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Places where people are born

Benjamin Grimm Jun 22 2023 12:40 PM

I've been noticing that, when players get added to the UMDB, I see some birthplaces much more frequently than others. So I did a quick SQL to see the most common birthplaces of the over 9,500 people in the UMDB for whom I have a place of birth. The city that I thought came up a lot more often than others is the one that's in the lead by a wide margin. Perhaps the most surprising item on the list is Cincinnati, coming in ahead of Brooklyn and Miami, among other places. Mets born in Cincinnati are: Don Zimmer, Roger McDowell, Daryl Boston, Lance Johnson, and Joe Smith. Anyone care to try to recall Mets players from any of these other cities? (This isn't going to be a quiz. I'm not going to be monitoring the responses.) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 215 Los Angeles, California 130 San Diego, California 101 Houston, Texas 90 San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic 87 Chicago, Illinois 71 Caracas, Venezuela 68 Tampa, Florida 64 Dallas, Texas 63 Cincinnati, Ohio 62 Brooklyn, New York 61 Miami, Florida 61 St. Louis, Missouri 60 Long Beach, California 58 New York, New York 58 Oakland, California 54 Valencia, Venezuela 52 Sacramento, California 50 Santiago, Dominican Republic 48 San Cristobal, Dominican Republic 47

Chad ochoseis Jun 22 2023 01:07 PM Re: Places where people are born

I had no idea so many Mets came from San Diego, but I guess that's part of baseball being big in SoCal in general. When I think of Mets from San Diego, I think of Kevin Mitchell first and nobody else second.

Edgy MD Jun 22 2023 01:09 PM Re: Places where people are born

I suspect — and this is no more than a suspicion — that Santo Domingo has frequently been filed as the birthplace for Dominican players for whom the line was otherwise blank, and the data entry clerk was on a deadline. Also, I assume birthplaces in New York City are listed in that weird US Postal Service way, in which Manhattan is listed as "New York, NY," Brooklyn as "Brooklyn, NY" but all the Queens and Bronx birthplaces are listed as "Kew Gardens" or "Kingsbridge." It'd be interesting to see what the true five-borough total is there.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 22 2023 01:31 PM Re: Places where people are born

Chad ochoseis wrote: I had no idea so many Mets came from San Diego... This number doesn't just represent Mets. It also includes minor leaguers (where the birthplace was available) and opposing players.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 22 2023 01:32 PM Re: Places where people are born

Edgy MD wrote: It'd be interesting to see what the true five-borough total is there. I'm probably not going to be able to do that, because I'd have to recognize every postal name place in Queens among all of the New York State birthplaces. Bronx and Staten Island would be easier.

Edgy MD Jun 22 2023 01:55 PM Re: Places where people are born

I can do that. The problem is that the list above presumably represents the IMDB, but not the all-time Mets roster. That 50 guys from Houston presumably includes minor leaguers, opponents, executives, and broadcasters and such. I imagine the number of actual Mets born in Houston is more like 10.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 22 2023 02:04 PM Re: Places where people are born

Yes, it's everyone, not just Mets players. If we want Mets players born in New York State, here are the numbers for each "city": localhost/leaptoad_umdb/people/ https://cpanel-just2051.justhost.com/cpsess6320448376/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/tbl_sql.php?db=leaptoad_umdb&table=people Showing rows 0 - 24 (32 total, Query took 0.0019 seconds.) SELECT birthplace, count(*) FROM `people` WHERE metplayer = 'Y' and birthstate = 'NY' group by birthplace Auburn 1 Binghamton 1 Bronx 4 Brooklyn 16 Buffalo 5 Commack 1 Copiague 1 Farmingdale 1 Flushing 2 Franklin Square 1 Freeport 1 Hempstead 1 Ithaca 1 Jamaica 2 Kingston 1 Long Beach 1 Medford 1 Middletown 2 Mineola 1 New York 15 Port Jefferson 1 Queens 1 Rochester 1 Schenectady 1 Smithtown 1

Edgy MD Jun 22 2023 02:36 PM Re: Places where people are born

I think you're missing the bottom of that list. There's no Utica and Yonkers and such.

