MLB and Twitter

twitter MLB and Twitter As social networking sites increase in popularity, many question how this technological phenomenon impacts the rest of popular culture. This infographic will offer a small snapshot of social media and Major League Baseball and whether your favorite teams and players are active on Twitter and how they fare against the rest of the league. 1249 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS at the opening the 2011 season 11.2% of those players are on TWITTER 602 MLB are not on Twitter PLAYERS 148 MLB are on Twitter PLAYERS 75 73 verified unverified 104 MLB tweet at least once a week PLAYERS 30 MLB have been inactive on twitter for more than 3 months PLAYERS 1,287,713 followers 25,498 followers 20 Nick Swisher Curtis Granderson II New York Yankees (@cgrand14) New York Yankees (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia 88,278 followers David Prince 12 Tampa Bay Rays (@DAVIDprice14) 22,241 followers New York Yankees (@Cc Sabathia) most popular Brian Wilson 3 79,925 followers Justin Morneau 13 Minnesota Twins (@JustinMorneau) 20,047 followers San Francisco Giants (@BrianWilson38) MLB Denard Span 14 Minnesota Twins (@thisisdspan) 18,824 followers David Ortiz 52,979 followers Boston Red Sox (@davidortiz) tweeters Jason Heyward 49,661 followers Orlando Hudson 15 San Diego Padres (@orlandohudson) 17,966 followers Atlanta Braves (@JasonHeyward) C.J. Wilson Texas Rangers (@streedgeracer) 49,494 followers Joe Nathan 16 17,225 followers Minnesota Twins (@JoeNathan36) 33,980 followers B.J. Upton 17 Tampa Bay Rays (OBJUPTON2) 15,786 followers Joba Chamberlain New York Yankees (OJoba_62) 8 Bobby Abreu Los Angeles Angels (@BobkellyAbreu) 32,982 followers Pablo Sandoval 18 15,266 followers San Francisco Giants (@pandoval48) Carl Crawford Boston Red Sox (@CarlCrawford_) 32,039 followers Roy Oswalt 14,152 19 Philadelphia Phillies (@royoswalt44net) followers Evan Longoria 10 28,440 followers Michael Cuddyer 20 Minnesota Twins (@mcuddy5) 13,829 followers Tampa Bay Rays (@Evan3Longoria) 98 11 (1%) Total catchers in the MLB (11%) On Twitter Total infielders in the MLB 272 27 (10%) On Twitter Total outfielders in the MLB 216 38 (18%) On Twitter Total pitchers in the MLB 652 71 (1%) On Twitter 11 Total hitters in the MLB 1 (9%) On Twitter MINNESOTA LOS ANGELES FLORIDA TWINS ANGELS MARLINS MINNESOTA Thins 33 Twitter 23 Twitter 23 Twitter on on Bobby Abreu (@BobKellyAbreu) Vernon Wells (@VernonWells10) Torii Hunter (@ToriiHunter48) Trevor Bell (@TrevBe22) Kevin Jepsen (@ kevinmjepsen) Michael Kohn (@MichaelKohn58) Rich Thompson (@chopper63) Bobby Wilson (@BW46) Peter Bourjos (@ pbourjos) Logan Morrison (@LoMoMarlins) Mike Stanton (@mikestanton27) Hanley Ramirez (@HanleyRamirez) Steve Cishek (@srSHREK31) John Baker (@manbearwolf) Alex Bumett (@ABurnett31) Francisco Liriano (@liriano47) Pat Neshek (@PatNeshek) Anthony Slama (@Slama39) Drew Butera (@drewbutera) Chris Parlelee (@CParmeleeAFL) Danny Valencia (dannyvalencia19) Michael Cuddyer (@mcuddy5) Ben Revere (@BenRevere9) John Buck (@14Buckshot) Brett Hayes (@brett_hayes) Gaby Sanchez (@GabySanchez15) Bryan Petersen (@Peteypipes) Rene Tosoni (@tosoni08) Justin Momeau (@JustinMorneau) Denard Span (@thisisdspan) Joe Nathan (@JoeNathan36) WASHINGTON SEATTLE PHILADELPHIA NATIONALS MARINERS PHILLIES INGTON NATIONALS PiHities 20% Twitter 17 Twitter 9 Twitter on on Collin Balester (@ballystar40) Todd Coffey (@ToddCoffey60) Craig Stammen (@cstammen35) Stephen Strasburg (@Stras37) Drew Storen (@DrewStoren) Bryce Harper (@bharp34) John Lannan (@JLannan31) Ichiro Suzuki (@ IchiroSpeaks) Josh Lueke (@ Josh_Lueke) Garrett Olson (@alforHIM27) David Aardsma (@TheDA53) Roy Oswalt (@royoswalt44net) Cole Hamels (@TheHamels) Ryan Madison (@RyanMadson46) Brad Ridge (@bradlidge) Freddy Galvis (@ toco13fg) Ryan Howard (@ryan_howard6) Michael Martinez (@mik3martiniz) Felix Hernandez (@RealKingFelix) Shawn Kelley (@shawnkelley23) Matt Tuiasosopo (@alforHIM27) ChienMing Wang (@cheinmingwang) BOSTON TAMPA BAY CHICAGO RED SOX RAYS WHITE SOX RAY 15 Twitter 15 Twitter 15 Twitter Luis Exposito (@Expo2323) Carl Crawford (@CarlCrawford_) Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) David Price (@davidprice14) Mark Teahen (@espy_teahen) Gordon Beckham(@gordonbeckham) BJ. Upton (@BJupton2) Reid Brignac (@reidbrignac) Jacoby Ellsbury (@jacobyellsbury) Jake Peavy (JakePeavy_44) Jarod Saltalamacchia (Jarrod_Salty39) Jesse Crain (@ JesseCrain) Daniel Nava (@dnavs33) David Ortiz (@davidortiz) Desmond Jennings (@desmondjennings) Tyler Flowers (@TFlowers17) Brent Lillibridge (@BSLillibridge) Ben Zobrist (@TheZobrists) OAKLAND NEW YORK TORONTO ATHLETICS YANKEES BLUE JAYS PHLETICS 15 Twitter 15% Twitter 12 Twitter on on Nick Swisher (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia (@CC_Sabathia) Joba Chamberlain (@Joba_62) Phil Hughes (@PhilHughes65) Colin Curtis (@ColinCurtis425) Curtis Granderson (@cgrand14) Coco Crisp (@coco_crisp) Brett Anderson (@brettanderson49) Craig Breslow (@CraigBreslow) Ricky Romero (@RickyRo24) Travis Snider (@lunchboxhero45) J.P. Arencibia (@jparencibia9) Brett Cecil (@Cec0208) Jesse Litsch (@ JesseLitsch) Dallas Braden (@DALLASBRADEN209) Brad Zeigler (@BradZiegler) Adam Rosales (@arosie7) SAN FRANCISCO PITTSBURG SAN DIEGO GIANTS PIRATES PADRES GIANTS RIRATES Padres 11% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter lon on Brian Wilson (@ BrianWilson38) Pablo Sandoval (@pandoval48) Jeremy Affeldt (@ JeremyAffeldt) Paul Maholm (@Maholm28) Joel Hanrahan (@hanrahan4457) Daniel McCutchen (@danielmccutchen) Jeff Karstens (@karslens27) Orlando Hudson (@OrlandoHudson) Heath Bell (@HealthBell21) Cameron Maybin (@CamMaybin) Sergio Romo (@ SergioRomo54) Luis Durango (@luisdurango) DETROIT HOUSTON NEW YORK TIGERS ASTROS METS Alstros 