France

France is a country located in Western Europe whose capital and largest city is Paris. It is not a major baseball country, though the country has participated in almost every European Championship and has produced several minor leaguers. Some major leaguers have been born in France, but not raised there. Big leaguers were killed here in both World War I and World War II. The major league in France is the Division Elite.

People born here

• Lilian Amoros, Division Elite pitcher
• Angélique André, French women's national team outfielder
• Nicolas Antoine, Division Elite pitcher
• Laurent Autoin, Division Elite pitcher
• Quentin Becquey, Division Elite player
• Quentin Benedek, Division Elite infielder
• Lahcène Benhamida, Division Elite infielder
• Jordan Bert, Division Elite outfielder
• Joris Bert, minor league outfielder
• Bruce Bochy, catcher and manager
• Philippe Bonnery, Division Elite outfielder
• Ianis Bouteloup, Division Elite outfielder-catcher
• Louis Brainville, Division Elite infielder
• Mathieu Brau, Division Elite outfielder
• Robyn Clara, Hoofdklasse pitcher
• Simon Colboc, Division Elite pitcher
• François Colombier, Division Elite player and manager
• Gédéon Coste, Division Elite pitcher
• Jean-Baptiste Couton, Division Elite outfielder
• Mathieu Crescent, Division Elite pitcher
• Anthony Cros, minor league outfielder
• Tom Dahan, Division Elite outfielder
• Romain David, Division Elite infielder-outfielder
• Brian Deler, Division Elite pitcher
• Yanaël Delpech, Division Elite pitcher
• Nicolas Dubaut, Division Elite pitcher
• David Gauthier, Division Elite infielder
• Dylan Gleeson, Division Elite infielder
• Claude Gouzzie, infielder
• Kenji Hagiwara, Division Elite outfielder
• Frédéric Hanvi, minor league catcher
• Raina Hunter, French women's national team outfielder
• Olivier Israel, Division Elite infielder
• Steve Jeltz, infielder
• Léo Jiminian, Division Elite outfielder
• Mathias LaCombe, drafted pitcher
• Nathan Laot, Division Elite pitcher
• Pierre Le Guillou, Division Elite outfielder
• Charlie Lea, pitcher
• Maxime Lefevre, minor league infielder
• Rosie Lyard, French women's national team infielder-pitcher
• Boris Marche, Division Elite catcher
• Duke Markell, pitcher
• Mélissa Mayeux, Division Elite infielder; first female player declared an international free agent by MLB
• Thibault Mercadier, minor league pitcher
• Maximin Monbeig, Division Elite pitcher
• Quentin Moulin, Division Elite pitcher
• Fermin Neme, Division Elite outfielder
• Stephen Nesbitt, writer
• Giovanni Ouin, Division Elite pitcher
• Owen Ozanich, Italian Baseball League pitcher
• José Paula, minor league outfielder
• Anthony Piquet, Division Elite pitcher
• Luc Piquet, Division Elite infielder
• Esteban Prioul, Division Elite pitcher
• Sylvian Raffard-Artigue, New Caledonia national team player
• Larry Ressler, outfielder
• Sébastien Rouchon, Division Elite outfielder
• Jérôme Rousseau, Bundesliga outfielder
• Alexandre Sochon, Division Elite pitcher
• Ted Thoren, college coach
• Yoann Vaugelade, Division Elite pitcher
• Simon Vicente, Division Elite infielder
• Antoine Villard, Division Elite pitcher
• Martin Vissac, Division Elite outfielder
• Fred Walter, Division Elite infielder

People who died here

• Alex Burr, outfielder
• Elmer Gedeon, outfielder
• Eddie Grant, infielder
• Bob Schmukal, minor league player
• Norman Triplett, Negro League outfielder
• Bun Troy, pitcher

Further Reading

• Adrian Garro: "If you build it -- even in France! -- it's a beautiful Field of Dreams", mlb.com, May 3, 2024. [1]
• Henri Seckel: "Des Bleus au pays du base-ball", Le Monde, September 22, 2012, p. C3 [2]