Baseball Starters by Nationality

SY Opening Day starters by birthplace Of the 284 Opening Day starters in the 2011 Major League Baseball season, 70% were born in the United States. The rest were from either Central or South America, Japan or South Korea. LEGEND NO. OF PLAYERS BY POSITION 199 United States +5 CF 2-4 5-10 10-25 26-50 51+ LCountry LPosition of most players 2B No. of players Change in number of starters from Opening Day to first game after All-Star break O U.S.: 22 O Canada: 4 O Dom. Rep.: 2 O Dom. Rep.: 2 O Cuba: 1 O Venezuela: 1 OU.S.: 24 O Venezuela: 2 O Japan: 1 I +mbia: 1 ЗВ O U.S.: 21 O Dom. Rep.: 6 O Venezuela: 3 O U.S.: 12 O Dom. Rep.: 8 O Venezuela: 6 O Cuba: 3 O Puerto Rico: 1 6 Canada -2 1B O U.S.: 24 OU.S.: 24 O Puerto Rico: 2 O Venezuela: 4 O Dom. Rep.: 2 O Dom. Rep.: 1 I Panama: 1 199 United States +5 CF O U.S.: 23 O Japan: 2 O Venezuela: 2 O Puerto Rico: 1 O Dom. Rep.: 2 O Venezuela: 1 IS. Korea: 1 O U.S.: 18 O Venezuela: 4 O Puerto Rico: 4 Cuba SS 31 Dom. Rep. -2 SS O Canada: 1 I Panama: 1 1 Mexico SP OU.S.: 23 O Dom. Rep. 3 O Venezuela: 1 O Cuba: 1 O Canada: 1 I Mexico: 1 9 Puerto Rico -4 Panama LF, C 4 Japan RF 25 Venezuela -2 SS DH 1 S. Korea RF 1 Colombia 2B OU.S.: 6 O Venezuela: 3 O Dom. Rep.: 3 O Puerto Rico: 1 O Japan: 1 *Countries with post-All Star game starters that had no Opening Day starters: Netherlands Antilles (2), Australia (1), Jamaica (1) and Netherlands (1) SOURCES: baseball-reference.com, ESPN.com e sportsinfograph 2011