey, 24 Oct 2012 2:03 PM
From: United States, NYC
Percentage of foreign players rises
Updated: April 5, 2012,
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- The percentage of Major League Baseball players born outside the United States rose to its third-highest level.
The commissioner's office said Thursday that among the 856 players on opening day rosters, 243 were born outside the 50 states. The 28.4 percentage is up from 27.7 last year and trails only 2005 (29.2) and 2007 (29.0).
The Dominican Republic led with 95 players, four shy of its high in 2007. Venezuela set its high with 66, four more than last year.
Canada (15) was next, followed by Japan (13), Cuba and Puerto Rico (11 each), Mexico (nine), Panama (seven), Curacao and Australia (four apiece), Nicaragua (three), Taiwan (two), and Colombia, Italy and South Korea (one each).
Puerto Rico's total was its fewest since MLB started tracking the data in 1995 and is down from 28 in 2009.
Written by: Atabey, 24 Oct 2012 2:04 PM
From: United States, NYC
Kansas City has the most players born outside the 50 states with 13, trailed by Colorado and the New York Yankees (12 each).
Figures include active rosters, 103 players on the disabled list and four on the restricted list.
Of 7,278 players with minor league contracts, 3,382 were born outside the 50 states. The 46.47 percent figure was down from 47.41 at the start of last season. The minor league figure includes players with big league deals who have been optioned.
Written by: devin11, 24 Oct 2012 2:07 PM
From: United States, The Greatest City
Juanb,
I read an article that this year the MLB percentage of Dominican players is almost 9%, it was the largest foreign born representation. That's a pretty impressive number for sure, perhaps it may seem to some that the number is even larger because Dominican players simply resonate more to them than other players, that's just a human response. If you look at the numbers on a per-capita basis, then no country produces more MLB players than the DR.
Written by: Atabey, 24 Oct 2012 2:47 PM
From: United States, NYC
"Aside from the U.S., more Major League Baseball (MLB) players are born in the Dominican Republic, a nation of 9.7 million, with a per capita GDP of $8,300, than any other country on the globe. Of the 833 major league players on opening-day rosters, 86 of them, more than 10%, hailed from the D.R. Next highest? Venezuela, with 58.
About a quarter of the 7,000 minor league players are from the island nation that shares a border with Haiti."
.25 x 7000= = 1, 750.00 players in the minor leagues!
From Time Magazine:
Baseball Dreams: Striking Out in the Dominican Republic
By Sean Gregory
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
Juan I thought you were Dominican.
Written by: juanb, 25 Oct 2012 3:33 AM
From: Dominican Republic
9% of 1248 players is 112. I am guessing that means that every year about 15 new Dominican players go into the majors. If you think about the 1000's of our youth thinking that they will make it that is a sobering thought.
Written by: Atabey, 25 Oct 2012 9:05 AM
From: United States, NYC
I believe the highest number of Dominicans in a single year in the majors was 99 in 2007.
The enormous numbers are in the MINOR leagues. Something approaching 25%!!!! of all players are from the DR!!!
From Time Magazine:
Baseball Dreams: Striking Out in the Dominican Republic
By Sean Gregory
"About a quarter of the 7,000 minor league players are from the island nation that shares a border with Haiti."
.25 x 7000= =>~ 1, 750.00 players in the minor leagues!
Written by: RoyStone, 25 Oct 2012 9:19 AM
From: Australia
It is an indictment when there are so many Dominicans in USA and the only thing they are recognized for is playing baseball, receiving welfare, being deported, or in jail.
Written by: danny00, 25 Oct 2012 12:19 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
where the f%&* is mr. a-rod? looks like this year the drug free players will be in the world series.
nice to play by the rules. guess some people have real talent and dont need the drugs.
Written by: danny00, 25 Oct 2012 12:28 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
and u forgot something.
when they sign up they use some one elses name or give their wrong age.
