Most HR, Born in Eastern Hemisphere

Most players in baseball history were born in the United States or Latin American countries. I wanted to look at the players that weren't. The title is a slight misnomer, since players born in England and/or Scotland may have actually been born to the west of the Prime Meridian, making them technically part of the Western Hemisphere, but whatever.

Here are the thirteen baseball players born outside the United States and Latin American countries to reach 40 home runs:

Name	HR	From	To	Birthplace
Bobby Thomson	264	1946	1960	Glasgow, Scotland
Dave Nilsson	105	1992	1999	Brisbane, Australia
Hideki Matsui	103	2003	2007	Kanazawa, Japan
Mike Blowers	78	1989	1999	Wurzburg, W. Germany
Glenn Hubbard	70	1978	1989	Hahn Air Force Base, W.Germany
Ichiro Suzuki	67	2001	2007	Kasugai, Japan
Tom Brown	64	1882	1898	Liverpool, England
Elmer Valo	58	1940	1961	Ribnik, Czechoslovakia
Tony Solaita	50	1968	1979	Nuuuli, American Samoa
John Anderson	49	1894	1908	Sarpsborg, Norway
Tadahito Iguchi	42	2005	2007	Tokyo, Japan
Hee Seop Choi	40	2002	2005	Chun-Nam, South Korea
Hobe Ferris	40	1901	1909	Trowbridge, England

If you want to get technical and say the West Germany players and the American Samoa player shouldn't be counted because they were born in areas under the control of the United States, okay. Also, if you want to get technical and look up American Samoa and see if it's actually in the Western Hemisphere (I'm not sure if it is), I'll salute you. In any case, it's cool how high Bobby Thomson set the bar.

Also, did you know that the record for most home runs hit by a player born in A Ship on (the) Atlantic Ocean is zero?