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Baseball players born in Paterson, NJ, USA

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Paterson, NJ, USA

Unique active players · 1871–2025

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First recorded appearances by decade

1870s
2
1880s
1
1890s
3
1900s
2
1910s
3
1930s
2
1950s
3
1960s
2
1970s
3
1980s
1
2000s
1

Players in this selection (23)

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

Tom Acker · 1956–1959 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Ray Bates · 1913–1917 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Glenn Borgmann · 1972–1980 · Paterson, NJ, USA
John Briggs · 1964–1975 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Dick Cogan · 1897–1900 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Joe Connors · 1884–1884 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Joe Cunningham · 1954–1966 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Mike Jackson · 1970–1973 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Charlie Jamieson · 1915–1932 · Paterson, NJ, USA
John Kelly · 1879–1884 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Joe McGuckin · 1890–1890 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Spike Merena · 1934–1934 · Paterson, NJ, USA
George Merritt · 1901–1903 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Tom Murray · 1894–1894 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Steve Nicosia · 1978–1985 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Danny O'Connell · 1950–1962 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Ron Perranoski · 1961–1973 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Bill Pounds · 1903–1903 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Blondie Purcell · 1879–1890 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Steve Ratzer · 1980–1981 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Andres Torres · 2002–2013 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Dolph White · 1913–1913 · Paterson, NJ, USA
Rube Wiggins · 1938–1938 · Paterson, NJ, USA

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23 matching records · Unique players
Place / record	Unique players	Context	Explore
Andres Torres	1	First positive recorded appearance: 2002 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Bill Pounds	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1903 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Blondie Purcell	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1879 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Charlie Jamieson	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1915 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Danny O'Connell	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1950 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Dick Cogan	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1897 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Dolph White	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1913 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
George Merritt	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1901 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Glenn Borgmann	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1972 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Joe Connors	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1884 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Joe Cunningham	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1954 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Joe McGuckin	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1890 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
John Briggs	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1964 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
John Kelly	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1879 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Mike Jackson	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1970 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Ray Bates	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1913 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Ron Perranoski	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1961 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Rube Wiggins	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1938 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Spike Merena	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1934 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Steve Nicosia	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1978 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Steve Ratzer	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1980 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Tom Acker	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1956 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source record
Tom Murray	1	First positive recorded appearance: 1894 · Paterson, NJ, USA	Source 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