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brad Penny (@BradPenny) Will Rhymes (@WillRhymes) Casper Wells (@UpstateBaller) Hunter Pence (@HunterPence9) Ryan Rowland-Smith (hyphen18) Carlos Beltran (@carlosbeltran15) Johan Santana (@johansantana) Josh Thole (@josh_thole) Justin Turner (@redturn2) Chris Johnson (@CJAstros23) Robbie Weinhardt (@RobbieW19) Brian Bogusevic (@BrianBogusevic) CINCINNATI CLEVELAND COLORADO REDS INDIANS ROCKIES REDS ROCKTES 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) Mike Leake (@MikeLeake44) Sam LeCure (@mrLeCure) Matt LaPorta (@Gator4God) Jensen Lewis (@JLEWFifty) Chris Perez (@ChrisPerez54) Trevor Crowe (@tcrowe4) Dexter Fowler (@DFowler24) Eric Young (@EYJF) Casey Weathers (@caseymweathers) Cory Riordan (@CRiordan22) Matt Maloney (@mo56maloney) ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ATLANTA BALTIMORE BRAVES ORIOLES Caietes rdina 10% Twitter 8 Twitter 8% Twitter on Matt Holiday (@mattholiday7) Jason Heyward (@ JasonHeyward) Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman) Peter Moylan (@PeterMoylan) Kris Medlin (@kris_medlen) Adam Jones (@SimplyAJ10) Brian Roberts (@1brianroberts) Ryan Franklin (@franky3131) Jon Jay (@jonjayu) Kevin Gregg (@kevingregg63) KANSAS CITY ARIZONA TEXAS ROYALS DIAMOND BACKS RANGERS KC Royal DIAMOND BACKS T Twitter 8 Twitter 5 Twitter on on Billy Butler (@BillyButlerKC) Joakim Soria (@JoakimSoria) Justin Uptnn (@realjustinupton) Barry Enright (@ BarryEnrigh54) Zach Duke (@zach_duke) CJ. Wilson (@str8edgeracer) Derek Holland (@Dutch_Oven45) Lucas May (@LukedogKC) CHICAGO CUBS MILWAUKEE LOS ANGELES BREWERS DODGERS UBS 5 Twitter 4 Twitter 5% 1% on Twitter on on John Axford (@JohnAxeford) LaTroy Hawkins (@adidas219) Casey Coleman (@CColeman17) Ryan Dempster (@DempterFDN) James Loney (@jamesloney_7) Jamie Hoffman (@dnthasslethHoff) SOURCES mlb.com twitter.com mlblogs.com twittersportsnet.com tweeting-athletes.com Presented By: OnlineGamblingSites.Net twitter MLB and Twitter As social networking sites increase in popularity, many question how this technological phenomenon impacts the rest of popular culture. This infographic will offer a small snapshot of social media and Major League Baseball and whether your favorite teams and players are active on Twitter and how they fare against the rest of the league. 1249 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS at the opening the 2011 season 11.2% of those players are on TWITTER 602 MLB are not on Twitter PLAYERS 148 MLB are on Twitter PLAYERS 75 73 verified unverified 104 MLB tweet at least once a week PLAYERS 30 MLB have been inactive on twitter for more than 3 months PLAYERS 1,287,713 followers 25,498 followers 20 Nick Swisher Curtis Granderson II New York Yankees (@cgrand14) New York Yankees (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia 2 88,278 followers David Prince 12 Tampa Bay Rays (@DAVIDprice14) 22,241 followers New York Yankees (@Cc Sabathia) most popular Brian Wilson 3 79,925 followers Justin Morneau 13 Minnesota Twins (@JustinMorneau) 20,047 followers San Francisco Giants (@BrianWilson38) MLB Denard Span 14 Minnesota Twins (@thisisdspan) 18,824 followers David Ortiz 52,979 followers Boston Red Sox (@davidortiz) tweeters Jason Heyward 49,661 followers Orlando Hudson 15 San Diego Padres (@orlandohudson) 17,966 followers Atlanta Braves (@JasonHeyward) C.J. Wilson Texas Rangers (@streedgeracer) 49,494 followers Joe Nathan 16 17,225 followers Minnesota Twins (@JoeNathan36) 33,980 followers B.J. Upton 17 Tampa Bay Rays (OBJUPTON2) 15,786 followers Joba Chamberlain 7 New York Yankees (OJoba_62) 8 Bobby Abreu Los Angeles Angels (@BobkellyAbreu) 32,982 followers Pablo Sandoval 18 15,266 followers San Francisco Giants (@pandoval48) Carl Crawford Boston Red Sox (@CarlCrawford_) 32,039 followers Roy Oswalt 14,152 19 Philadelphia Phillies (@royoswalt44net) followers Evan Longoria 10 28,440 followers Michael Cuddyer 20 Minnesota Twins (@mcuddy5) 13,829 followers Tampa Bay Rays (@Evan3Longoria) 98 11 (1%) Total catchers in the MLB (11%) On Twitter Total infielders in the MLB 272 27 (10%) On Twitter Total outfielders in the MLB 216 38 (18%) On Twitter Total pitchers in the MLB 652 71 (1%) On Twitter 11 Total hitters in the MLB 1 (9%) On Twitter MINNESOTA LOS ANGELES FLORIDA TWINS ANGELS MARLINS MINNESOTA Thins 33 Twitter 23 Twitter 23 Twitter on on Bobby Abreu (@BobKellyAbreu) Vernon Wells (@VernonWells10) Torii Hunter (@ToriiHunter48) Trevor Bell (@TrevBe22) Kevin Jepsen (@ kevinmjepsen) Michael Kohn (@MichaelKohn58) Rich Thompson (@chopper63) Bobby Wilson (@BW46) Peter Bourjos (@ pbourjos) Logan Morrison (@LoMoMarlins) Mike Stanton (@mikestanton27) Hanley Ramirez (@HanleyRamirez) Steve Cishek (@srSHREK31) John Baker (@manbearwolf) Alex Bumett (@ABurnett31) Francisco Liriano (@liriano47) Pat Neshek (@PatNeshek) Anthony Slama (@Slama39) Drew Butera (@drewbutera) Chris Parlelee (@CParmeleeAFL) Danny Valencia (dannyvalencia19) Michael Cuddyer (@mcuddy5) Ben Revere (@BenRevere9) John Buck (@14Buckshot) Brett Hayes (@brett_hayes) Gaby Sanchez (@GabySanchez15) Bryan Petersen (@Peteypipes) Rene Tosoni (@tosoni08) Justin Momeau (@JustinMorneau) Denard Span (@thisisdspan) Joe Nathan (@JoeNathan36) WASHINGTON SEATTLE PHILADELPHIA NATIONALS MARINERS PHILLIES INGTON NATIONALS PiHities 20% Twitter 17 Twitter 9 Twitter on on Collin Balester (@ballystar40) Todd Coffey (@ToddCoffey60) Craig Stammen (@cstammen35) Stephen Strasburg (@Stras37) Drew Storen (@DrewStoren) Bryce Harper (@bharp34) John Lannan (@JLannan31) Ichiro Suzuki (@ IchiroSpeaks) Josh Lueke (@ Josh_Lueke) Garrett Olson (@alforHIM27) David Aardsma (@TheDA53) Roy Oswalt (@royoswalt44net) Cole Hamels (@TheHamels) Ryan Madison (@RyanMadson46) Brad Ridge (@bradlidge) Freddy Galvis (@ toco13fg) Ryan Howard (@ryan_howard6) Michael Martinez (@mik3martiniz) Felix Hernandez (@RealKingFelix) Shawn Kelley (@shawnkelley23) Matt Tuiasosopo (@alforHIM27) ChienMing Wang (@cheinmingwang) BOSTON TAMPA BAY CHICAGO RED SOX RAYS WHITE SOX RAY 15 Twitter 15 Twitter 15 Twitter Luis Exposito (@Expo2323) Carl Crawford (@CarlCrawford_) Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) David Price (@davidprice14) Mark Teahen (@espy_teahen) Gordon Beckham(@gordonbeckham) BJ. Upton (@BJupton2) Reid Brignac (@reidbrignac) Jacoby Ellsbury (@jacobyellsbury) Jake Peavy (JakePeavy_44) Jarod Saltalamacchia (Jarrod_Salty39) Jesse Crain (@ JesseCrain) Daniel Nava (@dnavs33) David Ortiz (@davidortiz) Desmond Jennings (@desmondjennings) Tyler Flowers (@TFlowers17) Brent Lillibridge (@BSLillibridge) Ben Zobrist (@TheZobrists) OAKLAND NEW YORK TORONTO ATHLETICS YANKEES BLUE JAYS PHLETICS 15 Twitter 15% Twitter 12 Twitter on on Nick Swisher (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia (@CC_Sabathia) Joba Chamberlain (@Joba_62) Phil Hughes (@PhilHughes65) Colin Curtis (@ColinCurtis425) Curtis Granderson (@cgrand14) Coco Crisp (@coco_crisp) Brett Anderson (@brettanderson49) Craig Breslow (@CraigBreslow) Ricky Romero (@RickyRo24) Travis Snider (@lunchboxhero45) J.P. Arencibia (@jparencibia9) Brett Cecil (@Cec0208) Jesse Litsch (@ JesseLitsch) Dallas Braden (@DALLASBRADEN209) Brad Zeigler (@BradZiegler) Adam Rosales (@arosie7) SAN FRANCISCO PITTSBURG SAN DIEGO GIANTS PIRATES PADRES GIANTS RIRATES Padres 11% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter lon on Brian Wilson (@ BrianWilson38) Pablo Sandoval (@pandoval48) Jeremy Affeldt (@ JeremyAffeldt) Paul Maholm (@Maholm28) Joel Hanrahan (@hanrahan4457) Daniel McCutchen (@danielmccutchen) Jeff Karstens (@karslens27) Orlando Hudson (@OrlandoHudson) Heath Bell (@HealthBell21) Cameron Maybin (@CamMaybin) Sergio Romo (@ SergioRomo54) Luis Durango (@luisdurango) DETROIT HOUSTON NEW YORK TIGERS ASTROS METS 组 Alstros 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brad Penny (@BradPenny) Will Rhymes (@WillRhymes) Casper Wells (@UpstateBaller) Hunter Pence (@HunterPence9) Ryan Rowland-Smith (hyphen18) Carlos Beltran (@carlosbeltran15) Johan Santana (@johansantana) Josh Thole (@josh_thole) Justin Turner (@redturn2) Chris Johnson (@CJAstros23) Robbie Weinhardt (@RobbieW19) Brian Bogusevic (@BrianBogusevic) CINCINNATI CLEVELAND COLORADO REDS INDIANS ROCKIES REDS ROCKTES 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) Mike Leake (@MikeLeake44) Sam LeCure (@mrLeCure) Matt LaPorta (@Gator4God) Jensen Lewis (@JLEWFifty) Chris Perez (@ChrisPerez54) Trevor Crowe (@tcrowe4) Dexter Fowler (@DFowler24) Eric Young (@EYJF) Casey Weathers (@caseymweathers) Cory Riordan (@CRiordan22) Matt Maloney (@mo56maloney) ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ATLANTA BALTIMORE BRAVES ORIOLES Caietes 10% Twitter 8 Twitter 8% Twitter on Matt Holiday (@mattholiday7) Jason Heyward (@ JasonHeyward) Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman) Peter Moylan (@PeterMoylan) Kris Medlin (@kris_medlen) Adam Jones (@SimplyAJ10) Brian Roberts (@1brianroberts) Ryan Franklin (@franky3131) Jon Jay (@jonjayu) Kevin Gregg (@kevingregg63) KANSAS CITY ARIZONA TEXAS ROYALS DIAMOND BACKS RANGERS KC Royal DIAMOND BACKS T Twitter 8 Twitter 5 Twitter on on Billy Butler (@BillyButlerKC) Joakim Soria (@JoakimSoria) Justin Uptnn (@realjustinupton) Barry Enright (@ BarryEnrigh54) Zach Duke (@zach_duke) CJ. Wilson (@str8edgeracer) Derek Holland (@Dutch_Oven45) Lucas May (@LukedogKC) CHICAGO CUBS MILWAUKEE LOS ANGELES BREWERS DODGERS UBS 5 Twitter 4 Twitter 1% on Twitter on on John Axford (@JohnAxeford) LaTroy Hawkins (@adidas219) Casey Coleman (@CColeman17) Ryan Dempster (@DempterFDN) James Loney (@jamesloney_7) Jamie Hoffman (@dnthasslethHoff) SOURCES mlb.com twitter.com mlblogs.com twittersportsnet.com tweeting-athletes.com Presented By: OnlineGamblingSites.Net twitter MLB and Twitter As social networking sites increase in popularity, many question how this technological phenomenon impacts the rest of popular culture. This infographic will offer a small snapshot of social media and Major League Baseball and whether your favorite teams and players are active on Twitter and how they fare against the rest of the league. 1249 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS at the opening the 2011 season 11.2% of those players are on TWITTER 602 MLB are not on Twitter PLAYERS 148 MLB are on Twitter PLAYERS 75 73 verified unverified 104 MLB tweet at least once a week PLAYERS 30 MLB have been inactive on twitter for more than 3 months PLAYERS 1,287,713 followers 25,498 followers 20 Nick Swisher Curtis Granderson II New York Yankees (@cgrand14) New York Yankees (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia 2 88,278 followers David Prince 12 Tampa Bay Rays (@DAVIDprice14) 22,241 followers New York Yankees (@Cc Sabathia) most popular Brian Wilson 3 79,925 followers Justin Morneau 13 Minnesota Twins (@JustinMorneau) 20,047 followers San Francisco Giants (@BrianWilson38) MLB Denard Span 14 Minnesota Twins (@thisisdspan) 18,824 followers David Ortiz 52,979 followers Boston Red Sox (@davidortiz) tweeters Jason Heyward 49,661 followers Orlando Hudson 15 San Diego Padres (@orlandohudson) 17,966 followers Atlanta Braves (@JasonHeyward) C.J. Wilson Texas Rangers (@streedgeracer) 49,494 followers Joe Nathan 16 17,225 followers Minnesota Twins (@JoeNathan36) 33,980 followers B.J. Upton 17 Tampa Bay Rays (OBJUPTON2) 15,786 followers Joba Chamberlain 7 New York Yankees (OJoba_62) 8 Bobby Abreu Los Angeles Angels (@BobkellyAbreu) 32,982 followers Pablo Sandoval 18 15,266 followers San Francisco Giants (@pandoval48) Carl Crawford Boston Red Sox (@CarlCrawford_) 32,039 followers Roy Oswalt 14,152 19 Philadelphia Phillies (@royoswalt44net) followers Evan Longoria 10 