reds
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'.
"The Babe" was Babe Ruth. He played in the Major Leagues from 1914-1935. He played an outfielder for 22 seasons.
This question is impossible to answer as Satchel Paige played for many unorganized teams as well as in the Negro Leagues, whose records are not complete, nor completely accurate.
Nolan
From recollection there have been NO players whose name begins with a "E" in the 1990 -99 years
Click on the '1987 Washington Redskins' link below to see the roster along with games played and stats. Any name on the roster that is proceded by a caret (^) donotes a replacement player.
CANTONG
I am pretty sure it is Hazem El Masri
Some cricket players whose first and last names start with the same letter are: Gordan Greenidge, Malcolm Marshall, Rilee Rossouw, Sandeep Sharma, and Shivam Sharma. Cricket was first played in England in the 18th century.
Major League Players whose First Name Starts with YYadier MolinaYurendell DeCasterYhency BrazobanYohanny ValeraYorkis PerezYovani GallardoYuniesky BetancourtYogi Berra doesn't count because Yogi is a nickname. His real first name is Lawrence.
It's Cuba.
tom seaver