Has There Ever Been a MLB Player Who Was Born & Raised in Europe?

Factual Questions
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We seem to import most of our players from Latin America or Japan. Have any ever come from Europe? How about Australia, Africa or Oceania?

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I believe the Atlanta Braves had an Aussie a few years ago. Can’t remember his name at the moment…

Ah, Damian Moss [via google]

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Quite a few Aussies have made the majors, in fact. Graeme Lloyd and Dave Nilsson may be the most prominent recent ones, and the Dodgers had a shortstop from Oz in the '80’s whose name escapes me, unfortunately.

There have been a number of MLB players who were born in Europe but grew up in the States. Ones who grew up in Europe are rare, though, despite a number of 19th century ones who had emigrated from England as adults. The Red Sox had a Dutch pitcher in the '70’s named Wilhelmus Remmerswaal, but that’s the only recent example I know of.

Africa and Oceania (not including Hawaii, presumably, or Sid “5-0” Fernandez would qualify), I draw a blank.

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Quite a few Aussies have made the majors, in fact. Graeme Lloyd and Dave Nilsson may be the most prominent recent ones, and the Dodgers had a shortstop from Oz in the '80’s whose name escapes me, unfortunately.

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Craig Shipley. I played against him in Australia as a kid. I think Remmerswaal was from the Netherlands Antilles, in the Carribean.

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A more recent Dodger Aussie pitcher was Luke Prokopec in the early 90’s. He was in the minor league system which made him eligible to leave and pitch for Oz in the Olympics which he was prepared to do as their #1 pitcher. Right before that would have happened the Dodgers called him up to the Bigs.

Haj

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Shipley, that’s it. Thanks. Here’s a list of Aussies who made the US majors out of AMLB.

Remmerswaal was born and raised in The Hague, though.. Boston signed him away from the Storks of the Dutch major league, and he pitched in 22 games for them in 79 and 80.

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Robert Eenhorn was also a Dutch native who grew up in the Netherlands.

Bert Blyleven was born in Zeist, but grew up in California.

Rikkert Faneyte was born in Amsterdam, but he may have grown up in the Caribbean.