MLB Player Name Generator

Random big-league player names, real legends and fictional rookies

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Pull a random MLB player name in one click: Hall of Fame legends for trivia and draft games, plus hundreds of invented players that sound like they belong on a 26-man roster. Built for MLB The Show, OOTP, fantasy leagues and baseball fiction.

About MLB player names

People reach for a random MLB player generator for two different jobs. The first is a game: immaculate grid, "name a player" trivia, or a keeper draft where everyone gets a random legend. For that, this list seeds in about a hundred real all-time greats, from dead-ball names like Honus Wagner and Three Finger Brown through the Negro League stars, the 1970s Big Red Machine, and modern Hall of Famers like Mariano Rivera and Ichiro Suzuki. Every real name is a retired or deceased legend; no active player appears.

The second job is building a roster that does not exist yet: a created player in MLB The Show, a fictional franchise in Out of the Park Baseball, or a sports novel. The remaining names are invented to pass the lineup-card test. They follow the actual demographics of an Opening Day roster: Midwestern Scandinavian and German surnames, Cajun names from the Louisiana pipeline, Italian and Irish names from the Northeast, Dutch names from Michigan, Black American names, Dominican, Venezuelan, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Colombian and Curaçaoan names with their accents kept, Japanese and Korean imports, a few Australians and Canadians, and a block of throwback nicknames like Pudge, Skeeter and Hambone.

Hit generate until a name feels like the back of a real baseball card.

How to choose MLB player names

  • Decide which half you want before you spin: the legends are for trivia, grids and alumni draft games; the fictional names are safe for created players and stories with no real-person issues.
  • For a fictional 26-man roster keep real proportions: about 17-18 U.S.-born names, 6-8 Latin American names, and one or two from Japan, Korea, Canada, Australia or the Caribbean.
  • Match the name to the era. Stubby, Dixie and Shoeless belong on a 1910s card; Rusty, Dusty and Chip on a 1980s one; Brecken, Kolton and Jaxson on a 2020s prospect list.
  • Keep accents and double surnames on Latin American players (Yairo Encarnación, Jeison Espaillat); jerseys and broadcast graphics use them and they read as authentic.
  • Names over about 12 characters get crushed on MLB The Show jerseys and scoreboard graphics, so give the long surnames (Lautenschlager, Dellavecchia) to one or two players, not the whole bullpen.

Frequently asked questions

Does this generator include real MLB players?

Yes, but only retired legends, mostly Hall of Famers, like Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente, Satchel Paige and Derek Jeter. The rest of the list is fictional. No active players or obscure private individuals are included.

How is this different from the MLB Name Generator?

The MLB Name Generator is entirely fictional and focused on invented roster names. This page mixes in real all-time greats for the "pick a random player" use case (trivia, immaculate grid practice, alumni drafts) alongside a fresh set of invented names.

Can I use these names in MLB The Show, OOTP or Baseball Mogul?

Use the fictional names freely for created players, Road to the Show characters, Diamond Dynasty squads and fictional OOTP leagues. The real legends are best used as references or in trivia, since the games license actual player likenesses separately.

Why are so many names Dominican, Venezuelan or Japanese?

Because that is what an MLB roster looks like. Close to 30 percent of Opening Day players are born outside the U.S., led by the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Cuba and Puerto Rico, with Japan and South Korea supplying some of the biggest stars.

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All 500 MLB player names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

Plain text, one name per line.

A: 19 names

  • Ace Bergstrom
  • Adam Kincaid
  • Adonis Iglesias
  • Al Kaline
  • Alex Kowalczyk
  • Alexander Finol
  • Alexis Bautista
  • Alfonso Urías
  • Ali Paredes
  • Andre Lofton
  • Anthony Marchán
  • Anthony Pirozzi
  • Aoi Shimizu
  • Ariel Borrero
  • Ariel Jaén
  • Arturo Quintanilla
  • Asher Kimbrell
  • Austin Kleinschmidt
  • Axel Caraballo

B: 33 names

  • Babe Ruth
  • Banks Oliphant
  • Barrett Coyle
  • Barry Larkin
  • Beau Guidry
  • Beau Tankersley
  • Beckett Slaughter
  • Ben Castleberry
  • Bennett Sayre
  • Bert Blyleven
  • Bill Dickey
  • Billy Williams
  • Blaine Hutto
  • Blaise Melancon
  • Blake Tolliver
  • Bo Kjellberg
  • Bob Feller
  • Brady Yutzy
  • Braxton Feeney
  • Brecken Hollis
  • Brett Gallant
  • Brett Nalley
  • Brian Sipes
  • Brock Hanrahan
  • Bronco Macias
  • Bruce Sutter
  • Bryce Spinosa
  • Bryce Yoder
  • Brycen Ocheltree
  • Bryson Engebretson
  • Bubba Creech
  • Buck Oyervides
  • Bulldog Whisenant

