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BASEBALL PLAYERS

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With 74 biographies, Baseball Players are the 70th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Table Tennis Players, Artists, and Dancers.

Pantheon has 84 people classified as baseball players born between 1820 and 1994. Of these 84, 60 (71.43%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living baseball players include Sadaharu Oh, Willie Mays, and Ichiro Suzuki. The most famous deceased baseball players include Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, and Jackie Robinson. As of April 2022, 8 new baseball players have been added to Pantheon including Alexander Cartwright, Shohei Ohtani, and José Altuve.

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Newly Added Baseball Players (2022)

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Most baseball players were born in United States (62), Dominican Republic (8), and Japan (6). By city, the most common birth places were Santo Domingo (5), San Diego (4), and Mobile, Alabama (2).The most common death places of baseball players were United States (22) and Puerto Rico (1). By city, these were Atlanta (2), Chicago (2), and New York City (1).

The earliest biographies classified as baseball players in Pantheon are Ty Cobb, Cy Young, and Alexander Cartwright.  The concentration of baseball players was largest during the Television Era, which lasted from 1950 to 1989. Some birth or death locations for earlier baseball players are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.

Which Baseball Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 23 most globally memorable Baseball Players since 1700.

Baseball Players are found within the Sports domain which also includes Soccer Players, Athletes, Basketball Players, Cyclists, and Tennis Players.