A brand new study from OLBG has found out which cities in the United States are responsible for producing the most MLB stars, and the city of Chicago came out on top with more than 387 major league baseball stars being born in the Windy City.
The report also demonstrated which US cities producing the most major league athletes overall, as well as those where the most NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL stars were born.
Here the top 40 US Cities Producing Most Sports Stars:
| Rank | City | State | NFL Athletes | NBA Athletes | MLB Athletes | NHL Athletes | Total Number of Athletes born in City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | Illinois | 494 | 155 | 387 | 25 | 1,061 |
| 2 | Los Angeles | California | 460 | 113 | 240 | 5 | 818 |
| 3 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 216 | 122 | 372 | 7 | 717 |
| 5 | New York | New York | 169 | 104 | 262 | 11 | 546 |
| 6 | Houston | Texas | 340 | 43 | 143 | 2 | 528 |
| 7 | Detroit | Michigan | 275 | 71 | 126 | 41 | 513 |
| 8 | Brooklyn | New York | 102 | 107 | 248 | 1 | 458 |
| 9 | Dallas | Texas | 258 | 48 | 95 | * | 401 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | Ohio | 175 | 20 | 204 | 1 | 400 |
| 11 | Miami | Florida | 314 | 15 | 69 | * | 398 |
| 12 | Cleveland | Ohio | 220 | 27 | 137 | 11 | 395 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 212 | 23 | 139 | 14 | 388 |
| 14 | New Orleans | Louisiana | 235 | 30 | 99 | * | 364 |
| 15 | Baltimore | Maryland | 123 | 44 | 178 | * | 345 |
| 16 | Atlanta | Georgia | 175 | 49 | 107 | 2 | 333 |
| 17 | San Francisco | California | 125 | 25 | 180 | 1 | 331 |
| 18 | San Diego | California | 151 | 19 | 134 | 2 | 306 |
| 19 | Birmingham | Alabama | 147 | 27 | 87 | * | 261 |
| 20 | Boston | Massachusetts | 85 | 15 | 100 | 35 | 235 |
| 21 | Columbus | Ohio | 137 | 23 | 55 | 4 | 219 |
| 21 | Louisville | Kentucky | 95 | 37 | 87 | * | 219 |
| 23 | Oakland | California | 93 | 25 | 92 | 2 | 212 |
| 24 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 103 | 23 | 41 | 38 | 205 |
| 26 | Jacksonville | Florida | 132 | 11 | 56 | 1 | 200 |
| 28 | Indianapolis | Indiana | 95 | 34 | 56 | 3 | 188 |
| 30 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 89 | 33 | 58 | 4 | 184 |
| 31 | Long Beach | California | 78 | 17 | 80 | 6 | 181 |
| 32 | Sacramento | California | 81 | 10 | 88 | * | 179 |
| 33 | San Antonio | Texas | 106 | 11 | 49 | * | 166 |
| 34 | Buffalo | New York | 60 | 17 | 65 | 22 | 164 |
| 35 | Seattle | Washington | 72 | 30 | 59 | 1 | 162 |
| 36 | Portland | Oregon | 73 | 22 | 63 | 3 | 161 |
| 37 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 107 | 25 | 28 | * | 160 |
| 38 | Denver | Colorado | 88 | 8 | 42 | 13 | 151 |
| 39 | Mobile | Alabama | 88 | 10 | 52 | * | 150 |
| 40 | Fort Worth | Texas | 101 | 8 | 35 | * | 144 |