C: 41 names

  • Cal Guillory
  • Caleb Runyon
  • Cannon Rutherford
  • Carl Yastrzemski
  • Carlos Carrizales
  • Carlos Quintero
  • Carlton Fisk
  • Carson Halvorsen
  • Carter Ambrose
  • Cash Maddern
  • Cash Stroud
  • Catfish Molloy
  • Cedric Pruitt
  • Chance Bearpaw
  • Charlie Gehringer
  • Chase Lindgren
  • Cheng-en Chang
  • Chia-ming Tsai
  • Chick Rudzinski
  • Chih-hao Lin
  • Chipper Jones
  • Christian Vélez
  • Christy Mathewson
  • Clay Whitten
  • Cody Harjo
  • Colby Stramm
  • Cole Penner
  • Colt Sizemore
  • Colton Mast
  • Connor Aldridge
  • Connor McElhinney
  • Cookie Delacruz
  • Cool Papa Bell
  • Cooper Stanek
  • Corey Birchfield
  • Country Hoke
  • Craig Biggio
  • Craig Oglesby
  • Cristóbal Orozco
  • Cruz Delgadillo
  • Cyclone Dalessandro

D: 33 names

  • Dale Vos
  • Dane Fjeld
  • Dariel Góngora
  • Dariel Tejada
  • Darius Pettway
  • Darwin Azuaje
  • Dave Winfield
  • David Ortiz
  • Dawson Kubiak
  • Dayán Alarcón
  • Deacon Rusk
  • Declan Mulcahy
  • Deivy Ureña
  • Dennis Eckersley
  • Derek Bramhall
  • Derek Jeter
  • DeShawn Rutledge
  • Devon Ramsey
  • Dilson Arrieta
  • Dixie Threlkeld
  • Dizzy Prentiss
  • Do-yun Han
  • Dominic Alfano
  • Don Drysdale
  • Dong-hyun Ryu
  • Drew Ackerley
  • Ducky Barnhart
  • Duke Lattimore
  • Duke Snider
  • Dustin Hershberger
  • Dusty Kern
  • Dutch Vandever
  • Dylan Breaux

E: 23 names

  • Easton Vickery
  • Eddie Murray
  • Eddie Rosado
  • Edgar Martínez
  • Edgardo Baptista
  • Eduardo Sequera
  • Edwin Espino
  • Efraín Vázquez
  • Eli Rothenberg
  • Elvis Santana
  • Emmanuel Burgos
  • Ender Mendoza
  • Enos Slaughter
  • Erasmo Téllez
  • Erisbel Toledo
  • Ernie Banks
  • Esmil Castillo
  • Ethan Tenbrink
  • Étienne Lévesque
  • Eugenio Lugo
  • Eury Tapia
  • Evan Brouwer
  • Everett Kimbrough

F: 5 names

  • Fernando Escalante
  • Frander Cuevas
  • Frank Abreu
  • Frank Thomas
  • Frankie DiNapoli

G: 13 names

  • Gabriel Piñango
  • Gage Whitlock
  • Garrett Swisher
  • Gary Carter
  • Gavin Sorensen
  • Gilberto Galaviz
  • Goose Alderman
  • Goose Gossage
  • Grady Ostrander
  • Grayson Abbott
  • Greg Maddux
  • Gregory Soriano
  • Griffin Bauer

H: 23 names

  • Hack Weatherby
  • Hack Wilson
  • Hambone Pickering
  • Hank Aaron
  • Hank Oates
  • Hanser Alcántara
  • Harold Ospino
  • Haruto Inaba
  • Hayate Kondo
  • Hayden Ruggles
  • Hayes Kittrell
  • Héctor Morales
  • Henry Sojo
  • Heriberto Ocasio
  • Hinata Sugiura
  • Hollis Tuggle
  • Home Run Baker
  • Honus Wagner
  • Hoyt Wilhelm
  • Hudson Mraz
  • Hunter Fairchild
  • Hunter Lindell
  • Hyeon-woo Jang

I: 5 names

  • Ibuki Matsuyama
  • Ichiro Suzuki
  • Ironhead Poague
  • Isaiah Sturgis
  • Isidro Márquez

