Major League Baseball just released its annual demographic breakdown, which shows that 223 of 853 major league players (750 on 25-man rosters, 103 on the disabled list) were born outside of the U.S., which is 26.1 percent. They represent 16 countries and territories outside the U.S. The breakdown:
Dominican Republic: 82
Venezuela: 59
Cuba: 19
Puerto Rico 11
Canada: 10
Japan: 9
Mexico: 9
Curaçao: 5
Colombia: 4
Panama 4
Nicaragua: 3
Australia: 2
South Korea: 2
Taiwan: 2
Aruba: 1
Brazil: 1
Mars: Brian Wilson
The Texas Rangers have the most foreign-born players with a total of 15. The press release didn’t say which team has the least. But I’m going to go with the 1948 Boston Red Sox.