Posting an interesting fact every day of the offseason Day 14: The smallest country or territory to have an MLB player is American Samoa, having a population of only 44,000. Their first and only player is Tony Solaita, a first baseman who played for the Yankees, Royals, Angels, Expos, and Blue Jays.
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Not surprisingly, there’s a baseball field on American Samoa named in his honor.
It seems American Samoa prefers football, with [41 islanders](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=USA&state=American%20Samoa) having made it to the NFL!
Went to Japan after his big league career ended and absolutely tore it up
Acknowledge him baseball otc
Why were all baseball card photos from this era taken at Oakland Coliseum? I swear, it was regardless of team or even division.