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List of Major League Baseball players who played in Australia
This article needs to be updated. (March 2019) |
This is a list of Major League Baseball players who played in Australia professionally. This is typically players who played in the Australian Baseball League from 1989 to 1999, the International Baseball League of Australia from 1999 to 2001 and the Australian Baseball League from 2010.
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| * | Major League experience prior to playing in Australia |
| Name | Australian Teams | Year(s) | MLB Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Ahearne* | Adelaide Giants, Melbourne Reds, Perth Heat | 1997–99 | Detroit Tigers |
| Dusty Allen | Brisbane Bandits | 1997 | Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres |
| Lars Anderson* | Sydney Blue Sox | 2018 | Boston Red Sox |
| Mike Anderson | Waverley Reds | 1991 | Cincinnati Reds |
| Jamie Arnold | Melbourne Monarchs | 1997 | Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs |
| Glen Barker | Brisbane Bandits, Gold Coast Cougars | 1998–99 | Houston Astros |
| Kimera Bartee | Perth Heat | 1995 | Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies |
| Jason Beverlin | Melbourne Reds | 1998 | Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers |
| Micah Bowie | Melbourne Monarchs | 1998 | Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals, Colorado Rockies |
| Damon Buford | Perth Heat | 1992 | Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs |
| Homer Bush | Brisbane Bandits | 1994 | New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins |
| Rich Butler | Sydney Blues | 1997 | Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| Anthony Claggett* | Perth Heat | 2013 | New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Steve Colyer | MLB All-Stars | 2001 | Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves |
| Mike Coolbaugh | Sydney Blues | 1996 | Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals |
| Brad Cornett | Sydney Blues | 1994 | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Paxton Crawford | Gold Coast Cougars | 1998 | Boston Red Sox |
| Éric Cyr | MLB All-Stars | 2001 | San Diego Padres |
| Joe DePastino | Gold Coast Cougars | 1997–98 | New York Mets |
| Mark Dewey* | IBLA Internationals | 2001 | San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Brian Edmondson | Hunter Eagles | 1997 | Atlanta Braves, Florida Marlins |
| Mike Ekstrom* | Perth Heat | 2014 | San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, Colorado Rockies |
| Jared Fernandez | Gold Coast Cougars | 1996–97 | Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers |
| Mike Figga | Canberra Bushrangers | 1994–95 | New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles |
| Ben Ford | Melbourne Reds | 1997 | Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers |
| Danny Garcia* | Brisbane Bandits | 1992 | Kansas City Royals |
| Jesse Garcia | Perth Heat | 1998 | Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres |
| Gary Glover | Sydney Storm | 1999 | Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox, Anaheim Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers |
| Larry Gonzales | Melbourne Bushrangers | 1991 | California Angels |
| Curtis Goodwin | Perth Heat | 1994 | Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays |
| Nick Green | IBLA Internationals | 2001 | Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees |
| Charlie Greene | Melbourne Monarchs | 1995 | New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays |
| Jeremy Guthrie* | Melbourne Aces | 2017 | Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals, Washington Nationals |
| Mark Hamburger* | Melbourne Aces | 2017–18 | Texas Rangers |
| Chris Hatcher | Melbourne Bushrangers | 1992 | Kansas City Royals |
| John Hattig | MLB All-Stars | 2001 | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Bob Henley | Hunter Eagles | 1995 | Montreal Expos |
| Matt Herges | Adelaide Giants | 1999 | Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies |
| Mike Hessman | Melbourne Monarchs | 1999 | Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers |
| Erik Hiljus | Melbourne Monarchs | 1996 | Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics |
| Shea Hillenbrand | Gold Coast Cougars | 1998 | Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Anaheim Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Jason Hirsh* | Melbourne Aces | 2011– | Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros |
| Chin-lung Hu* | Adelaide Bite | 2011– | Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets |
| John Jaha | Gold Coast Cougars | 1991–1992 | Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics |
| Greg Jelks* | Perth Heat, Melbourne Reds, Western Australia Heelers | 1993–1999, 1996, 2000–2001 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Michael Johnson | Sydney Blues | 1997 | Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos |
| Randy Johnson* | Brisbane Bandits | 1991 | Atlanta Braves |
| Kevin Jordan | Brisbane Bandits | 1993–1997 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Pat Kelly* | Brisbane Bandits | 1992 | New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays |
| Byung-hyun Kim* | Melbourne Aces | 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Scott Klingenbeck | Perth Heat | 1994 | Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds |
| Randy Knorr | Melbourne Monarchs | 1990 | Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros, Florida Marlins, Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos |
| Dae-Sung Koo* | Sydney Blue Sox | 2010–14 | New York Mets |
