MLB Name Generator

An MLB roster has a sound of its own, and it is not the sound of a generic American name list. Opening Day rosters are roughly 70 percent U.S.-born and 30 percent international, with the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Mexico supplying most of the rest, followed by Japan, South Korea, Canada, Curaçao, Colombia and Panama. A convincing fake roster needs that same blend: Tucker, Cade and Hunter next to Yeremi, Maikel and Yoandri, with a Kenta or a Ji-ho in the bullpen.

The names here are invented to pass the lineup-card test. American names lean on the surnames that actually fill draft classes (Scandinavian and German names from the Midwest, Cajun names from Louisiana, Irish and Italian names from the Northeast, long Southern double-barrels). Latin American names keep their accents and double surnames, Japanese names pair common family names with modern given names, and Korean names use the hyphenated romanization MLB uses on jerseys. A block of old-timey nicknames (Whitey, Lefty, Moose, Catfish) covers throwback teams and the dead-ball era.

Use them for MLB The Show created players and Diamond Dynasty squads, Out of the Park Baseball and Baseball Mogul fictional leagues, fantasy-league flavor, sports novels or a fictional franchise's all-time roster. None of them belongs to a real major leaguer.