Houston, Texas—Fifteen players Houston, Texas, is currently the birthplace of the largest concentrated group of American Major League Baseball players in the league. From 1950 to 1999, there were at least five Houston-area players on each major league roster, with some estimates putting the total number as high as 20. The most recent addition to this list is first baseman Chris Carter, who played for the Astros from 2015 to 2017. This list includes both major league and minor league players from Houston. There have been several prominent major leaguers born in other cities who spent their early years there before moving up to one of the other cities where they eventually made their names: for example, Joe DiMaggio was born Joesph Dominic Maggio in San Francisco but never played a game for the San Francisco Giants; instead, he helped lead New York Yankees to four World Series titles (1925, 1927, 1928, and 1929). Overall, Houston is home to about 250 major league players and their relatives. That's more than any other city. The most famous member of this group is obviously George Bush, who served as president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. But there are also two current major league managers from Houston: Dusty Baker and Alex Cora.