List of Major League Baseball players from Australia
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The first recorded
As of the 2021 Major League Baseball (MLB) season[update], 36 Australians have played in at least one MLB game. Of those players, 33 were born in Australia, the remainder having been born elsewhere but raised in Australia and have played for the Australia national baseball team at International Baseball Federation or sanctioned tournaments such as the Olympic Games and World Baseball Classic. 24 of the players have been pitchers and the other 12 have been position players.
Australia became the sixth country (not counting the United States) to have a player represented in the major leagues, when
As of 2019[update], Grant Balfour, David Nilsson and Liam Hendriks are the only Australians to have played in an MLB All-Star Game. In 2013, Balfour was added to the squad by AL manager Jim Leyland as a 'Sunday replacement' pitcher. In 1999, Nilsson was one of two players from the Milwaukee Brewers to be selected.[6] At this time the starting lineup was selected by the fans through voting at stadiums and online. The remaining players were selected by the managers of the respective teams, themselves having been the managers of the league champions from the previous season: in Nilsson's case, he was selected by Bruce Bochy, who had managed the San Diego Padres to the 1998 World Series against the New York Yankees.[7] Liam Hendriks became the third Australian to make the MLB All-Star Game in 2019, as a replacement for Charlie Morton.
Players
1B | First baseman |
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2B | Second baseman |
3B | Third baseman |
C | Catcher |
DH | Designated hitter |
IF | Infielder |
M | Manager |
OF | Outfielder |
P | Pitcher |
SS | Shortstop |
U | Utility |
* | Member of Baseball Australia Hall of Fame |
- Notes
- ^ Denotes that the player played at least one game in the 2020 season
- ^ Denotes that the player played at least one game in the 2023 season
- Australia at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 SydneyOlympic Games.
- player-managerfor the 1895 St. Louis Browns and the 1899 Cleveland Spiders.
- .
- Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and 2006 World Baseball Classic.
- ^ Denotes that the player played at least one game in the 2020 season
Postseason appearances
Joe Quinn became the first Australian to make an appearance in a postseason game for a Major League team, when the
In the modern era (considered to be from 1901 to today by MLB, as it was the first season with both of the current Major Leagues in operation), six Australians have played in postseason games, all but one of them pitchers.
Grant Balfour holds the record for most appearances in postseason games for an Australian, having played in a total of seventeen games, thirteen with the Tampa Bay Rays, two with the Minnesota Twins and two with the Oakland Athletics.[10] Damian Moss and Peter Moylan also made postseason appearances, both having played for the Atlanta Braves against the San Francisco Giants: Moss in the 2002 National League Division Series,[27] and Moylan in the 2010 National League Division Series.[28] Liam Hendriks is the most recent Australian to play in the postseason, and the only such player to start a postseason game, pitching in the 2018 American League Wild Card Game for the Oakland Athletics.[50]
Player | Seasons | World Series | LCS | LDS
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Series won |
Series played |
Games played |
Series won |
Series played |
Games played |
Series won |
Series played |
Games played | |||
Grant Balfour | 2004 Minnesota Twins 2008 Tampa Bay Rays 2010 Tampa Bay Rays 2012 Oakland Athletics 2013 Oakland Athletics |
0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | — | [51] [52][53][54] [55] [56] [57] | ||
Liam Hendriks | 2018 Oakland Athletics 2019 Oakland Athletics 2020 Oakland Athletics |
— | — | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | [58] [59] [60][61] | ||||
Graeme Lloyd | 1996 New York Yankees 1997 New York Yankees 1998 New York Yankees |
2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | [62][63][48] [64] [65][66][49] | ||
Damian Moss | 2002 Atlanta Braves | — | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | [67] | ||||||
Peter Moylan | 2010 Atlanta Braves | — | — | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | [68] | ||||||
Joe Quinn | 1892 Boston Beaneaters | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | [46] |
See also
- List of countries with their first Major League Baseball player
- List of Major League Baseball players who played in Australia
- Major League Baseball Australia Academy Program
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