# Help me find a baseball stat **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 24, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-baseball-stat/664429 "2013-07-24T22:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-baseball-stat/664429/1 "2013-07-24T22:46:01Z")
I remember there was a stat that I heard once and found fascinating, it was something along the lines of “(surprisngly high percentage) of (position, I believe it was short stops) in MLB come from one neighborhood in (Latin American country, maybe Venezuela?)” Anyone know what I could be thinking of? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-baseball-stat/664429/2 "2013-07-24T23:30:06Z")
A huge number of star players have come from the Dominican Republic, which is a pretty small neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-baseball-stat/664429/3 "2013-07-24T23:48:38Z")
[San Pedro de Macoris, DR.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pedro_de_Macor%C3%ADs) ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-baseball-stat/664429/4 "2013-07-25T01:36:18Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > [San Pedro de Macoris, DR.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pedro_de_Macor%C3%ADs) Awesome! Now I’m trying to find the specific stat I found, that’s a big help, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-baseball-stat/664429/5 "2013-07-25T14:01:00Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > Awesome! Now I’m trying to find the specific stat I found, that’s a big help, thank you. [This article is outdated](http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-07-21/sports/8902190411_1_san-pedro-pedro-guerrero-rafael-ramirez), but at the time it was written it claimed 5 of the league’s 26 starting shortstops were from the tiny town of San Pedro De Macoris. [This Sports Illustrated article](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065712/), also from the late 80s, claimed 70 Dominican shortstops in the majors and minors. [Baseball-reference.com](http://Baseball-reference.com) says that there have been 583 major league players from the Dominican Republic, far more than any other country (Venezuela=294, Canada=239, Cuba=179) and more than many US states (Florida=449). [The full list of Dominican players](http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/Dominican-Republic_born.shtml) shows roughly 120 big leaguers from San Pedro de Macoris. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-baseball-stat/664429/6 "2013-07-25T19:01:44Z")
[Pelotero (Ballplayer)](http://www.peloterothemovie.com/) is a documentary about baseball players in the Dominican Republic going to training camps in hopes of getting signed by an MLB team. It’s on Netflix streaming if you want to check it out.