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There are more players from California in major league baseball than from any other state or country. However, more than 200 players are from Latin American nations. Where big leaguers attended high school, information from 40-man rosters for all 28 teams as of Feb. 11:
UNITED STATES
California: 185
Florida: 89
Texas: 57
Illinois: 52
Ohio: 39
New York: 37
Pennsylvania: 31
Louisiana: 26
Georgia: 22
Washington: 22
Michigan: 20
New Jersey: 19
North Carolina: 18
Massachusetts: 18
Virginia: 17
South Carolina: 16
Arizona: 14
Alabama: 13
Oklahoma: 13
Oregon: 13
Connecticut: 12
Kentucky: 12
Maryland: 12
Indiana: 11
Missouri: 11
Nevada: 11
Wisconsin: 9
Tennessee: 8
Mississippi: 8
Colorado: 7
Iowa: 6
Kansas: 6
Minnesota: 4
Nebraska: 3
Delaware: 2
Hawaii: 2
Maine: 2
North Dakota: 2
New Hampshire: 2
New Mexico: 2
West Virginia: 2
Wyoming: 2
Arkansas: 1
Montana: 1
Rhode Island: 1
Utah: 1
OTHER COUNTRIES
Domin. Republic: 107
Puerto Rico: 42
Venezuela: 39
Mexico: 15
Canada: 11
Panama: 11
Cuba: 8
Australia: 4
Curacao: 3
Japan: 3
Aruba: 2
Colombia: 2
Korea: 2
Brazil: 1
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