Top 25 High Schools That Have Produced the Most MLB Players

These high schools have produced the most big leaguers.

Some high schools are prep baseball factories with pipelines to the major leagues. But unlike their football and basketball counterparts that send players to the NFL and NBA, the baseball high schools are spread throughout North America and include schools from cities outside of the United States.

The Dominican Republic and Venezuela rank first and second, respectively, among foreign countries in producing MLB players, so it’s no surprise they also are represented with high schools. But what may be a surprise to some is how often California appears. Florida is the only other state with multiple schools, while Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio and Illinois each have one.

These high schools have produced the most major league players. Did your school make the cut?

23. McClymonds High School (Oakland, California) — 12 Players (Tied)

McClymonds has a rich baseball tradition. Young Age / YouTube

No high school has produced more Baseball Hall of Famers than McClymonds. The Oakland school is tied with six other schools by sending two players to Cooperstown: Frank Robinson and Ernie Lombardi.

Robinson was part of an All-Star outfield at McClymonds as he patrolled the field alongside Vada Pinson and Curt Flood, who each also became multi-time All-Stars in the big leagues. Those three combined for 21 of the school’s 29 All-Star Game appearances with the other eight going to Lombardi.

In addition to being teammates with Pinson and Flood (who later transferred and graduated from Oakland Tech), Robinson also played basketball, and you may have heard of one of his hoops teammates, Bill Russell.

MLB Players Who Attended McClymonds

Frank Robinson hit 586 career home runs in the majors. HF / AP Photo

Joe Abreu (1942)
Charlie Beamon (1956-58)
Curt Flood (1956-71)
Jesse Gonder (1960-67)
Lee Lacy (1972-87)
Ernie Lombardi (1931-47)
Vada Pinson (1958-75)
Aaron Pointer (1963-67)
Curt Roberts (1954-56)
Frank Robinson (1956-76)
Willie Tasby (1958-63)
Bill Wight (1946-58)

The numbers in parentheses are a player’s years in MLB. Baseball Hall of Famers are in bold.

23. Caracas High School (Caracas, Venezuela) — 12 Players (Tied)

Ozzie Guillen played 16 years in the majors after starring at Caracas High School. John Swart / AP Photo

Venezuela is the only other country outside of the United States and the Dominican Republic to land on this list. Caracas is the capital city, and its principal school was a pipeline from Venezuela to the States for a 20-year span.

All 12 players made their MLB debuts between 1985 and 2005, including three-time All-Star player and World Series-winning manager Ozzie Guillen. There’s not much in terms of notoriety outside of Guillen, who had 1764 career hits and accounted for over 60 percent of the Caracas alums’ hits in the majors. Catcher Dioner Navarro is No. 2 with 802 career hits.

Another player of note is Michel Hernandez, who was a September call-up in 2003 and got in five games at the end of the season. He then went back to the minors where he toiled away for five years before getting another call-up at the end of the 2008 season. He finally became a part of the 25-man roster in the 2009 season and hit his first homer at 30 years old.

MLB Players Who Attended Caracas

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Michel Hernandez fields a bunt in 2009. Steve Nesius / AP Photo

Juan Castillo (1994)
Alejandro Freire (2005)
Ozzie Guillen (1985-2000)
Carlos Hernandez (1999-2000)
Michel Hernandez (2003-09)
Urbano Lugo (1985-90)
Robert Machado (1996-2004)
Dioner Navarro (2004-16)
Alex Pacheco (1996)
Alex Prieto (2003-04)
Alex Ramirez (1998-2000)
Eduardo Villacis (2004)

23. Chatsworth High School (Chatsworth, California) — 12 Players (Tied)

The baseball team is a source of pride for Chatsworth High School. Chatsworth High School

Chatsworth is a neighborhood in Los Angeles and has produced as many notable actors and actresses as baseball players. Val Kilmer, Kevin Spacey and Candace Cameron Bure all walked the halls of Chatsworth just like three-time All-Star Mike Moustakas.

While in high school, “Moose” set California’s prep school record by smacking 52 home runs en route to being the state’s two-time player of the year. In 2007, Moustakas was the second overall pick in MLB’s draft while his teammate Matt Dominguez went 10 spots later.