{we dominicans love to play by the rules dont we?}
this is why we have a
choo choo train in santo domingo.
so all the children with a 5th grade education behind them can ride together going to the blue mall for the world-famous dominican salami to eat.
choo choo train.
Written by: danny00, 25 Oct 2012 12:34 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
be nice to see some science and engineers coming out of the dr. u have these numbers?
who knows just in case the baseball nor the drug dealing does not work out for them the kids.
Written by: lovingit, 25 Oct 2012 1:21 PM
From: United States, Delaware
Feel bad for Jose Valverde... two seasons of nearly untouchable at saves, and then he becomes a dud for the playoffs
RedSox fan, rooting for the Tigers.. Go Tigers!
As for the numbers... boy, Puerto Rico got so f&cked by having to go through the draft..they should really try to opt out of that in some way. Puerto Rico, like in DR, does not have High School sports, so very fiew players actually develop through the school system and become draft eligible. Many have to come to US colleges to try to be seen, but many, (some of which I know) are too nostalgic of home and are unable to adapt well to the US college environment and end up going back home.
Written by: Atabey, 25 Oct 2012 2:38 PM
From: United States, NYC
The Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School (PRBAHS) is a non-profit organization combining academics and sports programs into one curriculum. Its goal is to prepare its students for higher education, competitive college scholarship opportunities, and the Major League Baseball Draft. The PRBAHS is the only high school in Puerto Rico or the United States with this type of learning environment.
The school is located 30 minutes outside of San Juan near the University of Turabo in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. It admits students ages 14–18 into 10th through 12th grade.
The school was first envisoned by former Texas Rangers pitcher Edwin Correa, who was motivated by the decline of Puerto Rican players in the major leagues. The Dominican Republic has recently had many more players signed than Puerto Rico has, in part because of differing rules. United States standards, upheld by the PRBAHS, require players to complete a high school diploma or to be at least 18 years of age,
Written by: Atabey, 25 Oct 2012 2:40 PM
From: United States, NYC
while Dominican players are able to sign with major league organizations as early as 16 years of age. For the 2003 season, there were 38 versus 79 on the Major League rosters that came from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, respectively.
Although the school was founded in 2002, its inception began 1999, when founder Edwin Correa coached at Las Palmas, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ complex located in the Dominican Republic. It was at Las Palmas where his vision began and he decided to use the complex as a model to draft his own prototype.
Program curriculum
The core academic curriculum includes courses in Spanish, English, United States History, Puerto Rican History, Latin American History, Biology, Work Management, Chemistry, Physics, Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry, and Pre-calculus. The available electives are Health, Photography,Psychology, Sports Psychology, Music,Journalism, Ethics, History of Baseball, and the Critical Analysis of Chess.
Written by: Atabey, 25 Oct 2012 2:41 PM
From: United States, NYC
The baseball program emphasizes the mental, physical, and technical aspects of each position to create a complete understanding of the game. Topics covered include throwing mechanics, weight training, fielding mechanics, communication, running the bases, the mental aspect of the game, run downs, the art of pitching, the art of catching, and bunt plays."---Wikipedia
Notable alumni
Graduates who have been drafted or signed to Major League teams (in chronological order):
Jeffrey Domínguez - Seattle Mariners - 2004
Lonny Roa - Cincinnati Reds - 2004
Luis Rivera - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - 2004
Pedro López - Kansas City Royals - 2005
Angel L. Caludio - Cleveland Indians - 2005
Wilfredo Díaz - Los Angeles Dodgers - 2005
Héctor Pellot - New York Mets - 2005
José H. Castro - New York Mets - 2006
Jonathan Santos - New York Mets - 2006
Luis Sánchez - Toronto Blue Jays - 2006
Leonardo Calderón - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - 2006
Jorge Charry - Pittsburgh Pirates
Written by: Atabey, 25 Oct 2012 2:43 PM
From: United States, NYC
Francisco Ortiz - Pittsburgh Pirates - 2006
Helder Velázquez - Colorado Rockies - 2006
Angel Sierra - Oakland Athletics - 2006
Mark A. Sikora- Chicago Cubs - 2008
Gelson Perez- Lincoln Memorial - 2008
Curt Garrett Fuqua- Lincoln Memorial - 2009
Carlos Correa - Houston Astros- 2012 #1 Overall Draft pick
Written by: RoyStone, 25 Oct 2012 9:08 PM
From: Australia
Hey guys, it's just a game - not like that it's important!
