IMPORTS COMPRISE 28 PERCENT OF MLB ROSTERS

Fifteen different nations outside the USA were represented on Major League Baseball’s Opening Day rosters this season. Out of 818 total listed players (including 70 disabled or restricted big leaguers), 229 were born outside the United States, comprising 28 percent of all MLB players.


The Dominican Republic has exported the most major leaguers with 81 players, followed by 52 from Venezuela, 28 Puerto Ricans and 14 from Mexico.

Among Major League teams, the Seattle Mariners had the most import players on Opening Day with 15, followed by the New York Mets, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox with 12 each.