28,440 followers Michael Cuddyer 20 Minnesota Twins (@mcuddy5) 13,829 followers Tampa Bay Rays (@Evan3Longoria) 98 11 (1%) Total catchers in the MLB (11%) On Twitter Total infielders in the MLB 272 27 (10%) On Twitter Total outfielders in the MLB 216 38 (18%) On Twitter Total pitchers in the MLB 652 71 (1%) On Twitter 11 Total hitters in the MLB 1 (9%) On Twitter MINNESOTA LOS ANGELES FLORIDA TWINS ANGELS MARLINS MINNESOTA Thins 33 Twitter 23 Twitter 23 Twitter on on Bobby Abreu (@BobKellyAbreu) Vernon Wells (@VernonWells10) Torii Hunter (@ToriiHunter48) Trevor Bell (@TrevBe22) Kevin Jepsen (@ kevinmjepsen) Michael Kohn (@MichaelKohn58) Rich Thompson (@chopper63) Bobby Wilson (@BW46) Peter Bourjos (@ pbourjos) Logan Morrison (@LoMoMarlins) Mike Stanton (@mikestanton27) Hanley Ramirez (@HanleyRamirez) Steve Cishek (@srSHREK31) John Baker (@manbearwolf) Alex Bumett (@ABurnett31) Francisco Liriano (@liriano47) Pat Neshek (@PatNeshek) Anthony Slama (@Slama39) Drew Butera (@drewbutera) Chris Parlelee (@CParmeleeAFL) Danny Valencia (dannyvalencia19) Michael Cuddyer (@mcuddy5) Ben Revere (@BenRevere9) John Buck (@14Buckshot) Brett Hayes (@brett_hayes) Gaby Sanchez (@GabySanchez15) Bryan Petersen (@Peteypipes) Rene Tosoni (@tosoni08) Justin Momeau (@JustinMorneau) Denard Span (@thisisdspan) Joe Nathan (@JoeNathan36) WASHINGTON SEATTLE PHILADELPHIA NATIONALS MARINERS PHILLIES INGTON NATIONALS PiHities 20% Twitter 17 Twitter 9 Twitter on on Collin Balester (@ballystar40) Todd Coffey (@ToddCoffey60) Craig Stammen (@cstammen35) Stephen Strasburg (@Stras37) Drew Storen (@DrewStoren) Bryce Harper (@bharp34) John Lannan (@JLannan31) Ichiro Suzuki (@ IchiroSpeaks) Josh Lueke (@ Josh_Lueke) Garrett Olson (@alforHIM27) David Aardsma (@TheDA53) Roy Oswalt (@royoswalt44net) Cole Hamels (@TheHamels) Ryan Madison (@RyanMadson46) Brad Ridge (@bradlidge) Freddy Galvis (@ toco13fg) Ryan Howard (@ryan_howard6) Michael Martinez (@mik3martiniz) Felix Hernandez (@RealKingFelix) Shawn Kelley (@shawnkelley23) Matt Tuiasosopo (@alforHIM27) ChienMing Wang (@cheinmingwang) BOSTON TAMPA BAY CHICAGO RED SOX RAYS WHITE SOX RAY 15 Twitter 15 Twitter 15 Twitter Luis Exposito (@Expo2323) Carl Crawford (@CarlCrawford_) Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) David Price (@davidprice14) Mark Teahen (@espy_teahen) Gordon Beckham(@gordonbeckham) BJ. Upton (@BJupton2) Reid Brignac (@reidbrignac) Jacoby Ellsbury (@jacobyellsbury) Jake Peavy (JakePeavy_44) Jarod Saltalamacchia (Jarrod_Salty39) Jesse Crain (@ JesseCrain) Daniel Nava (@dnavs33) David Ortiz (@davidortiz) Desmond Jennings (@desmondjennings) Tyler Flowers (@TFlowers17) Brent Lillibridge (@BSLillibridge) Ben Zobrist (@TheZobrists) OAKLAND NEW YORK TORONTO ATHLETICS YANKEES BLUE JAYS PHLETICS 15 Twitter 15% Twitter 12 Twitter on on Nick Swisher (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia (@CC_Sabathia) Joba Chamberlain (@Joba_62) Phil Hughes (@PhilHughes65) Colin Curtis (@ColinCurtis425) Curtis Granderson (@cgrand14) Coco Crisp (@coco_crisp) Brett Anderson (@brettanderson49) Craig Breslow (@CraigBreslow) Ricky Romero (@RickyRo24) Travis Snider (@lunchboxhero45) J.P. Arencibia (@jparencibia9) Brett Cecil (@Cec0208) Jesse Litsch (@ JesseLitsch) Dallas Braden (@DALLASBRADEN209) Brad Zeigler (@BradZiegler) Adam Rosales (@arosie7) SAN FRANCISCO PITTSBURG SAN DIEGO GIANTS PIRATES PADRES GIANTS RIRATES Padres 11% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter lon on Brian Wilson (@ BrianWilson38) Pablo Sandoval (@pandoval48) Jeremy Affeldt (@ JeremyAffeldt) Paul Maholm (@Maholm28) Joel Hanrahan (@hanrahan4457) Daniel McCutchen (@danielmccutchen) Jeff Karstens (@karslens27) Orlando Hudson (@OrlandoHudson) Heath Bell (@HealthBell21) Cameron Maybin (@CamMaybin) Sergio Romo (@ SergioRomo54) Luis Durango (@luisdurango) DETROIT HOUSTON NEW YORK TIGERS ASTROS METS 组 Alstros 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brad Penny (@BradPenny) Will Rhymes (@WillRhymes) Casper Wells (@UpstateBaller) Hunter Pence (@HunterPence9) Ryan Rowland-Smith (hyphen18) Carlos Beltran (@carlosbeltran15) Johan Santana (@johansantana) Josh Thole (@josh_thole) Justin Turner (@redturn2) Chris Johnson (@CJAstros23) Robbie Weinhardt (@RobbieW19) Brian Bogusevic (@BrianBogusevic) CINCINNATI CLEVELAND COLORADO REDS INDIANS ROCKIES REDS ROCKTES 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) Mike Leake (@MikeLeake44) Sam LeCure (@mrLeCure) Matt LaPorta (@Gator4God) Jensen Lewis (@JLEWFifty) Chris Perez (@ChrisPerez54) Trevor Crowe (@tcrowe4) Dexter Fowler (@DFowler24) Eric Young (@EYJF) Casey Weathers (@caseymweathers) Cory Riordan (@CRiordan22) Matt Maloney (@mo56maloney) ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ATLANTA BALTIMORE BRAVES ORIOLES Caietes 10% Twitter 8 Twitter 8% Twitter on Matt Holiday (@mattholiday7) Jason Heyward (@ JasonHeyward) Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman) Peter Moylan (@PeterMoylan) Kris Medlin (@kris_medlen) Adam Jones (@SimplyAJ10) Brian Roberts (@1brianroberts) Ryan Franklin (@franky3131) Jon Jay (@jonjayu) Kevin Gregg (@kevingregg63) KANSAS CITY ARIZONA TEXAS ROYALS DIAMOND BACKS RANGERS KC Royal DIAMOND BACKS T Twitter 8 Twitter 5 Twitter on on Billy Butler (@BillyButlerKC) Joakim Soria (@JoakimSoria) Justin Uptnn (@realjustinupton) Barry Enright (@ BarryEnrigh54) Zach Duke (@zach_duke) CJ. Wilson (@str8edgeracer) Derek Holland (@Dutch_Oven45) Lucas May (@LukedogKC) CHICAGO CUBS MILWAUKEE LOS ANGELES BREWERS DODGERS UBS 5 Twitter 4 Twitter 1% on Twitter on on John Axford (@JohnAxeford) LaTroy Hawkins (@adidas219) Casey Coleman (@CColeman17) Ryan Dempster (@DempterFDN) James Loney (@jamesloney_7) Jamie Hoffman (@dnthasslethHoff) SOURCES mlb.com twitter.com mlblogs.com twittersportsnet.com tweeting-athletes.com Presented By: OnlineGamblingSites.Net twitter MLB and Twitter As social networking sites increase in popularity, many question how this technological phenomenon impacts the rest of popular culture. This infographic will offer a small snapshot of social media and Major League Baseball and whether your favorite teams and players are active on Twitter and how they fare against the rest of the league. 