What are the odds of making it to Major League Baseball?

I heard somewhere that 1 out of every 999 players makes it, and is not necessarily a mainstay. Is this correct?What are the odds of making it to Major League Baseball?
If there are 6 billion people in the world and i would say the about 1/50 of the population play baseball so that would leave about 120 million people that play baseball. There are about 750 active major leage baseball players. But if you add the major leagers and the minor leagers that will be about 4,000 players. So i would say your chance of becoming a major or minor leage player is 1 in 30,000.What are the odds of making it to Major League Baseball?
I doubt its 1 out of 999. More like 1 out of 99,999. Figure that the best player on most HS teams does not go to MLB. The Best player in Most HS Leagues don't make it MLB, in fact the best HS player in each State doesn't always make it to MLB. Then factor in all the kids in all the otehr countries who are undrafted but signed. You are competing with half a world who will play for next to nothing just for a chance. Its a long long long shot.
Well in 2003 there were 2.3 million boys playing Little League Baseball and that is just 1 organization. Then there are roughly 800 players in the Majors, including the DL....





I think that is around 1 in 2875 little leaguers make it to the pro's
I have to say that that is true simply for he fact that if ur born in a small town like me then u might have a better chance at winning the lottery. Although if u get into a good college u will have a better chance.
I guess they could be true, but I think its a little bit less than that.





However, don't let that discourage you from following your dreams.
1 out of 999? wow i heard something like millions, but not bad compared to football.
It is more like 1 in every 10,000 make it to the majors.
It's less then that depending on the town you are in.
yep