France

France is a country located in Western Europe. 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.

[edit] People born here

• 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
• Ianis Bouteloup, Division Elite outfielder-catcher
• Mathieu Brau, Division Elite outfielder
• François Colombier, Division Elite player and manager
• Jean-Baptiste Couton, Division Elite outfielder
• Mathieu Crescent, Division Elite pitcher
• Anthony Cros, minor league outfielder
• Romain David, Division Elite infielder-outfielder
• Brian Deler, Division Elite pitcher
• Nicolas Dubaut, Division Elite pitcher
• Ed Gagnier, infielder
• David Gauthier, Division Elite infielder
• Dylan Gleeson, Division Elite infielder
• Claude Gouzzie, infielder
• Kenji Hagiwara, Division Elite outfielder
• Frédéric Hanvi, minor league catcher
• Olivier Israel, Division Elite infielder
• Steve Jeltz, infielder
• Pierre Le Guillou, Division Elite outfielder
• Charlie Lea, pitcher
• Maxime Lefevre, Division Elite infielder
• Boris Marche, Division Elite catcher
• Duke Markell, pitcher
• Giovanni Ouin, Division Elite pitcher
• Owen Ozanich, Division Elite pitcher
• Anthony Piquet, Division Elite pitcher
• Luc Piquet, Division Elite infielder
• Larry Ressler, outfielder
• Sébastien Rouchon, Division Elite outfielder
• Jérôme Rousseau, Bundesliga outfielder
• Alexandre Sochon, Division Elite pitcher
• Ted Thoren, college coach
• Joe Woerlin, infielder

[edit] 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

[edit] Further Reading

• Henri Seckel: "Des Bleus au pays du base-ball", Le Monde, September 22, 2012, p. C3 [1]