Baseball in the Dominican Republic (2007-2016)
Dominicans are considered by Major League Baseball to be the “face of baseball” today.
The Dominican Republic produces more MLB players than any other country outside of the US. More than 400 Dominicans are signed to contract yearly. 2013 opening day, Dominicans represented more than 10 percent of all active players on 25-man Major League rosters and more than half of all foreign Minor League players. As they have since 1995, Dominicans led foreign-born players on the 2013 opening day roster, with 89 players.
I’m interested in the unfamiliar faces of baseball: the unknowns, the up-and-comers, the almost-but-not-quite players.
I research Dominican baseball at the local level. I look at how baseball is woven through everyday life. I document the experiences of those who strive to better themselves through baseball and for whom baseball gives their lives structure and meaning. I aim to help them tell their stories.
The Dominican Republic produces more MLB players than any other country outside of the US. More than 400 Dominicans are signed to contract yearly. 2013 opening day, Dominicans represented more than 10 percent of all active players on 25-man Major League rosters and more than half of all foreign Minor League players. As they have since 1995, Dominicans led foreign-born players on the 2013 opening day roster, with 89 players.
I’m interested in the unfamiliar faces of baseball: the unknowns, the up-and-comers, the almost-but-not-quite players.
I research Dominican baseball at the local level. I look at how baseball is woven through everyday life. I document the experiences of those who strive to better themselves through baseball and for whom baseball gives their lives structure and meaning. I aim to help them tell their stories.