That made Chatsworth just the seventh high school to have two picks in the first round of the MLB draft in the same year.

MLB Players Who Attended Chatsworth

Mike Moustakas breaks his bat as he hits a single against the Los Angeles Angels in 2011. Mark J. Terrill / AP Photo

Rich Aude (1993-96)
Bruce Christensen (1971)
Andre David (1984-86)
Matt Dominguez (2011-16)
Dwight Evans (1972-91)
Bobby Mitchell (1980-83)
Mike Moustakas (2011-present)
Bryan Petersen (2010-12)
Josh Ravin (2015-18)
Steve Reed (1992-2005)
Ty Van Burkleo (1993-94)
Derek Wallace (1996-99)

15. Lane Tech (Chicago, Illinois) — 13 Players (Tied)

Lane Tech is one of the oldest schools in Chicago. BoostersLane / Twitter

Located two miles from Wrigley Field on Chicago’s North Side, Lane Tech once had an all-boys population of over 7,000 students in the 1930s.

The number of students has since been cut by 35 percent, and it also moved to co-ed, meaning there are fewer and fewer prospective MLB players at the school. That bares out in the school’s MLB alums as they all made their debuts between 1928 and 1968.

The best of that bunch was Phil Cavarretta, who won the NL batting title in 1945 and was named the league’s MVP. Cavarretta didn’t even have to leave home to play, suiting up for the Cubs for the first 20 years of his career and then the White Sox for the last two.

MLB Players Who Attended Lane Tech

Phil Cavarretta had 1,977 hits in his big league career. AP Photo

Buzz Capra (1971-77)
Phil Cavarretta (1934-55)
Len Church (1966)
Frank Dasso (1945-46)
John Felske (1968-73)
Arndt Jorgens (1929-39)
Orville Jorgens (1935-37)
Irv Medlinger (1949-51)
Nick Polly (1937-45)
Jim Suchecki (1950-52)
Andy Varga (1950-51)
Bob Weiland (1928-40)
Jim Woods (1957-61)

15. Bani High School (Bani, Dominican Republic) — 13 Players (Tied)

Former MLB shortstop Miguel Tejada went to Bani. Ben Margot / AP Photo

Before he became the 2002 American League MVP, Miguel Tejada was a student at Bani although he dropped out and never graduated. How old he was when he dropped out is unclear because toward the end of his MLB career it was revealed that Tejada had been lying about his age the whole time and was two years older than what he said when he moved to the U.S.

Outside of Tejada, Bani’s players have been decidedly pitcher-heavy. Eight of the other 12 players did their work on the mound. One of those is Luis Vizcaino, a journeyman who pitched for eight teams in 11 seasons.

Vizcaino’s two claims to fame both occurred in 2007. He was part of a trade involving Randy Johnson and also recorded both wins in a day-night doubleheader as a relief pitcher.

MLB Players Who Attended Bani

Luis Vizcaino pitched in 543 MLB games. David Zalubowski / AP Photo

Luis Andujar (1995-98)
Manny Aybar (1997-2005)
Jose Bautista (1988-97)
Mario Encarnacion (2001-02)
Julio Mateo (2002-07)
Juan Melo (2000)
Antonio Perez (2003-06)
Timo Perez (2000-07)
Wascar Serrano (2001)
Miguel Tejada (1997-2013)
Rob Tejeda (2005-11)
Efrain Valdez (1990-98)
Luis Vizcaino (1999-2009)

15. Beaumont High School (St. Louis, Missouri) — 13 Players (Tied)

Beaumont is a legendary program in St. Louis. CadenCenter / Twitter

Beaumont has sent two people to the Baseball Hall of Fame, but neither of them got there as players. Earl Weaver and Dick Williams were born within one year of each other in St. Louis, and both ended up in Cooperstown because of their managerial work. The two combined for three World Series titles as managers and spent a total of 39 years calling the shots for big league clubs.

But Weaver and Williams are not on this list of Beaumont players because Weaver only reached the minors, and Williams, who did play in the majors, transferred from Beaumont and graduated from a school in California.

The best player to graduate from Beaumont was 1949 AL Rookie of the Year Roy Sievers, who later won two-thirds of the Triple Crown by leading the American League in homers and RBI in 1957.