| Brian Kowitz | Waverley Reds | 1992 | Atlanta Braves |
| Pete Kozma* | Perth Heat | 2019 | St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers |
| Rick Krivda | Perth Heat | 1993 | Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians |
| Pete Laforest | IBLA Internationals | 2001 | Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies |
| Ryan Langerhans | IBLA Internationals | 2001 | Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals |
| Jalal Leach | Brisbane Bandits | 1993 | San Francisco Giants |
| Chia-Jen Lo* | Sydney Blue Sox | 2019 | Houston Astros |
| Paul Lo Duca | Adelaide Giants | 1995 | Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, Washington Nationals |
| George Lombard | Melbourne Monarchs | 1998 | Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Rays, Washington Nationals |
| Eric Ludwick | Melbourne Monarchs | 1995 | St. Louis Cardinals, Florida Marlins, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays |
| José Macías | Gold Coast Cougars | 1999 | Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs |
| Calvin Maduro | Perth Heat | 1996 | Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles |
| Ron Mahay* | Gold Coast Cougars | 1996 | Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals |
| Mike Mahoney | Melbourne Monarchs | 1997 | Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals |
| Matt Marksberry* | Melbourne Aces | 2018 | Atlanta Braves |
| Gary Matthews, Jr. | Brisbane Bandits | 1997 | San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
| Mike McClendon* | Perth Heat | 2015 | Milwaukee Brewers |
| Allen McDill | Melbourne Monarchs | 1995 | Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox |
| Kevin Millwood | Melbourne Monarchs | 1997 | Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers |
| Steve Mintz | Adelaide Giants | 1993 | San Francisco Giants, Anaheim Angels |
| Gabe Molina | Perth Heat | 1998 | Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals |
| Marcus Moore | Melbourne Bushrangers | 1991 | Colorado Rockies, Cincinnati Reds |
| Kevin Morgan | Melbourne Monarchs | 1996 | New York Mets |
| Gift Ngoepe* | Sydney Blue Sox | 2019 | Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays |
| Fu-Te Ni* | Adelaide Bite | 2014 | Detroit Tigers |
| Troy O'Leary | Daikyo Dolphins | 1991 | Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs |
| Chad Paronto | Perth Heat | 1998 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros |
| Jason Phillips | Hunter Eagles | 1998 | New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays |
| Jay Powell | Perth Heat | 1994 | Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves |
| Carlos Reyes | Waverley Reds | 1993 | Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| Chuck Ricci | Perth Heat | 1992 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Félix Rodríguez | Adelaide Giants | 1993 | Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals |
| Frank Rodriguez | Brisbane Bandits | 1996 | Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds |
| Jason Rogers* | Sydney Blue Sox | 2019 | Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Mel Rosario | Perth Heat | 1997 | Baltimore Orioles |
| David Ross | MLB All Stars | 2001 | Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox |
| Anthony Sanders | Sydney Blues | 1996 | Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners |
| Ben Shelton | Parramatta Patriots | 1991 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Duane Singleton | Gold Coast Dolphins | 1993 | Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers |
| Todd Steverson | Sydney Blues | 1994 | Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres |
| Scott Stewart | Hunter Eagles | 1998 | Montreal Expos, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Everett Stull | Hunter Eagles | 1995 | Montreal Expos, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers |
| Pedro Swann | Waverley Reds | 1994 | Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles |
| Aaron Thompson* | Adelaide Bite | 2014 | Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins |
| Rene Tosoni* | Perth Heat | 2015 | Minnesota Twins |
| Sean Tracey* | Perth Heat | 2013 | Chicago White Sox |
| Virgil Vasquez* | Perth Heat | 2012–13 | Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Brad Voyles | IBLA Internationals | 2001 | Kansas City Royals |
| Donne Wall | Melbourne Bushrangers | 1992 | Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Anaheim Angels |
| Derek Wallace* | Hunter Eagles | 1998 | New York Mets, Kansas City Royals |
| Matt Watson | MLB All Stars | 2001 | New York Mets, Oakland Athletics |
| Eric Weaver | Adelaide Giants | 1998 | Los Angeles Dodgers, Anaheim Angels, Seattle Mariners |
| Ben Weber | Sydney Blues | 1993 | San Francisco Giants, Anaheim Angels, Cincinnati Reds |
| Vernon Wells | Sydney Storm | 1998 | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Eddie Williams* | East Coast Cougars | 1994 | Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Preston Wilson | Hunter Eagles | 1997 | New York Mets, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals |
| Vance Wilson | Melbourne Monarchs | 1996 | New York Mets, Detroit Tigers |
| Tim Worrell | Brisbane Bandits | 1991 | San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Kelly Wunsch | Brisbane Bandits | 1995 | Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Delmon Young* | Melbourne Aces | 2017–19 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles |
| Madison Younginer* | Canberra Cavalry | 2019 | Atlanta Braves |
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References edit
Source: Australian Major League – US Imports, Flintoff and Dunn. Retrieved 2009-08-28