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FOREIGN-BORN PLAYERS IN MLB DROPS TO LOWEST PERCENTAGE IN 2002

  • NEWS Desk Global
  • 13 hours ago
  • 1 min read

The percentage of players born outside the 50 states in Major League Baseball dropped to its lowest level since 2002 while Japan's 14 were its most since 2010.

There were 247 players from 16 nations and territories outside of the 50 states among 948 players on opening day active rosters and injured and restricted lists, the commissioner’s office said Thursday. The 26.1% was down from 27.8% last year and the lowest since 26.1% in 2002. The high of 29.8% was in 2017.

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