According to <HTTP: ballplayer.shtml players www.Baseball-almanac.com>, 16,219.
Quite an interesting site the above is. As of the start of the 2007 season, there have been 16,440 players in MLB. And for some useless trivia, there has never been an MLB player whose last name started with 'X'.
There is the NBA and there is a league with players not quite at the NBA level. The NBA is the major league with the professional basketball players. There are also college leagues, and elementary schools even have leagues.
Major League
Yes, most major league players make their first great leap to the major leagues from Triple-A affiliates.
Well, in the Major Leagues in 1981 there were 26 teams, 12 in the National League and 14 in the American League. Each team had 25 players. So that means there were 650 players in the Major Leagues at any one time.
None of the players that played in the 1997 Major League Baseball World Series regardless of being from the American League Champion; Cleveland Indians or the National League Champion; Florida Marlins are currently playing in the Major Leagues as of 2014.
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To many to count
The "farm system" refers to the minor league teams that prepare young players for the Major Leagues.
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World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament. It was created by the Major League Baseball Players association and it features national baseball players from the major leagues around the world.