J: 49 names

  • Jace Hebert
  • Jace Whitaker
  • Jackie Robinson
  • Jackson Rincones
  • Jackson Thrash
  • Jacob Brunelle
  • Jae-won Pyo
  • Jaime Ibarra
  • Jaindy Martina
  • Jake Corrigan
  • Jalen Whitworth
  • Jamal Henley
  • Jason Zylstra
  • Javier Mondragón
  • Jeimer Almonte
  • Jeison Ciprián
  • Jeison Espaillat
  • Jesse Rainwater
  • Jhonatan Villarroel
  • Jhonkensy Abreu
  • Jhonny Pereira
  • Jhoulys Perozo
  • Ji-hoon Nam
  • Jim Palmer
  • Jim Rice
  • Jim Thome
  • Joe DiMaggio
  • Joe Mauer
  • Joe Morgan
  • Joel Quezada
  • Joey Tortorella
  • John Smoltz
  • Johnny Bench
  • Johnny Mize
  • Jonny Aquino
  • Jordan Tietz
  • Jordan Vandermolen
  • José Lebrón
  • José Uzcátegui
  • Josh Dellinger
  • Josh Gibson
  • Josh Spiteri
  • Juan Marichal
  • Judd Tolbert
  • Jumbo Kuhlman
  • Jun-seo Hwang
  • Junya Hirai
  • Jurrien Koeiman
  • Justin Fairweather

K: 25 names

  • Kaito Mizuno
  • Kazuki Maeno
  • Keanu Kahele
  • Keita Hirano
  • Kelvin Figueroa
  • Kelvin Rijo
  • Ken Griffey Jr.
  • Kengo Ohira
  • Kenley Rosaria
  • Kevin Szymanski
  • Khalil Brantley
  • Kieran Halloran
  • Kip Ridgeway
  • Kip Thibodaux
  • Kirby Puckett
  • Kirk Haubner
  • Kleiber Urdaneta
  • Knox Pemberton
  • Koki Sakamoto
  • Kona Apana
  • Kosei Nagano
  • Kuan-yu Liao
  • Kyle Nikkel
  • Kyle Schuster
  • Kyle Stansbury

L: 22 names

  • Lachlan Tweedie
  • Landon Pruzansky
  • Landry Boudreaux
  • Lane Richard
  • Larry Doby
  • Larry Walker
  • Lefty Gomez
  • Lefty Grove
  • Lefty Scarpone
  • Leudy Reynoso
  • Levi Brackman
  • Liam Broderick
  • Liván Carbonell
  • Lou Brock
  • Lou Sabatini
  • Luis Aparicio
  • Luis Aponte
  • Luis Arredondo
  • Luis Bracamonte
  • Luisito Paulino
  • Luke Eberhardt
  • Luke Scroggins

M: 25 names

  • Maddox Treat
  • Maika Kealoha
  • Maikel Oliva
  • Malik Sessoms
  • Manuel Gastélum
  • Marcelino Taveras
  • Marcos Ocando
  • Marcus Shelby
  • Mariano Rivera
  • Mark Wierenga
  • Marquis Harwell
  • Martín Dihigo
  • Mason Gilreath
  • Mathieu Poitras
  • Matt Ostrowski
  • Max Lindstrom
  • Mel Ott
  • Micah Rietveld
  • Mickey Cochrane
  • Miguel Hurtado
  • Mike Piazza
  • Minnie Miñoso
  • Mitch Brubaker
  • Mitch Nilsson
  • Moose Kazmierski

N: 10 names

  • Naoki Teshima
  • Nap Lajoie
  • Nate Koopman
  • Nathan Chitty
  • Nathan Plourde
  • Nelson Marrero
  • Néstor Ceballos
  • Nick Palumbo
  • Nolan Ashby
  • Nolan Ryan

O: 11 names

  • Omar Bracho
  • Omar Carrasquillo
  • Oneil Liranzo
  • Onelvis Fonseca
  • Orlando Cepeda
  • Orlando Manrique
  • Oscar Charleston
  • Osmar Pirela
  • Owen Brennan
  • Owen Vaillancourt
  • Ozzie Smith

P: 10 names

  • Parker Tenney
  • Pat Sheehan
  • Paul Molitor
  • Paxton Reese
  • Pedro Martínez
  • Pee Wee Reese
  • Phil Niekro
  • Po-hsun Lai
  • Preston Wolcott
  • Pudge Manriquez