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The 2010 record will still stand since Guillermo Mota is not on the SF Giants roster as he is serving his second MLB suspension for 100 games this time after testing positive for using performance enhancing drugs. If the 2010 WS had 9 national representatives, that would still be the record since this years 2012 WS campaign will have 8 combined national representatives. Also, the 2010 representatives had 2 starters (Cruz and Guerrero) and this years representatives have one (Peralta).
I once asked my wife's son how many Domincans are in the major leagues. He answered, "1000".
That is what most Dominicans believe.
Actual number?
Less than 100
and
fangraphs.com
are two worthwhile sites for information.
Players by Place of Birth (Number of players)
Foreign Countries and U.S. Territories
Dominican Republic (563)
Venezuela (286)
Canada (238)
Puerto Rico (234)
Cuba (173)
To give you guys some perspective only California (1,025), Pennsylvania (766), New York (659), Ohio (556) outrank the Dominican Republic when it comes to producing ML players. Cuba, of course, would have many more players if not for the Revolution of 1959. Venezuela is coming on strongly and will give DR a run for its money.
* Please note that this information is not complete and some player's birthplace information is either unknown or unentered.
Sortable totals by state: Batting / Pitching / Managing
Sortable totals by country: Batting / Pitching / Managing
Percentage of foreign players rises
Updated: April 5, 2012,
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- The percentage of Major League Baseball players born outside the United States rose to its third-highest level.
The commissioner's office said Thursday that among the 856 players on opening day rosters, 243 were born outside the 50 states. The 28.4 percentage is up from 27.7 last year and trails only 2005 (29.2) and 2007 (29.0).
The Dominican Republic led with 95 players, four shy of its high in 2007. Venezuela set its high with 66, four more than last year.
Canada (15) was next, followed by Japan (13), Cuba and Puerto Rico (11 each), Mexico (nine), Panama (seven), Curacao and Australia (four apiece), Nicaragua (three), Taiwan (two), and Colombia, Italy and South Korea (one each).
Puerto Rico's total was its fewest since MLB started tracking the data in 1995 and is down from 28 in 2009.
Kansas City has the most players born outside the 50 states with 13, trailed by Colorado and the New York Yankees (12 each).
Figures include active rosters, 103 players on the disabled list and four on the restricted list.
Of 7,278 players with minor league contracts, 3,382 were born outside the 50 states. The 46.47 percent figure was down from 47.41 at the start of last season. The minor league figure includes players with big league deals who have been optioned.
I read an article that this year the MLB percentage of Dominican players is almost 9%, it was the largest foreign born representation. That's a pretty impressive number for sure, perhaps it may seem to some that the number is even larger because Dominican players simply resonate more to them than other players, that's just a human response. If you look at the numbers on a per-capita basis, then no country produces more MLB players than the DR.
"Aside from the U.S., more Major League Baseball (MLB) players are born in the Dominican Republic, a nation of 9.7 million, with a per capita GDP of $8,300, than any other country on the globe. Of the 833 major league players on opening-day rosters, 86 of them, more than 10%, hailed from the D.R. Next highest? Venezuela, with 58.
About a quarter of the 7,000 minor league players are from the island nation that shares a border with Haiti."
.25 x 7000= = 1, 750.00 players in the minor leagues!
From Time Magazine:
Baseball Dreams: Striking Out in the Dominican Republic
By Sean Gregory
9% of 1248 players is 112. I am guessing that means that every year about 15 new Dominican players go into the majors. If you think about the 1000's of our youth thinking that they will make it that is a sobering thought.