Edgy MD Jun 22 2023 02:43 PM Re: Places where people are born

I thik this should include all the missing towns at the bottom of the list. New York City Mets (41) include Mets from Bronx 4 Brooklyn 16 Flushing 2 Jamaica 2 New York 15 Queens 1 (This is Mike Baxter, who could also be listed as from Whitestone.) Staten Island 1 Long Island Mets (13) include Mets from Commack 1 Copiague 1 Farmingdale 1 Franklin Square 1 Freeport 1 Hempstead 1 Long Beach 1 Medford 1 Mineola 1 Port Jefferson 1 Smithtown 1 Southampton 1 Stony Brook 1 Hudson Valley Mets (6) include Mets from Kingston 1 Middletown 2 (There are several Middletowns in New York State, but I believe our two Middletown Mets — Mike Remlinger and Dave Telgheder — are from the one in Orange County.) Suffern 1 Yonkers 2 Adirondack Mets (1) include Mets from Schenectady 1 Central New York Mets (3) include Mets from Auburn 1 Binghamton 1 Ithaca 1 Utica 1 Western New York Mets (6) include Mets from Buffalo 5 Rochester 1 Let's hear it for Bill Connors, the only Met from the Adirondack Region!

Methead Jun 22 2023 02:52 PM Re: Places where people are born

I'm pretty sure the Mets drafted a kid from my town once, but he never made it to the show. edit -- this is the kid -- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=weslow001rob

Benjamin Grimm Jun 22 2023 03:00 PM Re: Places where people are born

Oops... this is the part that got cut off: Southampton 1 Staten Island 1 Stony Brook 1 Suffern 1 Utica 1 West Islip 1 Yonkers 2

ashie62 Jun 22 2023 04:39 PM Re: Places where people are born

Jack Hamilton and myself are from Burlington Iowa

Fman99 Jun 22 2023 08:18 PM Re: Places where people are born

Not a single Met ever from the Cuse, wth

Edgy MD Jun 22 2023 08:37 PM Re: Places where people are born

Maybe not, but Tim Locastro is from Auburn, and that can't be more than a half hour outside in the Syracuse orbit, especially with his speed. Also, lone-Adirondack Met Bill Connors is also an SU grad, so he checks more than one box.

Fman99 Jun 23 2023 09:55 AM Re: Places where people are born

Edgy MD wrote: Maybe not, but Tim Locastro is from Auburn, and that can't be more than a half hour outside in the Syracuse orbit, especially with his speed. Also, lone-Adirondack Met Bill Connors is also an SU grad, so he checks more than one box. We've attended a few Auburn Doubledays games over the years, though none since they were disenfranchised as part of the MiLB contraction a few years back. Nice little ballpark, yeah, about a 30 min drive from our house. Of course since the Syracuse Mets' park is only 11-12 minutes away that's our preference.

vtmet7 Jun 23 2023 10:05 AM Re: Places where people are born

Middletown 2 (There are several Middletowns in New York State, but I believe our two Middletown Mets — Mike Remlinger and Dave Telgheder — are from the one in Orange County.) not that there are any Mets from the Rochester, NY that is in Ulster County, NY....but I found this one interesting since there are 2 Rochester, New York....the famous one, and the one that most have never heard of in Ulster County... Rochester's in Upstate NY right? Way, way Upstate? Well...yes and no. There's the Rochester in Monroe County on Lake Ontario, and then there's the other Rochester, the Rochester in Ulster County. It's better known by the names of two of its hamlets, Accord and Kerhonkson. But it's not as well known as it deserves to be! https://www.villagegreenrealty.com/blog/the-other-rochester-ulster-county-real-estate.html#:~:text=yes%20and%20no.,the%20Rochester%20in%20Ulster%20County.