1249 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS at the opening the 2011 season 11.2% of those players are on TWITTER 602 MLB are not on Twitter PLAYERS 148 MLB are on Twitter PLAYERS 75 73 verified unverified 104 MLB tweet at least once a week PLAYERS 30 MLB have been inactive on twitter for more than 3 months PLAYERS 1,287,713 followers 25,498 followers 20 Nick Swisher Curtis Granderson II New York Yankees (@cgrand14) New York Yankees (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia 2 88,278 followers David Prince 12 Tampa Bay Rays (@DAVIDprice14) 22,241 followers New York Yankees (@Cc Sabathia) most popular Brian Wilson 3 79,925 followers Justin Morneau 13 Minnesota Twins (@JustinMorneau) 20,047 followers San Francisco Giants (@BrianWilson38) MLB Denard Span 14 Minnesota Twins (@thisisdspan) 18,824 followers David Ortiz 52,979 followers Boston Red Sox (@davidortiz) tweeters Jason Heyward 49,661 followers Orlando Hudson 15 San Diego Padres (@orlandohudson) 17,966 followers Atlanta Braves (@JasonHeyward) C.J. Wilson Texas Rangers (@streedgeracer) 49,494 followers Joe Nathan 16 17,225 followers Minnesota Twins (@JoeNathan36) 33,980 followers B.J. Upton 17 Tampa Bay Rays (OBJUPTON2) 15,786 followers Joba Chamberlain 7 New York Yankees (OJoba_62) 8 Bobby Abreu Los Angeles Angels (@BobkellyAbreu) 32,982 followers Pablo Sandoval 18 15,266 followers San Francisco Giants (@pandoval48) Carl Crawford Boston Red Sox (@CarlCrawford_) 32,039 followers Roy Oswalt 14,152 19 Philadelphia Phillies (@royoswalt44net) followers Evan Longoria 10 28,440 followers Michael Cuddyer 20 Minnesota Twins (@mcuddy5) 13,829 followers Tampa Bay Rays (@Evan3Longoria) 98 11 (1%) Total catchers in the MLB (11%) On Twitter Total infielders in the MLB 272 27 (10%) On Twitter Total outfielders in the MLB 216 38 (18%) On Twitter Total pitchers in the MLB 652 71 (1%) On Twitter 11 Total hitters in the MLB 1 (9%) On Twitter MINNESOTA LOS ANGELES FLORIDA TWINS ANGELS MARLINS MINNESOTA Thins 33 Twitter 23 Twitter 23 Twitter on on Bobby Abreu (@BobKellyAbreu) Vernon Wells (@VernonWells10) Torii Hunter (@ToriiHunter48) Trevor Bell (@TrevBe22) Kevin Jepsen (@ kevinmjepsen) Michael Kohn (@MichaelKohn58) Rich Thompson (@chopper63) Bobby Wilson (@BW46) Peter Bourjos (@ pbourjos) Logan Morrison (@LoMoMarlins) Mike Stanton (@mikestanton27) Hanley Ramirez (@HanleyRamirez) Steve Cishek (@srSHREK31) John Baker (@manbearwolf) Alex Bumett (@ABurnett31) Francisco Liriano (@liriano47) Pat Neshek (@PatNeshek) Anthony Slama (@Slama39) Drew Butera (@drewbutera) Chris Parlelee (@CParmeleeAFL) Danny Valencia (dannyvalencia19) Michael Cuddyer (@mcuddy5) Ben Revere (@BenRevere9) John Buck (@14Buckshot) Brett Hayes (@brett_hayes) Gaby Sanchez (@GabySanchez15) Bryan Petersen (@Peteypipes) Rene Tosoni (@tosoni08) Justin Momeau (@JustinMorneau) Denard Span (@thisisdspan) Joe Nathan (@JoeNathan36) WASHINGTON SEATTLE PHILADELPHIA NATIONALS MARINERS PHILLIES INGTON NATIONALS PiHities 20% Twitter 17 Twitter 9 Twitter on on Collin Balester (@ballystar40) Todd Coffey (@ToddCoffey60) Craig Stammen (@cstammen35) Stephen Strasburg (@Stras37) Drew Storen (@DrewStoren) Bryce Harper (@bharp34) John Lannan (@JLannan31) Ichiro Suzuki (@ IchiroSpeaks) Josh Lueke (@ Josh_Lueke) Garrett Olson (@alforHIM27) David Aardsma (@TheDA53) Roy Oswalt (@royoswalt44net) Cole Hamels (@TheHamels) Ryan Madison (@RyanMadson46) Brad Ridge (@bradlidge) Freddy Galvis (@ toco13fg) Ryan Howard (@ryan_howard6) Michael Martinez (@mik3martiniz) Felix Hernandez (@RealKingFelix) Shawn Kelley (@shawnkelley23) Matt Tuiasosopo (@alforHIM27) ChienMing Wang (@cheinmingwang) BOSTON TAMPA BAY CHICAGO RED SOX RAYS WHITE SOX RAY 15 Twitter 15 Twitter 15 Twitter Luis Exposito (@Expo2323) Carl Crawford (@CarlCrawford_) Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) David Price (@davidprice14) Mark Teahen (@espy_teahen) Gordon Beckham(@gordonbeckham) BJ. Upton (@BJupton2) Reid Brignac (@reidbrignac) Jacoby Ellsbury (@jacobyellsbury) Jake Peavy (JakePeavy_44) Jarod Saltalamacchia (Jarrod_Salty39) Jesse Crain (@ JesseCrain) Daniel Nava (@dnavs33) David Ortiz (@davidortiz) Desmond Jennings (@desmondjennings) Tyler Flowers (@TFlowers17) Brent Lillibridge (@BSLillibridge) Ben Zobrist (@TheZobrists) OAKLAND NEW YORK TORONTO ATHLETICS YANKEES BLUE JAYS PHLETICS 15 Twitter 15% Twitter 12 Twitter on on Nick Swisher (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia (@CC_Sabathia) Joba Chamberlain (@Joba_62) Phil Hughes (@PhilHughes65) Colin Curtis (@ColinCurtis425) Curtis Granderson (@cgrand14) Coco Crisp (@coco_crisp) Brett Anderson (@brettanderson49) Craig Breslow (@CraigBreslow) Ricky Romero (@RickyRo24) Travis Snider (@lunchboxhero45) J.P. Arencibia (@jparencibia9) Brett Cecil (@Cec0208) Jesse Litsch (@ JesseLitsch) Dallas Braden (@DALLASBRADEN209) Brad Zeigler (@BradZiegler) Adam Rosales (@arosie7) SAN FRANCISCO PITTSBURG SAN DIEGO GIANTS PIRATES PADRES GIANTS RIRATES Padres 11% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter lon on Brian Wilson (@ BrianWilson38) Pablo Sandoval (@pandoval48) Jeremy Affeldt (@ JeremyAffeldt) Paul Maholm (@Maholm28) Joel Hanrahan (@hanrahan4457) Daniel McCutchen (@danielmccutchen) Jeff Karstens (@karslens27) Orlando Hudson (@OrlandoHudson) Heath Bell (@HealthBell21) Cameron Maybin (@CamMaybin) Sergio Romo (@ SergioRomo54) Luis Durango (@luisdurango) DETROIT HOUSTON NEW YORK TIGERS ASTROS METS 组 Alstros 