MLB Players Who Attended Beaumont

Roy Sievers played first base, third base and outfield in the majors. AP Photo

Buddy Blattner (1942-49)
Roy Branch (1979)
Chuck Diering (1947-56)
Jim Goodwin (1948)
Bobby Hofman (1949-57)
Jack Maguire (1950-51)
Bobby Mattick (1938-42)
Lloyd Merritt (1957)
Bob Miller (1957-74)
Pete Reiser (1940-52)
Roy Sievers (1949-65)
Lee Thomas (1961-68)
Bob Wiesler (1951-58)

15. Jesuit High School (New Orleans, Louisiana) — 13 Players (Tied)

The Jesuit team after a game. Jesuit High School

From 1963 to 2000, Jesuit had at least one player in the majors every year, even though just two of their graduates account for that time span.

Rusty Staub played 23 seasons from 1963 to 1985 and then Will Clark made his debut in 1986 and played until 2000. They are the two best players in school history, and their career stats are eerily similar despite Staub playing nearly 1,000 more MLB games than Clark.

They finished with the exact same number of triples (47), and only three runs and eight home runs separated the two — 1,189 runs and 292 home runs for Staub; 1,186 runs and 284 home runs for Clark. Even their hit totals contain the same exact numbers but in just a different order as Staub had 2,716 hits while Clark had 2,176 hits.

MLB Players Who Attended Jesuit (New Orleans)

Rusty Staub played on five teams and scored 1,189 career runs. Kenneth Lucas / AP Photo

Ryan Adams (2011)
Marv Breeding (1960-63)
Putsy Caballero (1944-52)
Will Clark (1986-2000)
Fats Dantonio (1944-45)
Jim Gaudet (1978-79)
Johnny Giavotella (2011-17)
Charlie Gilbert (1940-47)
Larry Gilbert (1914-15)
Tookie Gilbert (1950-53)
Kyle Keller (2019-present)
Connie Ryan (1942-54)
Rusty Staub (1963-85)

15. Jesuit High School (Tampa, Florida) — 13 Players (Tied)

The Jesuit Tigers won the Class 6A state baseball championship in Florida in 2019. Jesuit High School / Facebook

This Jesuit High School in Tampa has the exact same number of MLB players as the Jesuit in New Orleans, but the Tampa version has a Hall of Famer.

Al Lopez was a pretty good player back in his day, but he’s enshrined in Cooperstown due to his work as a manager. He won two AL pennants in the 1950s for with the Indians and White Sox, and Lopez isn’t the only player-turned-manager to emerge from Jesuit.

Lou Piniella did the same, and “Sweet Lou” also was an All-American basketball player in high school. He even earned a basketball scholarship to the University of Tampa, but his hoops career came to an end after injuring his ankle, and his focus shifted to baseball.

MLB Players Who Attended Jesuit (Tampa)

Al Lopez played in 656 major league games. AP Photo

Sam Dyson (2012-19)
Joe Hudson (2018-present)
Al Lopez (1928-47)
Dave Magadan (1986-2001)
Sam Marsonek (2004)
Lance McCullers Jr. (2015-present)
Jason Michaels (2001-11)
Lou Piniella (1964-84)
Kevin Quackenbush (2014-18)
Brad Radke (1995-2006)
Shane Robinson (2009-18)
Ken Suarez (1966-73)
Marc Valdes (1995-2001)

15. Riverside Poly High School (Riverside, California) — 13 Players (Tied)

Riverside Poly has been playing baseball for over 100 years. Riverside Poly Baseball / Facebook

Only one other school on this list has more active major league players than Riverside Poly’s three in the 2020 season. The school has produced star athletes in many sports, including Super Bowl-winning NFL players, Olympic medal-winning swimmers and Basketball Hall of Fame siblings in Cheryl and Reggie Miller.

But the best athlete on the diamond to come from Riverside Poly is Bobby Bonds. The elder Bonds was one of the best leadoff hitters of all time. He was the first player to record 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a season and also held the all-time record with 35 home runs when leading off a game, which has since been broken.

Barry Bonds, Bobby’s son, was born just weeks after Bobby graduated from high school and went to Junipero Serra in Northern California.

