This is a list of baseball players from Colombia who have played in Major League Baseball. Lou Castro was the first player from Colombia to make it into the Major Leagues, but it would be over seventy years before another made it. In Bold denotes still active players in the league.

Players

Name Debut Final game Position Teams Ref
Lou Castro April 23, 1902 September 27, 1902 Infielder/Outfielder Philadelphia Athletics (1902) [1]
Orlando Ramírez July 6, 1974 May 16, 1979 Infielder California Angels (1974–1977, 1979) [2]
Jackie Gutiérrez September 6, 1983 October 1, 1988 Infielder Boston Red Sox (1983–1985)
Baltimore Orioles (1986–1987)
Philadelphia Phillies (1988)		 [3]
Édgar Rentería May 10, 1996 September 28, 2011 Infielder Florida Marlins (1996–1998)
St. Louis Cardinals (1999–2004)
Boston Red Sox (2005)
Atlanta Braves (2006–2007)
Detroit Tigers (2008)
San Francisco Giants (2009–2010)
Cincinnati Reds (2011)		 [4]
Orlando Cabrera September 3, 1997 September 23, 2011 Infielder Montreal Expos (1997–2004)
Boston Red Sox (2004)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005–2007)
Chicago White Sox (2008)
Oakland Athletics (2009)
Minnesota Twins (2009)
Cincinnati Reds (2010)
Cleveland Indians (2011)
San Francisco Giants (2011)		 [5]
Jolbert Cabrera April 12, 1998 September 28, 2008 Infielder/Outfielder Cleveland Indians (1998–2002)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2002–2003)
Seattle Mariners (2004)
Cincinnati Reds (2008)		 [6]
Yamid Haad July 5, 1999 October 1, 2005 Catcher Pittsburgh Pirates (1999)
San Francisco Giants (2005)		 [7]
Emiliano Fruto May 14, 2006 September 29, 2006 Pitcher Seattle Mariners (2006) [8]
Ernesto Frieri September 26, 2009 Pitcher San Diego Padres (2009–2012)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2012–2014)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2014)
Tampa Bay Rays (2015)
Texas Rangers (2017)		 [9]
Julio Teherán May 7, 2011 Pitcher Atlanta Braves (2011–2019)
Los Angeles Angels (2020)
Detroit Tigers (2021)
Milwaukee Brewers (2023–present)		 [10]
José Quintana May 7, 2012 Pitcher Chicago White Sox (2012–2017)
Chicago Cubs (2017–2020)
Los Angeles Angels (2021)
San Francisco Giants (2021)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2022)
St. Louis Cardinals (2022)
New York Mets (2023–present) 		[11]
Donovan Solano May 21, 2012 Infielder/Outfielder Miami Marlins (2012–2015)
New York Yankees (2016)
San Francisco Giants (2019)
Cincinnati Reds (2022)
Minnesota Twins (2023–present)		 [12]
Jhonatan Solano May 29, 2012 May 31, 2015 Catcher Washington Nationals (2012–2013)
Miami Marlins (2015)		 [13]
Dilson Herrera August 29, 2014 Infielder New York Mets (2014–2015)
Cincinnati Reds (2018)		 [14]
Sugar Ray Marimón April 14, 2015 September 25, 2015 Pitcher Atlanta Braves (2015) [15]
Giovanny Urshela June 9, 2015 Infielder Cleveland Indians (2015, 2017)
Toronto Blue Jays (2018)
New York Yankees (2019–2021)
Minnesota Twins (2022)
Los Angeles Angels (2023-present)		 [16]
Yhonathan Barrios September 24, 2015 October 4, 2015 Pitcher Milwaukee Brewers (2015) [17]
Tayron Guerrero May 17, 2016 Pitcher San Diego Padres (2016)
Miami Marlins (2018–2019)		 [18]
Dayán Díaz May 22, 2016 Pitcher Cincinnati Reds (2016)
Los Angeles Angels (2017)		 [19]
Jorge Alfaro September 12, 2016 Catcher Philadelphia Phillies (2016–2018)
Miami Marlins (2019–2021)
San Diego Padres (2022)
Colorado Rockies (2023)
Boston Red Sox (2023)		 [20]
Meibrys Viloria September 2, 2018 Catcher Kansas City Royals (2018–2020) [21]
Harold Ramírez May 11, 2019 Outfielder Miami Marlins (2019–2020)
Cleveland Indians (2021)
Tampa Bay Rays (2022–present)		 [22]
Oscar Mercado May 14, 2019 Outfielder Cleveland Indians / Guardians (2019-2022)
Philadelphia Phillies (2022)
Cleveland Guardians (2022)
St. Louis Cardinals (2023)		 [23]
Luis Escobar Jul 7, 2019 Pitcher Pittsburgh Pirates (2019) [24]
Luis Patiño Aug 5, 2020 Pitcher San Diego Padres (2020)
Tampa Bay Rays (2021–present)
Nabil Crismatt Aug 17, 2020 Pitcher St. Louis Cardinals (2020)
San Diego Padres (2021–present)
Jhon Romero September 24, 2021 Pitcher Washington Nationals (2021–present)
Reiver Sanmartin September 27, 2021 Pitcher Cincinnati Reds (2021–present)
Jeter Downs June 22, 2022 Infielder Boston Red Sox (2022–present)
Jordan Díaz September 18, 2022 Infielder Oakland Athletics (2022–present)

References

  1. ^ "Lou Castro". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  2. ^ "Orlando Ramírez". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  3. ^ "Jackie Gutiérrez". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  4. ^ "Edgar Rentería". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  5. ^ "Orlando Cabrera". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  6. ^ "Jolbert Cabrera". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  7. ^ "Yamid Haad". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  8. ^ "Emiliano Fruto". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  9. ^ "Ernesto Frieri". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  10. ^ "Julio Teherán". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  11. ^ "Jose Quintana". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  12. ^ "Donovan Solano". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  13. ^ "Jhonatan Solano". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  14. ^ "Dilson Herrera". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  15. ^ "Sugar Ray Marimon". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  16. ^ "Giovanny Urshela". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  17. ^ "Yhonathan Barrios". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  18. ^ "Tayron Guerrero". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  19. ^ "Dayan Díaz". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  20. ^ "Jorge Alfaro". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  21. ^ "Meibrys Viloria". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  22. ^ "Harold Ramirez". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  23. ^ "Oscar Mercado". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  24. ^ "Luis Escobar". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2019-09-01.

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