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brad Penny (@BradPenny) Will Rhymes (@WillRhymes) Casper Wells (@UpstateBaller) Hunter Pence (@HunterPence9) Ryan Rowland-Smith (hyphen18) Carlos Beltran (@carlosbeltran15) Johan Santana (@johansantana) Josh Thole (@josh_thole) Justin Turner (@redturn2) Chris Johnson (@CJAstros23) Robbie Weinhardt (@RobbieW19) Brian Bogusevic (@BrianBogusevic) CINCINNATI CLEVELAND COLORADO REDS INDIANS ROCKIES REDS ROCKTES 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) Mike Leake (@MikeLeake44) Sam LeCure (@mrLeCure) Matt LaPorta (@Gator4God) Jensen Lewis (@JLEWFifty) Chris Perez (@ChrisPerez54) Trevor Crowe (@tcrowe4) Dexter Fowler (@DFowler24) Eric Young (@EYJF) Casey Weathers (@caseymweathers) Cory Riordan (@CRiordan22) Matt Maloney (@mo56maloney) ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ATLANTA BALTIMORE BRAVES ORIOLES Caietes 10% Twitter 8 Twitter 8% Twitter on Matt Holiday (@mattholiday7) Jason Heyward (@ JasonHeyward) Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman) Peter Moylan (@PeterMoylan) Kris Medlin (@kris_medlen) Adam Jones (@SimplyAJ10) Brian Roberts (@1brianroberts) Ryan Franklin (@franky3131) Jon Jay (@jonjayu) Kevin Gregg (@kevingregg63) KANSAS CITY ARIZONA TEXAS ROYALS DIAMOND BACKS RANGERS KC Royal DIAMOND BACKS T Twitter 8 Twitter 5 Twitter on on Billy Butler (@BillyButlerKC) Joakim Soria (@JoakimSoria) Justin Uptnn (@realjustinupton) Barry Enright (@ BarryEnrigh54) Zach Duke (@zach_duke) CJ. Wilson (@str8edgeracer) Derek Holland (@Dutch_Oven45) Lucas May (@LukedogKC) CHICAGO CUBS MILWAUKEE LOS ANGELES BREWERS DODGERS UBS 5 Twitter 4 Twitter 1% on Twitter on on John Axford (@JohnAxeford) LaTroy Hawkins (@adidas219) Casey Coleman (@CColeman17) Ryan Dempster (@DempterFDN) James Loney (@jamesloney_7) Jamie Hoffman (@dnthasslethHoff) SOURCES mlb.com twitter.com mlblogs.com twittersportsnet.com tweeting-athletes.com Presented By: OnlineGamblingSites.Net twitter MLB and Twitter As social networking sites increase in popularity, many question how this technological phenomenon impacts the rest of popular culture. This infographic will offer a small snapshot of social media and Major League Baseball and whether your favorite teams and players are active on Twitter and how they fare against the rest of the league. 1249 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS at the opening the 2011 season 11.2% of those players are on TWITTER 602 MLB are not on Twitter PLAYERS 148 MLB are on Twitter PLAYERS 75 73 verified unverified 104 MLB tweet at least once a week PLAYERS 30 MLB have been inactive on twitter for more than 3 months PLAYERS 1,287,713 followers 25,498 followers 20 Nick Swisher Curtis Granderson II New York Yankees (@cgrand14) New York Yankees (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia 2 88,278 followers David Prince 12 Tampa Bay Rays (@DAVIDprice14) 22,241 followers New York Yankees (@Cc Sabathia) most popular Brian Wilson 3 79,925 followers Justin Morneau 13 Minnesota Twins (@JustinMorneau) 20,047 followers San Francisco Giants (@BrianWilson38) MLB Denard Span 14 Minnesota Twins (@thisisdspan) 18,824 followers David Ortiz 52,979 followers Boston Red Sox (@davidortiz) tweeters Jason Heyward 49,661 followers Orlando Hudson 15 San Diego Padres (@orlandohudson) 17,966 followers Atlanta Braves (@JasonHeyward) C.J. Wilson Texas Rangers (@streedgeracer) 49,494 followers Joe Nathan 16 17,225 followers Minnesota Twins (@JoeNathan36) 33,980 followers B.J. Upton 17 Tampa Bay Rays (OBJUPTON2) 15,786 followers Joba Chamberlain 7 New York Yankees (OJoba_62) 8 Bobby Abreu Los Angeles Angels (@BobkellyAbreu) 32,982 followers Pablo Sandoval 18 15,266 followers San Francisco Giants (@pandoval48) Carl Crawford Boston Red Sox (@CarlCrawford_) 32,039 followers Roy Oswalt 14,152 19 Philadelphia Phillies (@royoswalt44net) followers Evan Longoria 10 28,440 followers Michael Cuddyer 20 Minnesota Twins (@mcuddy5) 13,829 followers Tampa Bay Rays (@Evan3Longoria) 98 11 (1%) Total catchers in the MLB (11%) On Twitter Total infielders in the MLB 272 27 (10%) On Twitter Total outfielders in the MLB 216 38 (18%) On Twitter Total pitchers in the MLB 652 71 (1%) On Twitter 11 Total hitters in the MLB 1 (9%) On Twitter MINNESOTA LOS ANGELES FLORIDA TWINS ANGELS MARLINS MINNESOTA Thins 33 Twitter 23 Twitter 23 Twitter on on Bobby Abreu (@BobKellyAbreu) Vernon Wells (@VernonWells10) Torii Hunter (@ToriiHunter48) Trevor Bell (@TrevBe22) Kevin Jepsen (@ kevinmjepsen) Michael Kohn (@MichaelKohn58) Rich Thompson (@chopper63) Bobby Wilson (@BW46) Peter Bourjos (@ pbourjos) Logan Morrison (@LoMoMarlins) Mike Stanton (@mikestanton27) Hanley Ramirez (@HanleyRamirez) Steve Cishek (@srSHREK31) John Baker (@manbearwolf) Alex Bumett (@ABurnett31) Francisco Liriano (@liriano47) Pat Neshek (@PatNeshek) Anthony Slama (@Slama39) Drew Butera (@drewbutera) Chris Parlelee (@CParmeleeAFL) Danny Valencia (dannyvalencia19) Michael Cuddyer (@mcuddy5) Ben Revere (@BenRevere9) John Buck (@14Buckshot) Brett Hayes (@brett_hayes) Gaby Sanchez (@GabySanchez15) Bryan Petersen (@Peteypipes) Rene Tosoni (@tosoni08) Justin Momeau (@JustinMorneau) Denard Span (@thisisdspan) Joe Nathan (@JoeNathan36) WASHINGTON SEATTLE PHILADELPHIA NATIONALS MARINERS PHILLIES INGTON NATIONALS PiHities 20% Twitter 17 Twitter 9 Twitter on on Collin Balester (@ballystar40) Todd Coffey (@ToddCoffey60) Craig Stammen (@cstammen35) Stephen Strasburg (@Stras37) Drew Storen (@DrewStoren) Bryce Harper (@bharp34) John Lannan (@JLannan31) Ichiro Suzuki (@ IchiroSpeaks) Josh Lueke (@ Josh_Lueke) Garrett Olson (@alforHIM27) David Aardsma (@TheDA53) Roy Oswalt (@royoswalt44net) Cole Hamels (@TheHamels) Ryan Madison (@RyanMadson46) Brad Ridge (@bradlidge) Freddy Galvis (@ toco13fg) Ryan Howard (@ryan_howard6) Michael Martinez (@mik3martiniz) Felix