MLB Players Who Attended Riverside Poly

Bobby Bonds was a three-time All-Star. AP Photo

Austin Barnes (2015-present)
Ben Blomdahl (1995)
Bobby Bonds (1968-81)
Wayne Gross (1976-86)
Chris Krug (1965-69)
Gary Lucas (1980-87)
Jake Marisnick (2013-present)
Darrell Miller (1984-88)
Donnie Murphy (2004-14)
Greg Myers (1987-2005)
Bill Parsons (1971-74)
Jo-Jo Reyes (2007-16)
Jacob Webb (2019-present)

15. San Diego High School (San Diego, California) — 13 Players (Tied)

The 2015 San Diego High School baseball team. San Diego High School Baseball / Facebook

San Diego High’s baseball team won a national championship in 1921, but there was controversy afterward. The team played an unsanctioned game during the season against another high school, so they were barred from playing in California’s athletic conference for the 1922 season.

That year, San Diego High played college and independent teams and still managed to lose only two games all year.

None of the 13 MLB alums from the school were on that team, but former Yankees captain Graig Nettles did suit up for the school in the late 1950s and early ’60s. Nettles was the Yankees captain for the 1982 and 1983 seasons and was the first person chosen for that honor following the untimely death of previous captain Thurman Munson.

MLB Players Who Attended San Diego

Graig Nettles won two World Series with the Yankees. Drew / AP Photo

Earle Brucker (1948)
Deron Johnson (1960-76)
Jacque Jones (1999-2008)
Jason Jones (2003)
Josh Kroeger (2004)
Randy Milligan (1987-94)
Graig Nettles (1967-88)
Duane Pillette (1949-56)
Herman Pillette (1917-24)
Floyd Robinson (1960-68)
Brent Strom (1972-77)
Bob Thorpe (1955)
Bob Usher (1946-57)

15. Oakland Technical High School (Oakland, California) — 13 Players (Tied)

Oakland Tech has had some notable alumni. Oakland Tech

Marshawn Lynch loves Oakland more than anyone, but even Beast Mode can’t claim to be the best athlete from Oakland Tech. That honor goes to the greatest leadoff man and baserunner in MLB history, Rickey Henderson.

Henderson was a four-star athlete in high school and even received numerous football scholarships. But his mother convinced him to go the baseball route due to the likelihood of a longer career than on the gridiron. Mother knows best, and it was clearly the right decision as Henderson went on to become MLB’s all-time leader in both stolen bases and runs scored.

The second-most famous baseball player from the school was Cookie Lavagetto. He played 10 seasons in the majors and was a four-time All-Star, then managed five seasons.

MLB Players Who Attended Oakland Technical

Rickey Henderson has the most stolen bases (1,406) and runs (2,295) in MLB history. Ray Stubblebine / AP Photo

Linc Blakely (1934)
Bernie DeViveiros (1924-27)
Taylor Douthit (1923-33)
Len Gabrielson (1960-70)
Len Gabrielson (1939)
Joe Gaines (1960-66)
Bud Hafey (1935-39)
Tom Hafey (1939-44)
Rickey Henderson (1979-2003)
Cookie Lavagetto (1934-47)
Terrell Lowery (1997-2000)
Jay Porter (1952-59)
Les Powers (1938-39)

10. Archbishop Moeller High School (Cincinnati, Ohio) — 14 Players (Tied)

Moeller is a perennial contender in Cincinnati. BigMoBarrett / Twitter

Along with McClymonds, Moeller is the only other school on this list with two players in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Those two players were MLB teammates at one point, and that just so happened to be with Cincinnati’s pro team, the Reds.

Ken Griffey Jr. and Barry Larkin both graduated from Moeller, and coincidentally, both players turned down football scholarships from the University of Michigan to focus on baseball. Despite having two future Hall of Famers, none of Moeller’s seven state baseball championships came with either player on the team.

However, other MLB players were a part of those teams, including brothers David Bell and Mike Bell. Their father, Buddy Bell, also graduated from Moeller and is the only other player besides Griffey and Larkin to make an MLB All-Star Game.

