Baseball Players from Florida

Baseball Players, and athletes of all sports really, take pride in where they’re from. Whether it’s the state, city or area code – you always notice players wanting to rep their home area.

Fans tend to do the same thing. It’s always more fun to pull for a player when they’re from your home state (or even your hometown), especially when that player also happens to be playing on your favorite team.

With all that in mind, we went through MLB.com and pulled the home states (or countries) of every player on the 40-man rosters for each team.

We found 85 players from the state of Florida which was the second most of any state in the US – second only to California.

11 players hail from the city of Orlando – which is more than half of the states can claim.

Second most was Miami with 9, Tampa with 7 and Fort Lauderdale with 4.

Here are all 85 guys from Florida on MLB Rosters at the start of the 2023 season including what town they’re from and what team they play for.

NameCityTeam
Adam HaseleyOrlandoWhite Sox
Alek ManoahHomesteadBlue Jays
Alex FaedoTampaTigers
Andrew McCutchenFort MeadePirates
Anthony RizzoParklandYankees
Austin GomberWinter GardenRockies
Austin HaysDaytona BeachOrioles
Austin SlaterJacksonvilleGiants
Bennett SousaNorth Palm BeachBrewers
Bo BichetteOrlandoBlue Jays
Brad MillerOrlandoRangers
Brady SingerLeesburgRoyals
Brendan RodgersWinter ParkRockies
Brett PhillipsSeminoleAngels
Brett WiselyJacksonvilleGiants
Bryan BakerFort Walton BeachOrioles
Bryan LavastidaHialeahGuardians
Carlos RodonMiamiYankees
Chris RodriguezCoral SpringsAngels
Chris SaleLakelandRed Sox
Christian ArroyoTampaRed Sox
Cole RagansCrawfordvilleRangers
Cole SandsTallahasseeTwins
Dalton GuthrieSarasotaPhillies
Dane DunningOrange ParkRangers
Daniel CastanoOrlandoMarlins
Daniel VogelbachOrlandoMets
Danny YoungBoynton BeachBraves
Eric HosmerSouth MiamiCubs
Freddy TarnokBrandonAs
Jacob deGromDeLandRangers
Jake WalshIndialanticCardinals
Jake WoodfordSt PetersburgCardinals
Jameson TaillonLakelandCubs
JD MartinezMiamiDodgers
Jimmy HergetTampaAngels
Joe PerezPembroke PinesAstros
Joey KrehbielSeminoleOrioles
Jonathan IndiaFort LauderdaleReds
Josh DonaldsonPensacolaYankees
Kerry CarpenterEustisTigers
Kirby SneadAlachuaAs
Kutter CrawfordOkeechobeeRed Sox
Kyle TuckerTampaAstros
Lance McCullersTampaAstros
Logan GilbertWinter ParkMariners
Luke JacksonFort LauderdaleGiants
Luke WeaverDeLandReds
Manny MachadoMiamiPadres
Mark Leiter JrFort LauderdaleCubs
Matt MooreFort Walton BeachAngels
Michael A. TaylorFort LauderdaleTwins
Mike ClevingerJacksonvilleWhite Sox
Mike ZuninoCape CoralGuardians
Miles MikolasJupiterCardinals
MJ MelendezDaytona BeachRoyals
Mychal GivensTampaOrioles
Nate PearsonOdessaBlue Jays
Nick CastellanosHialeahPhillies
Nick FortesDeLandMarlins
Nick GordonAvon ParkTwins
Nick MartinezMiamiPadres
Nick NelsonPanama CityPhillies
Nick VespiMiamiOrioles
Paul DeJongOrlandoCardinals
Pavin SmithJupiterDiamondbacks
Pete AlonsoTampaMets
Richard BleierMiami BeachRed Sox
Riley GreeneOrlandoTigers
Romy GonzalezMiamiWhite Sox
Ryan FeltnerOrlandoRockies
Ryan MountcastleWinter SpringsOrioles
Ryan O’HearnDunedinOrioles
Taylor MotterWest Palm BeachCardinals
Thaddeus WardFort MyersNationals
Trea TurnerBoynton BeachPhillies
Trey ManciniWinter HavenCubs
Triston CasasMiamiRed Sox
Tyler HoltonTallahasseeTigers
Tyler KinleyPlantationRockies
Vaughn GrissomOrlandoBraves
Yency AlmonteMiamiDodgers
Zach EflinOrlandoRays
Zach NetoMiamiAngels
Zack GreinkeOrlandoRoyals

BASEBALL STATE fun facts

California, far and away, has the most current baseball players of any state with 189.

Second most was Florida with 89, followed by Texas (78), New York (42) and Georgia (40).

The Dominican Republic has 120 players currently in major league baseball which is incredibly impressive considering the country has a total population of only 11 million people. By comparison, the state of California has a population of 39 million and the state of Florida has a population of almost 22 million.

Hall of Fame Players from Florida

In addition to the current players, we thought you might also enjoy seeing which Hall of Famers hail from the state of Florida*.

NameCityPrimary Team
Fred McGriffTampaBraves

*This list is currently a work in progress.

Other States

Check out the players from other states as well. We currently only have a few states posted, but check back soon because we’ll have many more up in the next couple of weeks.

Current Pro Baseball Players from Alabama

Current Pro Baseball Players from Colorado

Current Pro Baseball Players from Connecticut