Hernandez (@RealKingFelix) Shawn Kelley (@shawnkelley23) Matt Tuiasosopo (@alforHIM27) ChienMing Wang (@cheinmingwang) BOSTON TAMPA BAY CHICAGO RED SOX RAYS WHITE SOX RAY 15 Twitter 15 Twitter 15 Twitter Luis Exposito (@Expo2323) Carl Crawford (@CarlCrawford_) Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) David Price (@davidprice14) Mark Teahen (@espy_teahen) Gordon Beckham(@gordonbeckham) BJ. Upton (@BJupton2) Reid Brignac (@reidbrignac) Jacoby Ellsbury (@jacobyellsbury) Jake Peavy (JakePeavy_44) Jarod Saltalamacchia (Jarrod_Salty39) Jesse Crain (@ JesseCrain) Daniel Nava (@dnavs33) David Ortiz (@davidortiz) Desmond Jennings (@desmondjennings) Tyler Flowers (@TFlowers17) Brent Lillibridge (@BSLillibridge) Ben Zobrist (@TheZobrists) OAKLAND NEW YORK TORONTO ATHLETICS YANKEES BLUE JAYS PHLETICS 15 Twitter 15% Twitter 12 Twitter on on Nick Swisher (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia (@CC_Sabathia) Joba Chamberlain (@Joba_62) Phil Hughes (@PhilHughes65) Colin Curtis (@ColinCurtis425) Curtis Granderson (@cgrand14) Coco Crisp (@coco_crisp) Brett Anderson (@brettanderson49) Craig Breslow (@CraigBreslow) Ricky Romero (@RickyRo24) Travis Snider (@lunchboxhero45) J.P. Arencibia (@jparencibia9) Brett Cecil (@Cec0208) Jesse Litsch (@ JesseLitsch) Dallas Braden (@DALLASBRADEN209) Brad Zeigler (@BradZiegler) Adam Rosales (@arosie7) SAN FRANCISCO PITTSBURG SAN DIEGO GIANTS PIRATES PADRES GIANTS RIRATES Padres 11% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter lon on Brian Wilson (@ BrianWilson38) Pablo Sandoval (@pandoval48) Jeremy Affeldt (@ JeremyAffeldt) Paul Maholm (@Maholm28) Joel Hanrahan (@hanrahan4457) Daniel McCutchen (@danielmccutchen) Jeff Karstens (@karslens27) Orlando Hudson (@OrlandoHudson) Heath Bell (@HealthBell21) Cameron Maybin (@CamMaybin) Sergio Romo (@ SergioRomo54) Luis Durango (@luisdurango) DETROIT HOUSTON NEW YORK TIGERS ASTROS METS 组 Alstros 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brad Penny (@BradPenny) Will Rhymes (@WillRhymes) Casper Wells (@UpstateBaller) Hunter Pence (@HunterPence9) Ryan Rowland-Smith (hyphen18) Carlos Beltran (@carlosbeltran15) Johan Santana (@johansantana) Josh Thole (@josh_thole) Justin Turner (@redturn2) Chris Johnson (@CJAstros23) Robbie Weinhardt (@RobbieW19) Brian Bogusevic (@BrianBogusevic) CINCINNATI CLEVELAND COLORADO REDS INDIANS ROCKIES REDS ROCKTES 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) Mike Leake (@MikeLeake44) Sam LeCure (@mrLeCure) Matt LaPorta (@Gator4God) Jensen Lewis (@JLEWFifty) Chris Perez (@ChrisPerez54) Trevor Crowe (@tcrowe4) Dexter Fowler (@DFowler24) Eric Young (@EYJF) Casey Weathers (@caseymweathers) Cory Riordan (@CRiordan22) Matt Maloney (@mo56maloney) ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ATLANTA BALTIMORE BRAVES ORIOLES Caietes 10% Twitter 8 Twitter 8% Twitter on Matt Holiday (@mattholiday7) Jason Heyward (@ JasonHeyward) Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman) Peter Moylan (@PeterMoylan) Kris Medlin (@kris_medlen) Adam Jones (@SimplyAJ10) Brian Roberts (@1brianroberts) Ryan Franklin (@franky3131) Jon Jay (@jonjayu) Kevin Gregg (@kevingregg63) KANSAS CITY ARIZONA TEXAS ROYALS DIAMOND BACKS RANGERS KC Royal DIAMOND BACKS T Twitter 8 Twitter 5 Twitter on on Billy Butler (@BillyButlerKC) Joakim Soria (@JoakimSoria) Justin Uptnn (@realjustinupton) Barry Enright (@ BarryEnrigh54) Zach Duke (@zach_duke) CJ. Wilson (@str8edgeracer) Derek Holland (@Dutch_Oven45) Lucas May (@LukedogKC) CHICAGO CUBS MILWAUKEE LOS ANGELES BREWERS DODGERS UBS 5 Twitter 4 Twitter 1% on Twitter on on John Axford (@JohnAxeford) LaTroy Hawkins (@adidas219) Casey Coleman (@CColeman17) Ryan Dempster (@DempterFDN) James Loney (@jamesloney_7) Jamie Hoffman (@dnthasslethHoff) SOURCES mlb.com twitter.com mlblogs.com twittersportsnet.com tweeting-athletes.com Presented By: OnlineGamblingSites.Net twitter MLB and Twitter As social networking sites increase in popularity, many question how this technological phenomenon impacts the rest of popular culture. This infographic will offer a small snapshot of social media and Major League Baseball and whether your favorite teams and players are active on Twitter and how they fare against the rest of the league. 1249 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS at the opening the 2011 season 11.2% of those players are on TWITTER 602 MLB are not on Twitter PLAYERS 148 MLB are on Twitter PLAYERS 75 73 verified unverified 104 MLB tweet at least once a week PLAYERS 30 MLB have been inactive on twitter for more than 3 months PLAYERS 1,287,713 followers 25,498 followers 20 Nick Swisher Curtis Granderson II New York Yankees (@cgrand14) New York Yankees (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia 2 88,278 followers David Prince 12 Tampa Bay Rays (@DAVIDprice14) 22,241 followers New York Yankees (@Cc Sabathia) most popular Brian Wilson 3 79,925 followers Justin Morneau 13 Minnesota Twins (@JustinMorneau) 20,047 followers San Francisco Giants (@BrianWilson38) MLB Denard Span 14 Minnesota Twins (@thisisdspan) 18,824 followers David Ortiz 52,979 followers Boston Red Sox (@davidortiz) tweeters Jason Heyward 49,661 followers Orlando Hudson 15 San Diego Padres (@orlandohudson) 17,966 followers Atlanta Braves (@JasonHeyward) C.J. Wilson Texas Rangers (@streedgeracer) 49,494 followers Joe Nathan 16 17,225 followers Minnesota Twins (@JoeNathan36) 33,980 followers B.J. Upton 17 Tampa Bay Rays (OBJUPTON2) 15,786 followers Joba Chamberlain 7 New York Yankees (OJoba_62) 8 Bobby Abreu Los Angeles Angels (@BobkellyAbreu) 32,982 followers Pablo Sandoval 18 15,266 followers San Francisco Giants (@pandoval48) Carl Crawford Boston Red Sox (@CarlCrawford_) 32,039 followers Roy Oswalt 14,152 19 Philadelphia Phillies (@royoswalt44net) followers Evan Longoria 10 28,440 followers