List of Major League Baseball replacement players
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List of Major League Baseball replacement players

This is a list of Major League Baseball replacement players. Major League Baseball, an American and Canadian baseball league, has used replacement players during two strikes: the 1912 Detroit Tigers strike, and the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike.

The following Major League Baseball (MLB) players appeared as strikebreakers during spring training in 1995, crossing picket lines during the 1994–95 MLB strike. Some had not yet been placed on a 40-man roster, and as such were not eligible to join the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) at the time of the strike, while others were former MLB players who had retired before the strike. The list does not include replacement players who never appeared in a regular season MLB game.

Several players who were part of World Series-winning teams were not permitted to have their names or likenesses on commemorative merchandise because they participated in 1995 spring training: Shane Spencer of the 19982000 New York Yankees, Damian Miller of the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, Brendan Donnelly of the 2002 Anaheim Angels, and Brian Daubach and Kevin Millar of the 2004 Boston Red Sox.

Because they are not permitted to join the MLBPA, replacement players' names or likenesses are also generally not included in merchandise that derives its license from the MLBPA, such as video and tabletop games. Many games include these players' statistics and characteristics, with blank or fictional names and different appearances. This practice is similar to how Jon Dowd replaced Barry Bonds in MVP Baseball 2005 after Bonds left the MLBPA in 2003.

One player, Billy McMillon, was allowed to join the MLBPA after playing in a replacement game. The union determined that the Florida Marlins fraudulently told McMillon that a game he would play in was not a replacement game when, in fact, it was.

† Chimelis was briefly called up by the San Francisco Giants in June 1995, but never appeared in an MLB game, making him a phantom ballplayer.

On May 15, 1912, Detroit Tigers star Ty Cobb went into the stands and assaulted a fan who had been heckling him. American League president Ban Johnson suspended Cobb, but other Tigers refused to play unless Cobb was reinstated. Johnson threatened Tigers owner Frank Navin with a stiff fine if he did not field a team. Thus, manager Hughie Jennings quickly recruited a pickup team of sandlot, semi-pro, and college baseball players.

This replacement team played one game, on May 18, after which the Tigers players relented and returned to play future games (under threat of lifetime banishment).

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