Apr 06, 2010 4:05 PM EST

The percentage of Major League Baseball players born outside the 50 states dipped slightly from last year.

It was 27.7 percent at the start of this season, down from 28 percent on Opening Day in 2009.

The commissioner's office said Tuesday that of the 833 players on rosters at the end of Monday, 231 were born outside the 50 states.

Via ESPN