List of Major League Baseball players from Australia

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Joe Quinn posing in a Boston Beaneaters uniform.
Joe Quinn, the first Australian to play in MLB
Number of Australian MLB players by season
Graph showing the number of Australians to have played at least one MLB game in a season since 1986

The first recorded baseball event in Australia took place in Melbourne, Victoria in 1857, between teams from Collingwood and Richmond. Accounts vary as to the details, including whether it was a single game or a series of three games, though details in common include a score of 350–230 in favour of Collingwood, and that the rules used were some form of hybrid between cricket and baseball, with teams batting until all players were out, and runs being scored for every base crossed, rather than just for reaching home plate.[1][2] Though there are no records to confirm it, the commonly held belief is that baseball in Australia originated on the Ballarat gold-fields among American miners.[1] The Claxton Shield, the first annually recurring national tournament, commenced in 1934. Though the tournament itself has been supplanted at various points in its history, the physical Shield is still awarded to the national champions in the Australian Baseball League.[3]

As of the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasonTemplate:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 38 Australians have played in at least one MLB game. Of those players, 33 were born in Australia, the remainder having been born elsewhere but raised in Australia and have played for the Australia national baseball team at International Baseball Federation or sanctioned tournaments such as the Olympic Games and World Baseball Classic. 25 of the players have been pitchers and the other 13 have been position players.

Australia became the sixth country (not counting the United States) to have a player represented in the major leagues, when Joe Quinn made his debut on 26 April 1884 for the St. Louis Maroons. Quinn also became the first Australian-born manager, as a player-manager for the St. Louis Browns in 1895.[4] After Quinn played his last MLB game, it was almost 85 years before another Australian would appear in an MLB game: Craig Shipley on 22 June 1986 for the Los Angeles Dodgers.[5] The most recent Australian-born player to make his debut in the major leagues is Jack O'Loughlin, who played for the Oakland Athletics on 27 May 2024.

since 2019Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Grant Balfour, David Nilsson and Liam Hendriks are the only Australians to have played in an MLB All-Star Game. In 2013, Balfour was added to the squad by AL manager Jim Leyland as a 'Sunday replacement' pitcher. In 1999, Nilsson was one of two players from the Milwaukee Brewers to be selected.[6] At this time the starting lineup was selected by the fans through voting at stadiums and online. The remaining players were selected by the managers of the respective teams, themselves having been the managers of the league champions from the previous season: in Nilsson's case, he was selected by Bruce Bochy, who had managed the San Diego Padres to the 1998 World Series against the New York Yankees.[7] Liam Hendriks became the third Australian to make the MLB All-Star Game in 2019, as a replacement for Charlie Morton.

Trent Durrington became the only Australian position player to pitch in an MLB game when he appeared for the Milwaukee Brewers on 17 April 2004 against the Houston Astros.[8] Durrington had already entered the game initially as a pinch hitter and remained in the game playing at third base. With two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, Durrington faced one hitter and induced a fly ball out.[9]

Players

Key
1B First baseman
2B Second baseman
3B Third baseman
C Catcher
DH Designated hitter
IF Infielder
M Manager
OF Outfielder
P Pitcher
SS Shortstop
U Utility
* Member of Baseball Australia Hall of Fame
Peter Moylan partway through his pitching motion, wearing the Atlanta Braves road uniform in 2009.
Peter Moylan playing for the Atlanta Braves in San Diego, August 2009
Trent Oeltjen wearing the Los Angeles Dodgers home uniform in 2011.
Trent Oeltjen playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, June 2011
Australian MLB players
Player Position Debut Debut team Final game Final team Ref(s)
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Script error: No such module "Sort".* P Template:Dts Montreal Expos Template:Dts Montreal Expos [11][12]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Seattle Mariners Template:Dts Texas Rangers [13]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Cleveland Indians Template:Dts Cleveland Indians [14]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2B / 3B / DH Template:Dts Anaheim Angels Template:Dts Milwaukee Brewers [15]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 3B Template:Dts Minnesota Twins Template:Dts Minnesota Twins [16]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts San Diego Padres Template:Dts San Diego Padres [17]
Script error: No such module "Sort". IF Template:Dts Philadelphia Phillies Template:Dts Philadelphia Phillies [18]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Minnesota Twins Active[P 1]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Boston Red Sox [19]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1B / DH / OF Template:Dts Kansas City Royals Template:Dts Minnesota Twins [20]
Script error: No such module "Sort". IF Template:Dts Minnesota Twins Template:Dts Oakland Athletics [21]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts New York Yankees Template:Dts Cincinnati Reds [22]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Chicago White Sox Template:Dts Chicago White Sox [23]
Script error: No such module "Sort".* P Template:Dts Milwaukee Brewers Template:Dts Kansas City Royals [24][25]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Atlanta Braves Template:Dts Tampa Bay Devil Rays [27]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Atlanta Braves Template:Dts Atlanta Braves [28]
Script error: No such module "Sort".[P 3] P Template:Dts Minnesota Twins Template:Dts Toronto Blue Jays [29]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". OF Template:Dts Arizona Diamondbacks Template:Dts Los Angeles Dodgers [31]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Oakland Athletics [32]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts San Diego Padres Template:Dts San Diego Padres [33]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Los Angeles Dodgers Template:Dts Toronto Blue Jays [34]
Joe Quinn* U / M[P 4] Template:Dts St. Louis Maroons Template:Dts Washington Senators [4]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Seattle Mariners Template:Dts Arizona Diamondbacks [35]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts San Diego Padres Template:Dts New York Yankees [37]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Baltimore Orioles Template:Dts Baltimore Orioles [38]
Script error: No such module "Sort".[P 6] P Template:Dts Atlanta Braves Template:Dts Atlanta Braves [39]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Minnesota Twins Template:Dts Detroit Tigers [40]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Template:Dts Oakland Athletics [41]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Minnesota Twins Template:Dts Minnesota Twins [42]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Baltimore Orioles Template:Dts Baltimore Orioles [43]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". 3B Template:Dts Minnesota Twins Template:Dts Minnesota Twins [45]
Script error: No such module "Sort". P Template:Dts Los Angeles Dodgers Template:Dts Los Angeles Dodgers [46]
Notes