Michael Cuddyer 20 Minnesota Twins (@mcuddy5) 13,829 followers Tampa Bay Rays (@Evan3Longoria) 98 11 (1%) Total catchers in the MLB (11%) On Twitter Total infielders in the MLB 272 27 (10%) On Twitter Total outfielders in the MLB 216 38 (18%) On Twitter Total pitchers in the MLB 652 71 (1%) On Twitter 11 Total hitters in the MLB 1 (9%) On Twitter MINNESOTA LOS ANGELES FLORIDA TWINS ANGELS MARLINS MINNESOTA Thins 33 Twitter 23 Twitter 23 Twitter on on Bobby Abreu (@BobKellyAbreu) Vernon Wells (@VernonWells10) Torii Hunter (@ToriiHunter48) Trevor Bell (@TrevBe22) Kevin Jepsen (@ kevinmjepsen) Michael Kohn (@MichaelKohn58) Rich Thompson (@chopper63) Bobby Wilson (@BW46) Peter Bourjos (@ pbourjos) Logan Morrison (@LoMoMarlins) Mike Stanton (@mikestanton27) Hanley Ramirez (@HanleyRamirez) Steve Cishek (@srSHREK31) John Baker (@manbearwolf) Alex Bumett (@ABurnett31) Francisco Liriano (@liriano47) Pat Neshek (@PatNeshek) Anthony Slama (@Slama39) Drew Butera (@drewbutera) Chris Parlelee (@CParmeleeAFL) Danny Valencia (dannyvalencia19) Michael Cuddyer (@mcuddy5) Ben Revere (@BenRevere9) John Buck (@14Buckshot) Brett Hayes (@brett_hayes) Gaby Sanchez (@GabySanchez15) Bryan Petersen (@Peteypipes) Rene Tosoni (@tosoni08) Justin Momeau (@JustinMorneau) Denard Span (@thisisdspan) Joe Nathan (@JoeNathan36) WASHINGTON SEATTLE PHILADELPHIA NATIONALS MARINERS PHILLIES INGTON NATIONALS PiHities 20% Twitter 17 Twitter 9 Twitter on on Collin Balester (@ballystar40) Todd Coffey (@ToddCoffey60) Craig Stammen (@cstammen35) Stephen Strasburg (@Stras37) Drew Storen (@DrewStoren) Bryce Harper (@bharp34) John Lannan (@JLannan31) Ichiro Suzuki (@ IchiroSpeaks) Josh Lueke (@ Josh_Lueke) Garrett Olson (@alforHIM27) David Aardsma (@TheDA53) Roy Oswalt (@royoswalt44net) Cole Hamels (@TheHamels) Ryan Madison (@RyanMadson46) Brad Ridge (@bradlidge) Freddy Galvis (@ toco13fg) Ryan Howard (@ryan_howard6) Michael Martinez (@mik3martiniz) Felix Hernandez (@RealKingFelix) Shawn Kelley (@shawnkelley23) Matt Tuiasosopo (@alforHIM27) ChienMing Wang (@cheinmingwang) BOSTON TAMPA BAY CHICAGO RED SOX RAYS WHITE SOX RAY 15 Twitter 15 Twitter 15 Twitter Luis Exposito (@Expo2323) Carl Crawford (@CarlCrawford_) Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) David Price (@davidprice14) Mark Teahen (@espy_teahen) Gordon Beckham(@gordonbeckham) BJ. Upton (@BJupton2) Reid Brignac (@reidbrignac) Jacoby Ellsbury (@jacobyellsbury) Jake Peavy (JakePeavy_44) Jarod Saltalamacchia (Jarrod_Salty39) Jesse Crain (@ JesseCrain) Daniel Nava (@dnavs33) David Ortiz (@davidortiz) Desmond Jennings (@desmondjennings) Tyler Flowers (@TFlowers17) Brent Lillibridge (@BSLillibridge) Ben Zobrist (@TheZobrists) OAKLAND NEW YORK TORONTO ATHLETICS YANKEES BLUE JAYS PHLETICS 15 Twitter 15% Twitter 12 Twitter on on Nick Swisher (@NickSwisher) CC Sabathia (@CC_Sabathia) Joba Chamberlain (@Joba_62) Phil Hughes (@PhilHughes65) Colin Curtis (@ColinCurtis425) Curtis Granderson (@cgrand14) Coco Crisp (@coco_crisp) Brett Anderson (@brettanderson49) Craig Breslow (@CraigBreslow) Ricky Romero (@RickyRo24) Travis Snider (@lunchboxhero45) J.P. Arencibia (@jparencibia9) Brett Cecil (@Cec0208) Jesse Litsch (@ JesseLitsch) Dallas Braden (@DALLASBRADEN209) Brad Zeigler (@BradZiegler) Adam Rosales (@arosie7) SAN FRANCISCO PITTSBURG SAN DIEGO GIANTS PIRATES PADRES GIANTS RIRATES Padres 11% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter lon on Brian Wilson (@ BrianWilson38) Pablo Sandoval (@pandoval48) Jeremy Affeldt (@ JeremyAffeldt) Paul Maholm (@Maholm28) Joel Hanrahan (@hanrahan4457) Daniel McCutchen (@danielmccutchen) Jeff Karstens (@karslens27) Orlando Hudson (@OrlandoHudson) Heath Bell (@HealthBell21) Cameron Maybin (@CamMaybin) Sergio Romo (@ SergioRomo54) Luis Durango (@luisdurango) DETROIT HOUSTON NEW YORK TIGERS ASTROS METS 组 Alstros 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brad Penny (@BradPenny) Will Rhymes (@WillRhymes) Casper Wells (@UpstateBaller) Hunter Pence (@HunterPence9) Ryan Rowland-Smith (hyphen18) Carlos Beltran (@carlosbeltran15) Johan Santana (@johansantana) Josh Thole (@josh_thole) Justin Turner (@redturn2) Chris Johnson (@CJAstros23) Robbie Weinhardt (@RobbieW19) Brian Bogusevic (@BrianBogusevic) CINCINNATI CLEVELAND COLORADO REDS INDIANS ROCKIES REDS ROCKTES 10% Twitter 10% Twitter 10% Twitter on Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) Mike Leake (@MikeLeake44) Sam LeCure (@mrLeCure) Matt LaPorta (@Gator4God) Jensen Lewis (@JLEWFifty) Chris Perez (@ChrisPerez54) Trevor Crowe (@tcrowe4) Dexter Fowler (@DFowler24) Eric Young (@EYJF) Casey Weathers (@caseymweathers) Cory Riordan (@CRiordan22) Matt Maloney (@mo56maloney) ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ATLANTA BALTIMORE BRAVES ORIOLES Caietes 10% Twitter 8 Twitter 8% Twitter on Matt Holiday (@mattholiday7) Jason Heyward (@ JasonHeyward) Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman) Peter Moylan (@PeterMoylan) Kris Medlin (@kris_medlen) Adam Jones (@SimplyAJ10) Brian Roberts (@1brianroberts) Ryan Franklin (@franky3131) Jon Jay (@jonjayu) Kevin Gregg (@kevingregg63) KANSAS CITY ARIZONA TEXAS ROYALS DIAMOND BACKS RANGERS KC Royal DIAMOND BACKS T Twitter 8 Twitter 5 Twitter on on Billy Butler (@BillyButlerKC) Joakim Soria (@JoakimSoria) Justin Uptnn (@realjustinupton) Barry Enright (@ BarryEnrigh54) Zach Duke (@zach_duke) CJ. Wilson (@str8edgeracer) Derek Holland (@Dutch_Oven45) Lucas May (@LukedogKC) CHICAGO CUBS MILWAUKEE LOS ANGELES BREWERS DODGERS UBS 5 Twitter 4 Twitter 1% on Twitter on on John Axford (@JohnAxeford) LaTroy Hawkins (@adidas219) Casey Coleman (@CColeman17) Ryan Dempster (@DempterFDN) James Loney (@jamesloney_7) Jamie Hoffman (@dnthasslethHoff) SOURCES mlb.com twitter.com mlblogs.com twittersportsnet.com tweeting-athletes.com Presented By: OnlineGamblingSites.Net