Ireland
52 MLB Players
Explore baseball talent from Ireland • 1871–1945
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Dublin
5
Cork
4
Cavan
2
Tyrone
2
Granard
1
Limerick
1
Crosserlough
1
Cobh
1
Mohill
1
Killorglin
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👥 All Players from Ireland
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| Player Name | Birth City | Pos | Debut | Final | G | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Archer | Dublin | - | 1904 | 1918 | 847 | 16 | 0.249 |
| Tommy Bond | Granard | - | 1874 | 1884 | 488 | - | 0.238 |
| Hugh Campbell | - | - | 1873 | 1873 | 20 | - | 0.151 |
| Michael Campbell | - | - | 1873 | 1873 | 21 | - | 0.143 |
| Joe Cleary | Cork | - | 1945 | 1945 | 1 | - | - |
| Bill Collins | Dublin | - | 1887 | 1892 | 6 | - | 0.143 |
| John Curran | - | - | 1876 | 1876 | 3 | - | 0.333 |
| Andy Cusick | Limerick | - | 1884 | 1887 | 95 | - | 0.193 |
| Hugh Daily | Crosserlough | - | 1882 | 1887 | 167 | - | 0.157 |
| Pete Daniels | Cavan | - | 1890 | 1898 | 14 | - | 0.241 |
| Patsy Donovan | Cobh | - | 1890 | 1907 | 1,824 | 16 | 0.301 |
| Tom Dowse | Mohill | - | 1890 | 1892 | 160 | - | 0.197 |
| Conny Doyle | - | - | 1883 | 1884 | 31 | - | 0.254 |
| Jack Doyle | Killorglin | - | 1889 | 1905 | 1,569 | 25 | 0.299 |
| Ed Duffy | - | - | 1871 | 1871 | 26 | - | 0.231 |
| Bill Farmer | Dublin | - | 1888 | 1888 | 5 | - | 0.125 |
| Jocko Fields | Cork | - | 1887 | 1892 | 344 | 12 | 0.272 |
| Mike Flynn | County Kildare | - | 1891 | 1891 | 1 | - | - |
| Curry Foley | Milltown | - | 1879 | 1883 | 305 | 6 | 0.286 |
| Hugh Gilgan | - | - | 1875 | 1875 | 2 | - | 0.250 |
| Jimmy Hallinan | - | - | 1871 | 1878 | 170 | 5 | 0.287 |
| Mike Hines | - | - | 1883 | 1888 | 120 | - | 0.202 |
| Andy Leonard | Cavan | - | 1871 | 1880 | 501 | 4 | 0.299 |
| Con Lucid | Dublin | - | 1893 | 1897 | 54 | - | 0.238 |
| Reddy Mack | - | - | 1885 | 1890 | 550 | 6 | 0.254 |
| Fergy Malone | Tyrone | - | 1871 | 1884 | 220 | 1 | 0.274 |
| Charlie McCullough | Dublin | - | 1890 | 1890 | 29 | - | 0.032 |
| John McGuinness | - | - | 1876 | 1884 | 66 | - | 0.244 |
| Irish McIlveen | Belfast | - | 1906 | 1909 | 53 | - | 0.215 |
| Barney McLaughlin | - | - | 1884 | 1890 | 178 | 3 | 0.243 |
| Frank McLaughlin | - | - | 1882 | 1884 | 107 | 5 | 0.228 |
| George McManus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pat McManus | - | - | 1879 | 1879 | 2 | - | 0.125 |
| Mike Muldoon | Westmeath County | - | 1882 | 1886 | 495 | 10 | 0.233 |
| Tony Mullane | Cork | - | 1881 | 1894 | 784 | 8 | 0.243 |
| Tim Murnane | Lisvarrinane | - | 1872 | 1884 | 383 | 5 | 0.261 |
| Tom Needham | - | - | 1904 | 1914 | 523 | 8 | 0.209 |
| Sam Nicholl | Antrim | - | 1888 | 1890 | 22 | - | 0.128 |
| John O'Connell | - | - | 1891 | 1902 | 16 | - | 0.176 |
| Johnny O'Connor | Cahersiveen | - | 1916 | 1916 | 1 | - | - |
| Paddy O'Connor | County Kerry | - | 1908 | 1918 | 108 | - | 0.225 |
| Patrick O'Loughlin | - | - | 1883 | 1883 | 1 | - | 0.400 |
| Jack O'Neill | Galway | - | 1902 | 1906 | 303 | 1 | 0.196 |
| Mike O'Neill | Maum | - | 1901 | 1907 | 137 | 2 | 0.255 |
| Cyclone Ryan | Cappawhite | - | 1887 | 1891 | 9 | - | 0.212 |
| Mike Scanlon | Cork | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bill Sullivan | - | - | 1878 | 1878 | 2 | - | 0.167 |
| Sleeper Sullivan | - | - | 1881 | 1884 | 96 | - | 0.184 |
| Ted Sullivan | Clare | - | 1884 | 1884 | 3 | - | 0.333 |
| John Tener | Tyrone | - | 1885 | 1890 | 75 | 3 | 0.234 |
| Jimmy Walsh | Rathroe | - | 1912 | 1917 | 541 | 6 | 0.232 |
| Mike Walsh | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Players born in Ireland
Ireland is the birthplace of 52 major league players on this page. Ed Duffy was the first Ireland-born player to appear, in 1871. Joe Cleary debuted in 1945, the latest year in the table. The most common birthplaces are Dublin, Cork, and Cavan. The 1880s produced the most debuts from Ireland. Patsy Donovan has played the most games of any Ireland-born player, 1,824. For home runs, Jack Doyle is first with 25. The best average among players with long careers is .301, by Patsy Donovan. Use the decade and position filters to narrow the full list, or sort it by games, home runs or average. Birthplaces are taken from the Lahman biographical record, so players are grouped by country of birth, not by nationality.
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