Current Pro Baseball Players from Oregon (MLB 2023)

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 11 players from the state of Oregon on major league rosters. That’s enough to tie Oregon with Nevada for 23rd overall out of all 50 states.

As far as individual cities, over half (6 out of the 11) of the major leaguers from Oregon call Portland their hometown. A very impressive number for a northern city of that size.

MLB Players from Oregon

Here are the 11 guys representing the state of Oregon on MLB Rosters at the start of the 2023 season including what town he’s from and what team he plays for.

Name	City	Team
Adam Cimber	Portland	Blue Jays
Adley Rutschman	Portland	Orioles
Brandon Drury	Grants Pass	Angels
Cooper Hummel	Portland	Mariners
Jimmy Nelson	Klamath Falls	Dodgers
Keynan Middleton	Portland	White Sox
Nathan Lukes	Portland	Blue Jays
Ryan McKenna	Grants Pass	Orioles
Ryan Thompson	Turner	Rays
Seth Brown	Klamath Falls	As
Shea Langeliers	Portland	As

Player Bios

Here is a little more background info for a few of the standout players from the state of Oregon.

Adley Rutschman

Adley Rutschman played college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers and was named the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year in 2019. As a junior, he batted an impressive .411/.575/.751 with 17 home runs and 58 RBIs, earning him the 2019 Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year title.

The Baltimore Orioles selected him with the first overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft, and he signed for $8.1 million, the highest signing bonus in MLB Draft history at the time.

Jimmy Nelson

Jimmy Nelson, born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, was drafted out of Niceville High School in Florida by the Cincinnati Reds in the 39th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft but did not sign.

He then attended the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, where he played college baseball before being drafted in the 2nd round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers.

Nelson has established himself as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, known for his effective pitching skills and contributions to his team’s success.

Brandon Drury

Brandon Drury, born on August 21, 1992, in Grants Pass, Oregon, attended Grants Pass High School. Drury was drafted in the 13th round of the 2010 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves.

In his professional career, Drury has played for teams including the Arizona Diamondbacks, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and the San Diego Padres. He has primarily played as a second baseman, third baseman, and outfielder.

Drury was recognized with the Silver Slugger award in 2022, hitting .263 with 28 home runs and 87 RBIs.

Baseball Hometown Fun Facts

California, by far, has the most current MLB players of any state with 189.

The second most was the state of Florida with 89, followed by Texas (78), Georgia (40) and New York (38).

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.