Major League Baseball Players Born in Panama

Major League Baseball Players Born in Panama

Since the 19th Century, Major League Baseball has enjoyed a rich, diverse, world-wide set of talent not seen in any other major league sport. Every state in the United States of America, and more than forty-five countries, have had at least one player make it to the show. The table below is a comprehensive historical analysis of every major league baseball player born in Panama. Selecting a player's name will bring up their statistics page and selecting a column title (Birthplace, Debut Year, Final Year) will allow you to re-sort the data.

"For starting pitchers we have two Dominicans, one Italian, one Mexican and one Japanese. In the bullpen we have a Venezuelan, a Mexican, a guy from the United States and a guy from St. Louis." - Los Angeles Dodger / Hall of Fame Manager Tommy Lasorda (AP Wire, 08/18/1999)

Player	Born In	Date of Birth	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Born in Panama A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace
Ed Acosta	Boquete, Panama	1944-03-09	1970	1972
Manny Acosta	Colon, Panama	1981-05-01	2007	Active
Manuel Barrios	Cabecera, Panama	1974-09-21	1997	1998
Juan Berenguer	Aguadulce, Panama	1954-11-30	1978	1992
Enrique Burgos	Chorrera, Panama	1965-10-07	1993	1995
Ossie Chavarria	Colon, Panama	1940-08-05	1966	1967
Angel Chavez	David, Panama	1981-07-22	2005	Active
Bruce Chen	Panama City, Panama	1977-06-19	1998	Active
Webbo Clarke	Colon, Panama	1928-06-08	1955	1955
Manny Corpas	Panama City, Panama	1982-12-03	2006	Active
Roger Deago	Monagrillo, Panama	1977-06-21	2003	2003
Einar Diaz	Chiriqui, Panama	1972-12-28	1996	Active
Luis Durango	Panama City, Panama	1986-04-23	2009	Active
Gil Garrido	Panama City, Panama	1941-06-26	1964	1972
Bill Haywood	Colon, Panama	1937-04-21	1968	1968
Roberto Kelly	Panama City, Panama	1964-10-01	1987	2000
Carlos Lee	Aguadulce, Panama	1976-06-20	1999	Active
Allan Lewis	Colon, Panama	1941-12-12	1967	1973
Hector Lopez	Colon, Panama	1929-07-09	1955	1966
Jose Macias	Panama City, Panama	1972-01-25	1999	Active
Carlos Maldonado	Chepo, Panama	1966-10-18	1990	1993
Rafael Medina	Panama City, Panama	1975-02-15	1998	1999
Ramiro Mendoza	Los Santos, Panama	1972-06-15	1996	Active
Orlando Miller	Changuinola, Panama	1969-01-13	1994	1997
Omar Moreno	Puerto Armuelles, Panama	1952-10-24	1975	1986
Julio Mosquera	Panama City, Panama	1972-01-29	1996	Active
Ivan Murrell	Bocas del Toro, Panama	1945-04-24	1963	1974
Sherman Obando	Bocas Del Toro, Panama	1970-01-23	1993	1997
Ben Oglivie	Colon, Panama	1949-02-11	1971	1986
Adolfo Phillips	Bethania, Panama	1941-12-16	1964	1972
Bobby Prescott	Colon, Panama	1931-03-27	1961	1961
Fernando Ramsey	Rainbow City, Panama	1965-12-20	1992	1992
Mariano Rivera	Panama City, Panama	1969-11-29	1995	Active
Ruben Rivera	Chorrera, Panama	1973-11-14	1995	2003
Dave Roberts	Panama City, Panama	1933-06-30	1962	1966
Humberto Robinson	Colon, Panama	1930-06-25	1955	1960
Davis Romero	Aguadulce, Panama	1983-03-30	2006	Active
Carlos Ruiz	David Chiriqui, Panama	1979-01-22	2006	Active
Olmedo Saenz	Chitre Herrera, Panama	1970-10-08	1994	Active
Chico Salmon	Colon, Panama	1940-12-03	1964	1972
Manny Sanguillen	Colon, Panama	1944-03-21	1967	1980
Fernando Seguignol	Bocas Del Toro, Panama	1975-01-19	1998	2003
Rennie Stennett	Colon, Panama	1951-04-05	1971	1981
Rupe Toppin	Panama City, Panama	1941-12-07	1962	1962
Ray Webster	Colon, Panama	1942-08-31	1967	1971
Julio Zuleta	Panama City, Panama	1975-03-28	2000	2001
Player	Born In	Date of Birth	Debut Year	Final Year
Major League Baseball Players Born in Panama

Did you know that Jose Canseco was the first foreign-born (Cuba) player to reach the four-hundred home runs plateau? Did you know that Sammy Sosa was the first foreign-born (Dominican Republic) player to reach the five-hundred home runs plateau?

Baseball Almanac is aware that researching baseball players by their place of birth is common data found easily on the Internet today. We, as you are well aware, enjoy taking that extra step here and have taken that common data and added this amazing chart which will enable you to see a historical breakdown of players from any given year in history by their place of birth:

1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885

1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895

1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905

1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915

1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925

1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935

1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945

1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975

1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

2006 2007 2008 2009

If you would like to see a comprehensive list broken down by country of the first player born in a country or territory other than the United States of America, we have one in our Famous First section called Foreign Born Baseball Players.

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