The enormous numbers are in the MINOR leagues. Something approaching 25%!!!! of all players are from the DR!!!
From Time Magazine:
Baseball Dreams: Striking Out in the Dominican Republic
By Sean Gregory
"About a quarter of the 7,000 minor league players are from the island nation that shares a border with Haiti."
.25 x 7000= =>~ 1, 750.00 players in the minor leagues!
nice to play by the rules. guess some people have real talent and dont need the drugs.
when they sign up they use some one elses name or give their wrong age.
{we dominicans love to play by the rules dont we?}
this is why we have a
choo choo train in santo domingo.
so all the children with a 5th grade education behind them can ride together going to the blue mall for the world-famous dominican salami to eat.
choo choo train.
who knows just in case the baseball nor the drug dealing does not work out for them the kids.
RedSox fan, rooting for the Tigers.. Go Tigers!
As for the numbers... boy, Puerto Rico got so f&cked by having to go through the draft..they should really try to opt out of that in some way. Puerto Rico, like in DR, does not have High School sports, so very fiew players actually develop through the school system and become draft eligible. Many have to come to US colleges to try to be seen, but many, (some of which I know) are too nostalgic of home and are unable to adapt well to the US college environment and end up going back home.
The Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School (PRBAHS) is a non-profit organization combining academics and sports programs into one curriculum. Its goal is to prepare its students for higher education, competitive college scholarship opportunities, and the Major League Baseball Draft. The PRBAHS is the only high school in Puerto Rico or the United States with this type of learning environment.
The school is located 30 minutes outside of San Juan near the University of Turabo in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. It admits students ages 14–18 into 10th through 12th grade.
The school was first envisoned by former Texas Rangers pitcher Edwin Correa, who was motivated by the decline of Puerto Rican players in the major leagues. The Dominican Republic has recently had many more players signed than Puerto Rico has, in part because of differing rules. United States standards, upheld by the PRBAHS, require players to complete a high school diploma or to be at least 18 years of age,
Although the school was founded in 2002, its inception began 1999, when founder Edwin Correa coached at Las Palmas, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ complex located in the Dominican Republic. It was at Las Palmas where his vision began and he decided to use the complex as a model to draft his own prototype.
Program curriculum
The core academic curriculum includes courses in Spanish, English, United States History, Puerto Rican History, Latin American History, Biology, Work Management, Chemistry, Physics, Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry, and Pre-calculus. The available electives are Health, Photography,Psychology, Sports Psychology, Music,Journalism, Ethics, History of Baseball, and the Critical Analysis of Chess.
The baseball program emphasizes the mental, physical, and technical aspects of each position to create a complete understanding of the game. Topics covered include throwing mechanics, weight training, fielding mechanics, communication, running the bases, the mental aspect of the game, run downs, the art of pitching, the art of catching, and bunt plays."---Wikipedia
Notable alumni
Graduates who have been drafted or signed to Major League teams (in chronological order):
Jeffrey Domínguez - Seattle Mariners - 2004
Lonny Roa - Cincinnati Reds - 2004
Luis Rivera - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - 2004
Pedro López - Kansas City Royals - 2005
Angel L. Caludio - Cleveland Indians - 2005
Wilfredo Díaz - Los Angeles Dodgers - 2005
Héctor Pellot - New York Mets - 2005
José H. Castro - New York Mets - 2006
Jonathan Santos - New York Mets - 2006
Luis Sánchez - Toronto Blue Jays - 2006
Leonardo Calderón - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - 2006
Jorge Charry - Pittsburgh Pirates
Francisco Ortiz - Pittsburgh Pirates - 2006
Helder Velázquez - Colorado Rockies - 2006
Angel Sierra - Oakland Athletics - 2006
Mark A. Sikora- Chicago Cubs - 2008
Gelson Perez- Lincoln Memorial - 2008
Curt Garrett Fuqua- Lincoln Memorial - 2009
Carlos Correa - Houston Astros- 2012 #1 Overall Draft pick