A phantom ballplayer is either a baseball player who is incorrectly listed in source materials as playing in a Major League Baseball game, often the result of typographical or clerical errors, or a pl
Brian Jeroloman spent a month with the 2011 Toronto Blue Jays without appearing in a game.
Pete Compton of the St. Louis Browns, now credited with the plate appearance of "Lou Proctor"
Bill Sharman, who was briefly on the roster of the 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers
Shawn Zarraga was briefly on the active roster of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016.
Derek Robert Law is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. He has previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Mi
Phantom ballplayer
…before being sent to the Florida Instructional League. His son Whit Merrifield made his major league debut with the 2016 Kansas City Royals. Pitcher Joe Law spent four days on the active roster of the 1988 Oakland Athletics without making an appearance. He was first called up on July 4, and deactivated after…
Law with the Toronto Blue Jays
Law pitching for the San Francisco Giants in 2016