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Baseball players born in Columbus, OH, USA

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SELECTED RECORD

Columbus, OH, USA

Unique active players · 1871–2025

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First recorded appearances by decade

  1. 1880s
    4
  2. 1890s
    4
  3. 1900s
    4
  4. 1910s
    7
  5. 1920s
    2
  6. 1930s
    2
  7. 1940s
    1
  8. 1950s
    4
  9. 1960s
    3
  10. 1970s
    4
  11. 1980s
    6
  12. 1990s
    3
  13. 2000s
    5
  14. 2010s
    6
  15. 2020s
    2

Players in this selection (57)

Each player is counted once, including players who changed teams. These are recorded birthplaces, not citizenship.

57 matching records · Unique players
Place / recordUnique playersContextExplore
A. J. Sager1First positive recorded appearance: 1994 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Al Bauer1First positive recorded appearance: 1884 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Billy Purtell1First positive recorded appearance: 1908 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Bob Gillespie1First positive recorded appearance: 1944 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Caleb Ferguson1First positive recorded appearance: 2018 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Chase Lyons1First positive recorded appearance: 1902 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Dave Bakenhaster1First positive recorded appearance: 1964 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Dick Hoover1First positive recorded appearance: 1952 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Doug DeVore1First positive recorded appearance: 2004 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Ed Dundon1First positive recorded appearance: 1883 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Ed Rile1First positive recorded appearance: 1920 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Eddie Milner1First positive recorded appearance: 1980 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Eric Crozier1First positive recorded appearance: 2004 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Eric Fryer1First positive recorded appearance: 2011 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Evan White1First positive recorded appearance: 2020 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Floyd Ritter1First positive recorded appearance: 1890 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Frank Gleich1First positive recorded appearance: 1919 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Frank Howard1First positive recorded appearance: 1958 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Frank McGee1First positive recorded appearance: 1925 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Fred Link1First positive recorded appearance: 1910 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
George Spencer1First positive recorded appearance: 1950 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Gus Dundon1First positive recorded appearance: 1904 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Hank Gowdy1First positive recorded appearance: 1910 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Harry Daubert1First positive recorded appearance: 1915 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Jim Geddes1First positive recorded appearance: 1972 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Jim Handiboe1First positive recorded appearance: 1886 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Jim McKee1First positive recorded appearance: 1972 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Jim Traber1First positive recorded appearance: 1984 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
John Kerner1First positive recorded appearance: 1931 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
John Morlan1First positive recorded appearance: 1973 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
John O'Brien1First positive recorded appearance: 1884 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Johnny Edwards1First positive recorded appearance: 1961 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Jon Link1First positive recorded appearance: 2010 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Jon Warden1First positive recorded appearance: 1968 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Kip Selbach1First positive recorded appearance: 1894 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Larry Howard1First positive recorded appearance: 1970 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Leroy Morney1First positive recorded appearance: 1932 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Lew Camp1First positive recorded appearance: 1892 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Macey1First positive recorded appearance: 1890 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Matt Angle1First positive recorded appearance: 2011 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Matt Fox1First positive recorded appearance: 2010 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Mike Durant1First positive recorded appearance: 1996 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Mike Matheny1First positive recorded appearance: 1994 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Nick Swisher1First positive recorded appearance: 2004 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Pat Borders1First positive recorded appearance: 1988 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Paul Hoover1First positive recorded appearance: 2001 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Paul Householder1First positive recorded appearance: 1980 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Paul O'Neill1First positive recorded appearance: 1985 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Phil Klein1First positive recorded appearance: 2014 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Sandy Burk1First positive recorded appearance: 1910 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Spencer Strider1First positive recorded appearance: 2021 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Todd Fischer1First positive recorded appearance: 1986 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Tom Shearn1First positive recorded appearance: 2007 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Tom Simpson1First positive recorded appearance: 1953 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Wally Gerber1First positive recorded appearance: 1914 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
William Parks1First positive recorded appearance: 1910 · Columbus, OH, USASource record
Willy Wilson1First positive recorded appearance: 1906 · Columbus, OH, USASource record

SOURCES & DEFINITIONS

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Source: SABR / Sean Lahman Baseball Database, credited to Sean Lahman and the database contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0). The archived release covers 1871–2025, including the recognized major leagues and supported Negro League records in its 19 league codes. Earlier and Negro League records have documented gaps; a missing record is not proof that a player or team did not exist. No other professional leagues have been inferred.

24,011 unique players have positive recorded game appearances. Debut cohorts use the first positive appearance year in this database; active cohorts count a player once if any positive appearance falls inside the range. Team changes never multiply that player. Birthplaces describe source birth location, not citizenship. Historical birth countries retain their source identity. 23,078 players have a birth-country entry; unknowns stay visible.

HomeGames determines season-specific venues, with the most recorded home games identifying the primary park. Franchise names and locations follow each historical team season. World Series titles are joined to the winning team’s primary home city that season, including the source’s historical and Negro League World Series records. They are never reassigned to a franchise’s present city.

339 of 345 parks have city-level coordinates. These locate cities, not exact stadium sites. U.S. place coordinates come from the Census 2025 Gazetteer (public domain); international locations use unique GeoNames city matches (CC BY 4.0, attribution GeoNames). Ambiguous matches remain unlocated. City profiles require at least five source players and a reviewed city match; smaller or unlocated groups open the filtered origins atlas.

World outlines: Natural Earth 1:50m map units, public domain. U.S. state outlines: Census via us-atlas. Source licenses apply to their respective inputs and derived data. Download the derived baseball snapshot · Source manifest, retrieval dates and SHA-256 hashes.

Archived inputs and attribution (10)
  • lahman-readme2025.txt · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 47,982 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 8f3d8f12b638887e4d182561a668e8103e11fbe1483019cae6d12a4c67cc3aab
  • lahman-People.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 3,223,128 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 9ee97110fc88b2c4ad72684577d696875035049e74a45cb93238458df8563c58
  • lahman-Parks.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 22,638 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 788dfee98c41e80d95e7bbbe1a90a8be2aa6d958701433ab896f9747384f992b
  • lahman-Teams.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 701,384 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 0e7afdd8b837d0edaca770a28817eec6613bd8255979c1be6e3f5827f4b88fd6
  • lahman-Appearances.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 7,833,413 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 4aa1883276a86b9b8ceaa08b3d030044d187766fb758fc973ec12d3a24f6fe08
  • lahman-HomeGames.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 178,043 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 40b73165b9b38c55ccedab05841982ec8eaa5316b61a79adab3ff5ae13d264c3
  • lahman-TeamsFranchises.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 5,610 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: fc58735a8f767f11c27bccbbee38ea850a00e27c0216fb2a60cc4185a99bf398
  • lahman-SeriesPost.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 13,628 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 507918cbb9dea12fd353b2a68a36e6ad481f8bcd58e51698cf3889b78d52254a
  • census-places-2025.zip · U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Census federal data · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 1,214,053 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 49644173a453469d9bd77fb7a493b027f87567e209edaf2078aac7543ac2ee29
  • geonames-cities1000.zip · GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 11,053,713 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: bd324b6b115b55f6ac5294c7fab0e9b73af7b2ca085436344a2834bf1d4300fe