With the World Baseball Classic coming up, I pulled every baseball player in the Lahman Database whose name perfectly matches a country. Here are some simple statistics among the country representatives with a batting record.
| Country Name | Total Hits | Total Homers | Total AB | Batting Average | AB/HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 5669 | 450 | 21717 | .261 | 48.26 |
| Chad | 3854 | 384 | 15903 | .242 | 41.41 |
| Germany | 2569 | 56 | 10346 | .248 | 184.75 |
| France | 662 | 74 | 2514 | .263 | 33.97 |
| India | 482 | 63 | 1905 | .253 | 30.24 |
| Chile | 142 | 0 | 627 | .226 | NA |
| Holland | 127 | 3 | 618 | .206 | 206.00 |
| Jersey | 111 | 2 | 727 | .153 | 363.50 |
| Portugal | 89 | 2 | 450 | .198 | 225.00 |
| Poland | 39 | 0 | 211 | .185 | NA |
| Israel | 33 | 6 | 132 | .250 | 22.00 |
| Monaco | 2 | 0 | 13 | .154 | NA |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 7 | .143 | NA |
| Ceylon | 0 | 0 | 18 | .000 | NA |
| Total | 13780 | 1040 | 55188 | .250 | 53.07 |
Here’s a fun bit of trivia about these Jordan folks: Until 1999, every player matching Jordan had it as their last name. Since 1999, all but two have the first name Jordan.
Additionally, the first Jordan’s first name was Jordan Zimmerman.1
No, not that one. You’re thinking of Jordan Zimmermann. ↩︎