page_title: List of people from New York (state)
section_title: Baseball
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from New York (state) / Athletes / Baseball
caption_attribution_description: English: Professional baseball player Carl Yastrzemski
context_page_description: The following is a list of prominent people who were born in/lived in or around the U.S. state of New York, or for whom New York is a significant part of their identity.
context_section_description: Moe Berg (1902–1972), Major League Baseball catcher and spy for the Office of Strategic Services
  Dellin Betances (born 1988), baseball pitcher
  Craig Biggio (born 1965), Baseball Hall of Famer
  Ralph Branca (1926–2016), baseball pitcher
  Alexander Cartwright (1820–1892), "father of modern baseball", founding member of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club
  Harry Eisenstat (1915–2003), baseball player
  Mike "SuperJew" Epstein (born 1943), Major League Baseball first baseman
  Johnny Evers (1881–1947), Baseball Hall of Famer
  Whitey Ford (born 1928), Baseball Hall of Famer
  John Franco (born 1960), baseball pitcher
  Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), Baseball Hall of Famer
  Sid Gordon (1917–1975), two-time All Star major league baseball player
  Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), Baseball Hall of Famer (Greenwich Village)
  Sandy Koufax (born 1935), Baseball Hall of Famer
  Jason Marquis (born 1978), Major League Baseball All Star pitcher
  Edgar Martínez (born 1963), baseball player
  Bob Melvin (born 1961), baseball player and manager
  Sam Nahem (1915–2004), Major League Baseball pitcher
  Joe Nathan (born 1974), baseball player, Minnesota Twins; born in Pine Bush
  Jim Palmer (born 1945), Baseball Hall of Famer
  A. J. Pierzynski (born 1976), baseball player (Chicago White Sox); born in Bridgehampton
  Lipman Pike (1845–93), Major League Baseball player, two-time home run champion
  Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007), Baseball Hall of Famer
  Alex Rodriguez (born 1975), Major League Baseball player
  Saul Rogovin (1923–1995), Major League Baseball pitcher
  Richie Scheinblum (born 1942), Major League Baseball All Star outfielder
  Mose Solomon (1900–1966), the "Rabbi of Swat", Major League Baseball player
  Warren Spahn (1921–2003), Baseball Hall of Famer
  Carl Yastrzemski (born 1939), Baseball Hall of Famer
caption: Carl Yastrzemski
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