Major league baseball has had 871 players born in 46 of the states so far this season. 375 of these players come from just three states: Texas, Florida, and California. Some current players may represent the best their state has ever produced Mike Trout of New Jersey, Paul Goldschmidt of Delaware, and Bryce Harper of Nevada, Shane Victorino of Hawaii. Other states like Pennsylvania have declined in recent years they have had 17 hall of famers and 258 all-star game visits all time but their current players only have had 1 all star visit by Devon Mesoraco, and almost certainly no hall of famers. Massachusets has had 12 HOFers and now their best players are Chris Capuano and Steve Cishek.
California blows all other states away with 186 players this season. San Diego alone has more players than 28 of the states (11 players) including Cole Hamels, Adrian Gonzalez, Adam Jones, Stephen Strasburg, and Aaron Harang. San Diego has 15 all-star visits by their current players this is more visits than 45 of the states' current players have. Below is another view showing how many more players are born in California than any other state. Texas and Florida already have much more than other states and California has almost as many as those two combined.