MLB Players Who Attended Archbishop Moeller

Ken Griffey Jr. is one of the best players in MLB history. Robert Kaiser / AP Photo

Buddy Bell (1972-89)
David Bell (1995-2006)
Mike Bell (2000)
Andrew Brackman (2011)
Phillip Diehl (2019-present)
Ken Griffey Jr. (1989-2010)
Adam Hyzdu (2000-06)
Barry Larkin (1986-2004)
Stephen Larkin (1998)
Bill Long (1985-91)
Len Matuszek (1981-87)
Eric Surkamp (2001-16)
Brent Suter (2016-present)
Alex Wimmers (2016-17)

10. Bellarmine College Preparatory (San Jose, California) — 14 Players (Tied)

Bellarmine Prep has a strong baseball program. TheBorasClassic / Twitter

Bellarmine holds the distinction of being the only school on this list that has not produced a single All-Star. It did produce a No. 1 overall pick in Pat Burrell, who was drafted in the 43rd round out of high school, then went to college and became the first overall pick three years later.

Burrell, nicknamed “Pat the Bat,” hit nearly 300 home runs during his major league career and won two World Series rings.

The lone active player from the school is the Nationals’ Eric Thames. He is best known for flaming out early in his career and going to Japan to reinvent his swing before returning to the majors in 2017 after a four-year hiatus.

MLB Players Who Attended Bellarmine

Pat Burrell hit 292 home runs in his MLB career. David Zalubowski / AP Photo

Justin Baughman (1998-2000)
Wayne Belardi (1950-56)
Pat Burrell (2000-11)
Mark Canha (2015-20)
Kevin Frandsen (2006-15)
Bob Gallagher (1972-75)
Ed Giovanola (1995-99)
Erik Goeddel (2014-18)
Greg Gohr (1993-96)
Tommy Medica (2013-14)
Marv Owen (1931-40)
Jim Small (1955-58)
Eric Thames (2011-present)
Jim Wilhelm (1978-79)

10. Compton High School (Compton, California) — 14 Players (Tied)

Compton High School hasn’t had an alumni play in the majors since the early 1990s. Susie Clothier / YouTube

Located just south of downtown Los Angeles, both the city and the school of Compton had a substantial demographic shift over the last few decades. The school was once a pipeline to MLB as nine of the 14 alums played in either the 1950s and ’60s. But no MLB players have come from the school since 19991 as many students have matriculated to other schools.

The flagship player of Compton’s baseball program was former Dodger Duke Snider. The eight-time All-Star never quite measured up to his New York centerfield contemporaries in the Giants’ Willie Mays and the Yankees’ Mickey Mantle, but Snider has a plaque in the Hall of Fame just like those two.

While at Compton High, Snider was a multisport athlete and was a basketball teammate of future NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle.

MLB Players Who Attended Compton

Duke Snider was nicknamed “The Silver Fox” and “The Duke of Flatbush.” AP Photo

Bennie Daniels (1957-65)
Bobby Henrich (1957-59)
Rex Johnston (1964)
Odell Jones (1975-88)
Bob McNamara (1939)
Carl Nichols (1986-91)
Bob Pate (1980-81)
Don Rowe (1963)
Paul Schaal (1964-74)
Dave Skaugstad (1957)
Duke Snider (1947-64)
Gary Ward (1979-90)
Bob Watkins (1969)
Ron Woods (1969-74)

10. Washington High School (Los Angeles, California) — 14 Players (Tied)

Jerry Priddy played 11 seasons in the big leagues after his Washington playing days. Kronozio

Washington High hasn’t had any distinguished players so let’s look at the other end of the spectrum. They produced one of the thousands of players known as a “cup of coffee” player as he played in one, and only one, MLB game.

Hersh Lyons suited up for a single game with the Cardinals in 1941. He was a relief pitcher who got in 1 1/3 innings of work, struck out one batter and didn’t allow a run. He also had one plate appearance, walked and then stole a base.

So even though it’s a small sample size, Lyons had a perfect ERA, a perfect on-base percentage and a perfect stolen-base percentage.

MLB Players Who Attended Washington

Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen in 1941. AP Photo

Eddie Bressoud (1956-67)
Jim Brideweser (1951-57)
Dale Coogan (1950)
Cliff Dapper (1942)
Al Lyons (1944-48)
Hersh Lyons (1941)
Eddie Malone (1949-50)
Mickey Owen (1937-54)
Roy Partee (1943-48)
Jerry Priddy (1941-53)
John Rabb (1982-88)
Blackie Schwamb (1948)
Bryan Stephens (1947-48)
Lou Stringer (1941-50)

10. William S. Hart High School (Santa Clarita, CA) — 14 Players (Tied)

Trevor Bauer had a 4.8 GPA at Hart and graduated a year early. RussKontos / Twitter

Hart owns the honor of being the school with four active MLB players — the most on this list — and those four all also happened to be high school teammates during the 2008 season.

