7 Scots to have played Major League Baseball

Aberdonian George 'Dutch' Chalmers, born in June 1888, played for the Philadelphia Phillies between 1910 and 1916.
A pitcher, his debut was a 13-11 victory against the Cincinnati Reds in September 1910, with his last game a 5-3 win over St Louis Cardinals in August 1916.
In 1915, he appeared in an advert for hat manufacturers Geo. B. Wells, wearing the 'pennant hat'.
He had been playing for Scranton Miners in 1910 before being picked up by the Phillies. He may also have turned out for Manhattan College, but never attended as a student, having quit school to earn a living, initially as a bellboy and messenger in Manhattan's Imperial Hotel.
He died in August 1960 in The Bronx, in New York, aged 72.

Hugh Nicol, born in Campsie in January 1858, had a reasonable Major League Baseball career, playing for the Chicago White Stockings, St Louis Browns, Cincinnati Red Stockings and Cincinnati Reds, as well as a brief spell in 1897 managing the Browns.
He made his debut in May 1881, with his last game as a player coming in August 1890.
The Stirlingshire native led the American Association in 'stolen bases' in 1887 with 138 - still a record for most stolen bases in one season - and finished his career with 383 in total, although the true figure could be far higher.
After hanging up his bat, Nicol joined Indiana's Purdue University as baseball coach and athletics director for the university's team, Purdue Boilermakers. He also helped scout for the Cincinnati Reds but resigned from Purdue in 1914 along with coach Andy Smith after the university's American football team was accused of playing 'like rowdies' by opponents who took issue with the team's 'strenuous football'.
He died in Indiana in 1921 at the age of 63.

Thomas David 'Tom' Waddell, born in Dundee in September 1957, pitched for the Cleveland Indians from 1984-85 and again in 1987.
Although born in the City of Discovery, Waddell grew up in Closter, New Jersey, signing for the Atlanta Braves as an amateur in 1981 and playing for their affiliate teams Anderson Braves and Gulf Coast League Braves.
He turned out for various minor teams, including the Durham Bulls, Richmond Braves and Savannah Braves before making his debut for the Cleveland Indians.
In his first start, he helped the Indians defeat the New York Yankees, but had shoulder surgery later that year and struggled to make a return to Major League Baseball.
His final major league game was an 8-7 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in April 1987.
He also turned out for Maine Guides, Buffalo Bisons, Jacksonville Expos, Indianapolis Indians, El Paso Diablos, Monterrey Industriales and Denver Zephyrs before quitting the game in 1989 at the age of 30.

Glasgow-born Michael 'Mike' Hopkins, a catcher, played just one match for the Pittsburgh Pirates in August 1902, at the age of 29. The opponents were the Cincinnati Reds, and the match was a double-header played at the Palace of the Fans in Cincinnati.
Despite his single appearance, three of Hopkins' team-mates that day went on to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame - Honus Wagner (1936), Fred Clarke (1945) and Jack Chesbro (1946).
The Pirates won the National League pennant between 1901 and 1903 but it appears Hopkins made just that one solitary appearance in Major League Baseball as a semi-pro, as he focused on his job on the railways.
But Hopkins maintained a perfect batting average after playing four innings as a replacement.
The picture above shows the Pirates team from 1902 - it is unclear if Hopkins is in the photo but the chances are he isn't.
Hopkins died in Pittsburgh in February 1952 at the age of 79.

James ‘Jim’ McCormick was born in Thornliebank in Renfrewshire in November 1856, and was the first Scottish-born player to appear in a major league game.
A right-handed pitcher, McCormick turned out for the Indianapolis Blues on May 20, 1878 and despite the team only competing for one season, the Scot was hit with a $100 fine along with team mates Edward Nolan and John Clapp, for missing a game. A train crash had delayed the trio’s return from a trip to New York City. The Blues finished fifth in the league in their only season, having won 24 matches, lost 36 and tied three.
McCormick later turned out for Cleveland Blues between 1879 and 1884 - including player/manager spells in 1879-80 and 1882 - before moving on to the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds (1884), Providence Grays (1885), Chicago White Stockings (1885-86) and Pittsburgh Alleghenys in 1887. He retired later that year after the team attempted to cut his wages.
During a nine-year career, he won 265 games and despite playing at the same time as Hugh Nicol, the pair never faced each other in a game.
He died in Paterson, New Jersey in March 1918 aged 61.

Even if you don't recognise Bobby Thomson's name, you may be familiar with the Shot Heard 'Round the World - Thomson's home run that won the New York Giants the 1951 National League pennant in the third game of a three-game play-off against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Born in Glasgow in October 1923, Thomson and his family emigrated to the United States in 1925, to Staten Island in New York where his father had settled shortly before Thomson's birth.
Thomson joined the New York Giants in 1942 after leaving high school, making his debut in September 1946 against the Philadelphia Phillies, a 5-4 defeat for the Giants.
While with the Giants, Thomson turned out for the National League's All-Star team on three occasions.
The 'Staten Island Scot' left the Giants in 1953, and later played for the Milwaukee Braves before being traded back to the Giants in 1957. The Giants were relocated to San Francisco in time for the 1958 season, with Thomson having joined the Chicago Cubs (1958-59). He then turned out for the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles during 1960, his final game coming against the Chicago White Sox, before a brief spell in 1963 with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan.
He died in Georgia in August 2010, seven years after being inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.

Malcolm 'Mac' MacArthur was 22 when he played six games for the Indianapolis Hoosiers (or Indianapolis Blues, according to some sources) in the American Association league in 1884. MacArthur played in just one win, an 8-2 victory over the Louisville Colonels in Kentucky.
Born in Glasgow in January 1862, MacArthur played baseball extensively in the US, also turning out for the East Saginaw Grays in 1883 and the Minneapolis Millers (1884), both of the Northwestern League, before turning to minor league baseball with the Syracuse Stars, Toledo Avengers, Hamilton Clippers, Savannah, Detroit Wolverines, Steubenville Stubs and Lansing Farmers before apparently ending his career in 1889. He died in Detroit in October 1932 and is buried in the city's Elmwood Cemetery.