List of first players to sign with a MLB team from different countries

The following is an incomplete list of the first players from various countries to sign with a franchise in Major League Baseball. This only includes players raised in that country - for instance, several players born to US military personnel in France signed before Joris Bert did, but none of them were raised in France.

For the first major leaguer from each country, see List of First Major League Baseball Players by Country.

• Argentina - Lisandro Corba and Gustavo Carubelli, Atlanta Braves, 1995 (source: Baseball.it lists Corba as the first Argentinian, other sources list Carubelli and Corba both signing with Atlanta after the 1995 Pan American Games)
• Australia - Sidney Thompson, Philadelphia Phillies and Neil Page, Cincinnati Reds, 1966 (source: Baseball Without Borders)
• Bahamas - Andre Rodgers, New York Giants, 1954
• Belarus - Alex Lukashevich, Pittsburgh Pirates, 2010 (source: Mister Baseball)
• Belgium - Thomas De Wolf, New York Mets, 2008 (source: Mister Baseball)
• Brazil - Jose Pett, Toronto Blue Jays, 1992 (source: 1993 Baseball Almanac)
• Bulgaria - Yoanis Aleksandrov, Chicago Cubs, 2022 (source: Mister Baseball)
• China - Chao Wang, Seattle Mariners, 2001
• Curaçao - Sherwin Cijntje, 1982
• Czech Republic - Pavel Budský, Kansas City Royals, 1997 (source: Baseball in Europe by Josh Chetwynd)
• Denmark - Frederik Terkelsen, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 2007 (source: Baseball in Europe by Josh Chetwynd)
• Ecuador - Alvaro Cañarte, Detroit Tigers, 1986 (source: El Universo)
• El Salvador - Wilmer Villatoro, 2000 (source: Miami Herald)
• France - Joris Bert, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2007 (source: Fédération Francaise de Base-ball Softball et Cricket)
• Germany - Claus Helmig, Baltimore Orioles, 1956 (source: Baseball in Europe by Josh Chetwynd)
• Guam - Keith Hattig, California Angels, 1994 (source: Guam Sports Network Guam Sports Network, among others)
• Honduras - Mariano Gomez, Cleveland Indians, 1999 (source: El Heraldo; article lists him as Mariano Godoy but refers to the player listed as Mariano Gomez in BR Register)
• India - Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh, Pittsburgh Pirates, 2008 (source: Associated Press reports)
• Italy - Alberto Rinaldi, Cincinnati Reds or Baltimore Orioles, 1965 (source: Federazione Italiana Baseball & Softball)
• Japan - Masanori Murakami, San Francisco Giants, 1964
• Lithuania - Dovydas Neverauskas, Pittsburgh Pirates, 2009
• Moldova - Vadim Balan, Minnesota Twins, 2015 (source: 2016 Twins Media Guide, pg. 341)
• New Zealand - Travis Wilson, Atlanta Braves, 1997 (source: Baseball New Zealand)
• Netherlands - Win Remmerswaal, Boston Red Sox, 1974 (source: Honkbalsite)
• Netherlands Antilles - ?Ruben Phillips?, Minnesota Twins, 1954
• Nicaragua - Francisco Dávila, Cincinnati Reds, 1945 (source: La Prensa)
• Nigeria - Gbenga Olayemi and Augustine Ozorede, Milwaukee Brewers, 2002
• Poland - Artur Strzalka, New York Yankees, 2013 (source: Mister-Baseball)
• Russia - Yevgeny Puchkov, Ilya Bogatyrev and Rudolf Razhigaev, California Angels, 1992 (source: Baseball in Europe by Josh Chetwynd)
• Slovakia - Jakub Ižold, Cincinnati Reds, 2013 (source: Mister-Baseball
• South Africa - Nick Dempsey, Los Angeles Dodgers, 1997 (unconfirmed; some South Africans went to spring training previously but it is unclear if they signed)
• South Korea - Wong-kuk Lee, San Francisco Giants, 1968
• Spain - Xavier Civit, Montréal Expos, 1993 (unconfirmed)
• Switzerland - Dominic Scheffler, Cincinnati Reds, 2023 (source: World Baseball and Softball Confederation)
• Taiwan - Shin-Ming Tan, San Francisco Giants, 1974 (source: Wiki Baseball)
• Uganda - Ben Serunkuma and Umar Male, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2022 (source: World Baseball and Softball Confederation)
• United States Virgin Islands - Joe Christopher, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1954 (source: The National Baseball Congress of America, 1955 Official Baseball Annual)