That includes Trevor Bauer, whose Twitter handle is the clever @BauerOutage. Bauer is one of three All-Stars from Hart High and the other two were also pitchers, longtime Pirate Bob Walk and all-time Rays wins leader Jamie Shields.

The best hitter from the school is the well-traveled Todd Zeile, who played for 11 different teams, including two different stints with the Mets. Zeile is the only player in MLB history to hit a home run for at least 11 different teams.

MLB Players Who Attended Hart

Todd Zeile hit 253 career home runs. Jack Dempsey / AP Photo

Trevor Bauer (2012-present)
Trevor Brown (2015-16)
Greg Garrett (1970-71)
Tyler Glasnow (2016-present)
Andrew Lorraine (1994-2002)
Kevin Millar (1998-2009)
Mike Montgomery (2015-present)
Jerry Owens (2006-09)
James Shields (2006-18)
Steve Susdorf (2013)
Chris Valaika (2010-14)
Pat Valaika (2016-present)
Bob Walk (1980-93)
Todd Zeile (1989-2004)

8. Berkeley High School (Berkeley, CA) — 15 Players (Tied)

The Berkeley baseball team has racked up wins. OakTribNews / Twitter

Berkeley High produced numerous political activists, filmmakers, artists and All-Star baseball players. Five of the latter to be exact, two of which patrolled the outfield at the same time at Berkeley. Claudell Washington and Ruppert Jones both made two MLB All-Star games, and they were outfielders along with a third future pro in Glenn Burke.

But the most famous Yellowjacket to make it to majors was longtime manager Billy Martin. The on-again, off-again Yankees skipper was an All-Star player in his own right, but he is best known for five separate stints leading the Bronx Bombers during the 1970s and ’80s.

MLB Players Who Attended Berkeley

Claudell Washington played in 1,912 games in the majors. Robert H. Houston / AP Photo

Shooty Babitt (1981)
Rich Barry (1969)
Glenn Burke (1976-79)
Merv Connors (1937-38)
Jack Faszholz (1953)
Augie Galan (1934-49)
Hal Gilson (1968)
Chick Hafey (1924-37)
Ruppert Jones (1976-87)
Red Kress (1927-46)
Billy Martin (1950-61)
Jeff Ransom (1981-83)
Earl Robinson (1958-64)
Claudell Washington (1974-90)
Jason Young (2003-04)

8. Lakewood High School (Lakewood, California) — 15 Players (Tied)

Matt Duffy went to Long Beach State after playing at Lakewood. SMontoyaMP / Twitter

Lakewood High is a relatively young school since it was established in the late 1950s, and its first alum debuted in MLB a decade later. The school has had two players drafted in the first round directly out of high school, and both were active as of the 2019 season.

Catcher Travis d’Arnaud was Lakewood’s co-athlete of the year along with future NBA MVP James Harden who went to nearby Artesia High School. The other first-round pick from Lakewood is J.P. Crawford, who established Lakewood High all-time records in hits, runs scored and stolen bases.

Another former Lakewood player is Matt Duffy, who was teammates with d’Arnaud on the Rays in the 2019 season.

MLB Players Who Attended Lakewood

J.P. Crawford was a first-round pick (16th overall) in 2013. Chris O’Meara / AP Photo

Mike Carp (2009-14)
Larry Casian (1990-98)
Floyd Chiffer (1982-84)
J.P. Crawford (2017-present)
Travis d’Arnaud (2013-present)
Matt Duffy (2014-19)
Damion Easley (1992-2008)
Bruce Ellingsen (1974)
Mike Fitzgerald (1983-92)
John Flannery (1977)
Rod Gaspar (1969-74)
Chris Gomez (1993-2008)
Craig Grebeck (1990-2001)
Dave Marshall (1967-73)
Jim Strickland (1971-75)

7. Sacramento High School (Sacramento, California) — 16 Players

Catcher Matt Walbeck was an eighth-round draft pick by the Chicago Cubs in 1987 out of Sacramento High School. OfficialMLBRFC / Twitter

The strength of the Sacramento High alums lies more in its quantity than quality as only three American high schools put more players in the big leagues. This school has the third-lowest slugging percentage and fourth-lowest OPS of any school on this list despite having three All-Star players.

