In the Spring of  1954 Andre Rodgers became the first Bahamian to sign a contract to play in the

Minor Leagues of Baseball, and when on to play Major League by 1957 with the New York Giants,

and in 1958 the team moved to San Francisco so Andre was an original San Francisco Giants.

Edison Armbrister was the only Bahamian to play in an World Series with the Cincinnati Reds, “The

Big Red Machine, he was traded to the Reds in 1971 from the Astros

From March 1954 to September 2015, over 53 known Bahamians played Professional Baseball

With the first Bahamian being drafted in June 1986 by the Baltimore Orioles Ken Adderley, the

Bahamas has had two player Drafted Multiple times, Antoan Richardson, 2001 Baltimore, 2002

Baltimore, 2004 Arizona Diamond Backs and in 2005 the San Francisco Giants. Albert Cartwright,

2006 The New York Mets, and in 2007 The Houston Astros, the Bahamas had it most minor league

signing in 2015 with seven players signing, one in the 2015 MLB June Draft and 6 international

signings.