List of Major League Baseball players from Colombia

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This is a list of baseball players from Colombia who have played in Major League Baseball. Lou Castro was the first player from Colombia to make it into the Major Leagues, but it would be over seventy years before another made it. In Bold denotes still active players in the league.

Contents

Players

NameDebutFinal gamePositionTeamsRef
Lou Castro April 23, 1902September 27, 1902 Infielder/Outfielder Philadelphia Athletics (1902) [1]
Orlando Ramírez July 6, 1974May 16, 1979Infielder California Angels (1974–1977, 1979) [2]
Jackie Gutiérrez September 6, 1983October 1, 1988Infielder Boston Red Sox (1983–1985)
Baltimore Orioles (1986–1987)
Philadelphia Phillies (1988)		 [3]
Édgar Rentería May 10, 1996September 28, 2011Infielder Florida Marlins (1996–1998)
St. Louis Cardinals (1999–2004)
Boston Red Sox (2005)
Atlanta Braves (2006–2007)
Detroit Tigers (2008)
San Francisco Giants (2009–2010)
Cincinnati Reds (2011)		 [4]
Orlando Cabrera September 3, 1997September 23, 2011Infielder Montreal Expos (1997–2004)
Boston Red Sox (2004)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005–2007)
Chicago White Sox (2008)
Oakland Athletics (2009)
Minnesota Twins (2009)
Cincinnati Reds (2010)
Cleveland Indians (2011)
San Francisco Giants (2011)		 [5]
Jolbert Cabrera April 12, 1998September 28, 2008Infielder/Outfielder Cleveland Indians (1998–2002)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2002–2003)
Seattle Mariners (2004)
Cincinnati Reds (2008)		 [6]
Yamid Haad July 5, 1999October 1, 2005 Catcher Pittsburgh Pirates (1999)
San Francisco Giants (2005)		 [7]
Emiliano Fruto May 14, 2006September 29, 2006 Pitcher Seattle Mariners (2006) [8]
Ernesto Frieri September 26, 2009July 3, 2017Pitcher San Diego Padres (2009–2012)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2012–2014)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2014)
Tampa Bay Rays (2015)
Texas Rangers (2017)		 [9]
Julio Teherán May 7, 2011Pitcher Atlanta Braves (2011–2019)
Los Angeles Angels (2020)
Detroit Tigers (2021)
Milwaukee Brewers (2023)
New York Mets (2024)		 [10]
José Quintana May 7, 2012Pitcher Chicago White Sox (2012–2017)
Chicago Cubs (2017–2020)
Los Angeles Angels (2021)
San Francisco Giants (2021)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2022)
St. Louis Cardinals (2022)
New York Mets (2023–2024)
Milwaukee Brewers (2025–present)		 [11]
Donovan Solano May 21, 2012Infielder/Outfielder Miami Marlins (2012–2015)
New York Yankees (2016)
San Francisco Giants (2019)
Cincinnati Reds (2022)
Minnesota Twins (2023)
San Diego Padres (2024–present)		 [12]
Jhonatan Solano May 29, 2012May 31, 2015Catcher Washington Nationals (2012–2013)
Miami Marlins (2015)		 [13]
Dilson Herrera August 29, 2014Infielder New York Mets (2014–2015)
Cincinnati Reds (2018)		 [14]
Sugar Ray Marimón April 14, 2015September 25, 2015Pitcher Atlanta Braves (2015) [15]
Giovanny Urshela June 9, 2015Infielder Cleveland Indians (2015, 2017)
Toronto Blue Jays (2018)
New York Yankees (2019–2021)
Minnesota Twins (2022)
Los Angeles Angels (2023)
Detroit Tigers (2024)
Atlanta Braves (2024–present)		 [16]
Yhonathan Barrios September 24, 2015October 4, 2015Pitcher Milwaukee Brewers (2015) [17]
Tayron Guerrero May 17, 2016Pitcher San Diego Padres (2016)
Miami Marlins (2018–2019)		 [18]
Dayán Díaz May 22, 2016July 6, 2017Pitcher Cincinnati Reds (2016)
Los Angeles Angels (2017)		 [19]
Jorge Alfaro September 12, 2016Catcher Philadelphia Phillies (2016–2018)
Miami Marlins (2019–2021)
San Diego Padres (2022)
Colorado Rockies (2023)
Boston Red Sox (2023)		 [20]
Meibrys Viloria September 2, 2018Catcher Kansas City Royals (2018–2020) [21]
Harold Ramírez May 11, 2019Outfielder Miami Marlins (2019–2020)
Cleveland Indians (2021)
Tampa Bay Rays (2022–2024)
Washington Nationals (2024)		 [22]
Oscar Mercado May 14, 2019Outfielder Cleveland Indians / Guardians (2019-2022)
Philadelphia Phillies (2022)
Cleveland Guardians (2022)
St. Louis Cardinals (2023)		 [23]
Luis Escobar Jul 7, 2019Pitcher Pittsburgh Pirates (2019) [24]
Luis Patiño Aug 5, 2020Pitcher San Diego Padres (2020)
Tampa Bay Rays (2021–2023)
Chicago White Sox (2023)
Nabil Crismatt Aug 17, 2020Pitcher St. Louis Cardinals (2020)
San Diego Padres (2021–present)
Jhon Romero September 24, 2021Pitcher Washington Nationals (2021)
Minnesota Twins (2022)
Reiver Sanmartin September 27, 2021Pitcher Cincinnati Reds (2021–present)
Jeter Downs June 22, 2022Infielder Boston Red Sox (2022)
Washington Nationals (2023)
Jordan Díaz September 18, 2022Infielder Oakland Athletics (2022–2023)
Guillermo Zuñiga May 2, 2023Pitcher St. Louis Cardinals (2023)
Los Angeles Angels (2024–present)
Gustavo Campero September 15, 2024Infielder Los Angeles Angels (2024–present)

References

  1. ↑ "Lou Castro". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  2. ↑ "Orlando Ramírez". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Jackie Gutiérrez". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Edgar Rentería". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  5. ↑ "Orlando Cabrera". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  6. ↑ "Jolbert Cabrera". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  7. ↑ "Yamid Haad". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  8. ↑ "Emiliano Fruto". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  9. ↑ "Ernesto Frieri". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  10. ↑ "Julio Teherán". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  11. ↑ "Jose Quintana". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  12. ↑ "Donovan Solano". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  13. ↑ "Jhonatan Solano". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  14. ↑ "Dilson Herrera". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  15. ↑ "Sugar Ray Marimon". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  16. ↑ "Giovanny Urshela". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  17. ↑ "Yhonathan Barrios". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  18. ↑ "Tayron Guerrero". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  19. ↑ "Dayan Díaz". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  20. ↑ "Jorge Alfaro". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  21. ↑ "Meibrys Viloria". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  22. ↑ "Harold Ramirez". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  23. ↑ "Oscar Mercado". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  24. ↑ "Luis Escobar". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
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