Only one of the school’s alums played within the last 35 years, which is when offenses exploded at that helps explain the paltry cumulative production.

The best Sacramento High Dragon was Stan Hack, who played in the 1930s and ’40s. He was a five-time All-Star third baseman for the Cubs, hit .348 across four World Series and is the franchise’s all-time leader in walks.

MLB Players Who Attended Sacramento

Chicago Cubs infielder Stan Hack works out during spring training on Catalina Island in California in 1942. AP Photo

Cuno Barragan (1961-63)
Bruce Edwards (1946-56)
Joe Gedeon (1913-20)
Tommy Glaviano (1949-53)
Stan Hack (1932-47)
Drungo Hazewood (1980)
Myril Hoag (1931-45)
Mike Howard (1981-83)
Gordon Jones (1954-65)
Alex Kampouris (1934-43)
William McLaughlin (1884)
Earl McNeely (1924-31)
Jimmy O’Connell (1923-24)
Jerry Royster (1973-88)
Neill Sheridan (1948)
Matt Walbeck (1993-2003)

6. Sarasota High School (Sarasota, FL) – 17 Players

The Sarasota Sailors have won a lot of baseball games over the years. Sarasota High Baseball / Facebook

Sarasota is in the Tampa area and is the 67th biggest city in the state of Florida with a population of under 60,000. But in the United States, only three Los Angeles-area high schools have sent more players to MLB than Sarasota.

One of those is Scooter Gennett, who was born in Cincinnati, then moved to Sarasota as a kid before heading back to “The Queen City” as a member of the Reds. In 2017, Gennett became the 17th player in major league history to hit four home runs in a game and one of only two of those to hit a grand slam among the four homers.

Despite its abundance of MLB players, Sarasota hasn’t had the same success in other sports. They’ve sent a combined 11 players to the NFL and NBA.

MLB Players Who Attended Sarasota

Scooter Gennett has made Sarasota proud. Jeffrey Phelps / AP Photo

Joe Ayrault (1996)
Greg Blosser (1993-94)
Doug Corbett (1980-87)
Ian Desmond (2009-19)
Adrian Garrett (1966-76)
Wayne Garrett (1969-78)
Scooter Gennett (2013-19)
John-Ford Griffin (2005-07)
James Houser (2010)
Casey Kelly (2012-18)
Derek Lilliquist (1989-96)
Troy Mattes (2001)
Jason Miller (2007)
Bobby Seay (2001-09)
Eric Skoglund (2017-19)
Joey Terdoslavich (2013-15)
Hugh Yancy (1972-76)

5. Woodrow Wilson High School (Long Beach, California) — 18 Players (Tied)

The 1963 Wilson baseball team. WorthPoint

Best known for producing 29 future Olympians, mostly in aquatic sports, Long Beach Wilson has also sent players to the MLB All-Star Game 19 times.

Hall of Famer pitcher Bob Lemon’s seven selections lead the way, and he was primarily a position player while in high school. He even was used as a utility player in his first few seasons in the big leagues before transitioning to the mound after returning from World War II in 1946.

Two other All-Stars were teammates in high school in the late 60s as Bobby Grich would become a first-round pick out of Wilson in 1967 and Jeff Burroughs was the first overall pick two years later.

MLB Players Who Attended Wilson

Bobby Grich, center standing, won four Gold Gloves playing second base. AP Photo

Bob Bailey (1962-78)
Eddie Bockman (1946-49)
Jeff Burroughs (1970-85)
Sean Burroughs (2002-12)
Dick Cole (1951-57)
Steve Connelly (1998)
Casey Cox (1966-73)
Ed Crosby (1970-76)
Bud Daley (1955-64)
Chase De Jong (2017-present)
Gabe Gonzalez (1998)
Jack Graham (1946-49)
Bobby Grich (1970-86)
Aaron Hicks (2013-present)
Bob Lemon (1941-58)
Andy Messersmith (1968-79)
Jim Pagliaroni (1955-69)
Gordon Seyfried (1963-64)

4. Polytechnic High School (Long Beach, CA) – 19 Players

The 1976 Long Beach Poly baseball team. Wikimedia Commons

No school on this list has more All-Star Game selections (31) or a higher batting average (.283) than Long Beach Poly, and much of that can be attributed to one player: Tony Gwynn. The eight-time batting champion hit .338 for his career, which began as a two-sport star in high school.