R: 46 names

  • Rabbit Leckie
  • Radhamés Brito
  • Rafael Sosa
  • Rafelin Mateo
  • Ralph Kiner
  • Ramón Colón
  • Ramón Faría
  • Randell Eustatia
  • Randy Johnson
  • Randy Schmeltzer
  • Ranfy Ventura
  • Raúl Cepeda
  • Reagan Tallman
  • Red Furlong
  • Red Schoendienst
  • Reggie Jackson
  • Reid Hallam
  • Remy Landry
  • Ren Takagi
  • Reynaldo Bolaños
  • Rhett Calloway
  • Rhys Calderone
  • Richie Ashburn
  • Rickey Henderson
  • Ricky Oquendo
  • Ridge Lasater
  • Rikuto Nakasone
  • Rob Vanderlinden
  • Roberto Alomar
  • Roberto Clemente
  • Robinson Tavárez
  • Rocco Mancuso
  • Rod Carew
  • Rodolfo Zazueta
  • Rogers Hornsby
  • Ron Santo
  • Ronaldo Urriola
  • Ronny Graterol
  • Rowan Delacroix
  • Rube Waddell
  • Rusney Quesada
  • Rusty Beecham
  • Ryan Haverty
  • Ryder Pelfrey
  • Ryosuke Kitamura
  • Ryusei Tokunaga

S: 29 names

  • Sam Boersma
  • Samuel Gagnon
  • Sarge Hollenbeck
  • Satchel Paige
  • Scott Brenneke
  • Seiya Onishi
  • Sergio Higuera
  • Seth Brandenburg
  • Seung-hyun Bae
  • Shane Pickett
  • Shoeless Roy Templin
  • Shota Minagawa
  • Shun Yanagisawa
  • Shurendy Kwidama
  • Si-woo Moon
  • Skeeter Lamonica
  • Skyler Nordstrom
  • Sleepy Estrada
  • Slim Kearney
  • Soma Uehara
  • Sota Kurokawa
  • Sparky Fenimore
  • Spencer Tillotson
  • Starlin Ozuna
  • Sterling Mackaye
  • Steve Carlton
  • Steven Marchetti
  • Stubby Lazzara
  • Sudden Sam Wickersham

T: 34 names

  • Tad Mueller
  • Tae-yang Im
  • Taiga Nishimoto
  • Taisei Kawano
  • Takumi Ishizaki
  • Tanner Kauffman
  • Tanner LeBlanc
  • Tate Lindqvist
  • Tatsuya Ikoma
  • Tatum Ellsworth
  • Ted Williams
  • Three Finger Brown
  • Tim Flanagan
  • Tim Raines
  • Todd Helton
  • Todd Lemke
  • Tom Glavine
  • Tom Seaver
  • Tomás Leyva
  • Tomoya Akimoto
  • Tony Pérez
  • Trace Gilliland
  • Trevor Ostby
  • Trey Fontenot
  • Tripp Dewberry
  • Tripp Hollister
  • Tris Speaker
  • Truman Sadler
  • Tucker Malloy
  • Tug Hallisey
  • Ty Cobb
  • Tyler Greenhalgh
  • Tyler Pellerin
  • Tyree Gaskins

U: 1 name

  • Ulises Garibay

V: 1 name

  • Vince Carbone

W: 19 names

  • Wade Boggs
  • Wade Strommen
  • Wander Mejía
  • Wandy Batista
  • Ward Matlock
  • Warren Spahn
  • Wee Willie Keeler
  • Wei-lun Kuo
  • Wes Thorson
  • Whitey Ford
  • Wild Bill Tackett
  • Wilfredo Zambrano
  • Wilkin Payano
  • Willie Mays
  • Willie McCovey
  • Willie Stargell
  • Wilmer Corporán
  • Wyatt Kolander
  • Wyatt Overstreet

X: 2 names

  • Xavier Cintrón
  • Xavier Lockhart

Y: 19 names

  • Yairo Encarnación
  • Yangervis Díaz
  • Yanio Moré
  • Yasiel Valdespino
  • Yeremi Noboa
  • Yi-chen Hsu
  • Yoandy Mojena
  • Yoanny Lugo
  • Yogi Berra
  • Yogi Tomasello
  • Yordan Monzón
  • Yordanis Linares
  • Yosvani Cuesta
  • Yuki Hamaguchi
  • Yulieski Mederos
  • Yunior Féliz
  • Yunior Mota
  • Yusei Fujimura
  • Yusuke Kadowaki

Z: 2 names

  • Zach Hochstetler
  • Zach Pendleton