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  1. ↑ Denotes that the player played at least one game in the 2020 season
  2. ↑ Denotes that the player played at least one game in the 2023 season
  3. ↑ Nakamura was born in Japan, but raised in Australia from the age of 3. He competed for Australia at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
  4. ↑ Quinn acted as player-manager for the 1895 St. Louis Browns and the 1899 Cleveland Spiders.
  5. ↑ Snelling was born in the United States, but was raised in Australia. He competed for Australia at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, 2009 World Baseball Classic and 2009 Baseball World Cup.
  6. ↑ Stockman was born in England, but was raised in Australia. He competed for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and 2006 World Baseball Classic.
  7. ↑ Denotes that the player played at least one game in the 2020 season

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Postseason appearances

Grame Lloyd wearing a Perth Heat baseball uniform.
Graeme Lloyd, the first Australian to appear in a World Series

Joe Quinn became the first Australian to make an appearance in a postseason game for a Major League team, when the Boston Beaneaters met the Cleveland Spiders in a best-of-nine-game series between the season's first half and second half leaders. In 1892, the National League (NL) was the only active Major League, and Boston were already considered to be the NL pennant winners as they had the best record at the end of the season, and the series—won by the Beaneaters 5–0 (with one tie)—was considered an exhibition series.[47]

In the modern era (considered to be from 1901 to today by MLB, as it was the first season with both of the current Major Leagues in operation), six Australians have played in postseason games, all but one of them pitchers. Graeme Lloyd became the first, playing with the New York Yankees in 1996. He made appearances against the Texas Rangers in the League Division Series, the Baltimore Orioles in the League Championship Series, and the Atlanta Braves in the World Series. Lloyd was credited with the win in game 4 of the 1996 World Series,[48] becoming the first Australian player to do so, as well as becoming the first Australian to be a World Series champion when the Yankees won in 1996[49] and again in 1998.[50]

Grant Balfour partway through his pitching motion, wearing the Tampa Bay Rays road uniform in 2008.
Grant Balfour has the most postseason appearances of any Australian.

Grant Balfour holds the record for most appearances in postseason games for an Australian, having played in a total of seventeen games, thirteen with the Tampa Bay Rays, two with the Minnesota Twins and two with the Oakland Athletics.[10] Damian Moss and Peter Moylan also made postseason appearances, both having played for the Atlanta Braves against the San Francisco Giants: Moss in the 2002 National League Division Series,[27] and Moylan in the 2010 National League Division Series.[28] Liam Hendriks is the most recent Australian to play in the postseason, and the only such player to start a postseason game, pitching in the 2018 American League Wild Card Game for the Oakland Athletics.[51]

Australian players in MLB postseason games
Player Seasons World Series LCS LDS WC Ref(s)
Series
won 		Series
played 		Games
played 		Series
won 		Series
played 		Games
played 		Series
won 		Series
played 		Games
played 		Series
won 		Series
played 		Games
played
Grant Balfour 2004 Minnesota Twins
2008 Tampa Bay Rays
2010 Tampa Bay Rays
2012 Oakland Athletics
2013 Oakland Athletics 		0 1 3 1 1 4 1 5 13 — [52]
[53][54][55]
[56]
[57]
[58]
Liam Hendriks 2018 Oakland Athletics
2019 Oakland Athletics
2020 Oakland Athletics 		— — 0 1 4 1 3 5 [59]
[60]
[61][62]
Graeme Lloyd 1996 New York Yankees
1997 New York Yankees
1998 New York Yankees 		2 2 5 2 2 3 2 3 5 — [63][64][49]
[65]
[66][67][50]
Damian Moss 2002 Atlanta Braves — — 0 1 2 — [68]
Peter Moylan 2010 Atlanta Braves — — 0 1 4 — [69]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1892 Boston Beaneaters — 1 1 6 — — [47]

See also

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