Despite Gwynn’s presence, Poly’s baseball teams were horrible while he was in school and the basketball teams were great. In his last two years there, Poly went 3-25-2 in baseball and 53-6 in basketball. The baseball program has improved dramatically since then and produced another multi-time All-Star in Chase Utley.

Outside of baseball, the school has famous alumni in football such as DeSean Jackson and Willie McGinest as well as entertainment with Snoop Dogg and Cameron Diaz.

MLB Players Who Attended Long Beach Poly

Chase Utley played in 1,937 MLB games. Mel Evans / AP Photo

Milton Bradley (2000-11)
Rocky Bridges (1951-61)
Ollie Brown (1965-77)
Oscar Brown (1969-73)
Rex Cecil (1944-45)
Chris Gwynn (1987-96)
Tony Gwynn (1982-2001)
Brian McCall (1962-63)
James McDonald (2008-13)
Randy Moffitt (1972-83)
Willie Norwood (1977-80)
Nikco Riesgo (1991)
Jack Rothrock (1925-37)
Tommie Sisk (1962-70)
Vern Stephens (1941-55)
Chuck Stevens (1941-48)
Bobby Sturgeon (1940-48)
Zeb Terry (1916-22)
Chase Utley (2003-18)

3. Fremont High School (Los Angeles, California) – 25 Players

Bobby Doerr was the first baseball player from Fremont to make the majors. FS / AP Photo

Located in South Central Los Angeles, Fremont High used to house over 5,000 students but now has under 2,000 since another school opened nearby. The dwindling of students manifests itself in the number of MLB players produced as well. Just one of Fremont’s 25 players made their MLB debut in the last 30 years.

The school’s first MLB player was Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr, who had a Hall of Fame career with the Red Sox over 14 seasons. But the most famous Pathfinder is Eric Davis, who was a five-tool stud in the 1980s and ’90s.

Davis leads all Fremont players in home runs (282) and stolen bases (349). In 1997, he memorably overcame colon cancer and was named the Comeback Player of the Year in 1998.

MLB Players Who Attended Fremont

Eric Davis is one of the most underrated players in MLB history. Eric Risberg / AP Photo

Fern Bell (1939-40)
Merl Combs (1947-52)
Clint Conatser (1948-49)
Dick Conger (1940-43)
Willie Crawford (1964-77)
Brock Davis (1963-72)
Eric Davis (1984-2001)
Bobby Doerr (1937-51)
Dan Ford (1975-85)
Al Grunwald (1955-59)
Doug Hansen (1951)
Candy Harris (1967)
George Hendrick (1971-88)
Nippy Jones (1946-57)
Chet Lemon (1975-90)
James Lofton (2001)
Gene Mauch (1944-57)
Leon McFadden (1968-70)
George Metkovich (1943-54)
Glenn Mickens (1953)
Hal Spindel (1939-46)
Bud Stewart (1941-54)
Dwight Taylor (1986)
Bobby Tolan (1965-79)
Bob Watson (1966-84)

2. San Pedro de Macoris High School (San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) – 37 Players

San Pedro de Macoris High School has produced some big hitters. VICE Sports / YouTube

Even though San Pedro came up runner-up on this list, no one can touch their production when it comes to the long ball. Their alums clubbed nearly 2,000 home runs, which is twice as many as the No. 1 team. Half of those homers came from Sammy Sosa and Alfonso Soriano, who hit over 1,000 home runs combined.

Rising up on that home run list is Robinson Cano, who is the last remaining active player from the school. Cano has the most All-Star appearances (8) of anyone from San Pedro and attended the school for three years after attending Barringer High School in Newark, New Jersey, as a freshman.

With Sosa’s Hall of Fame candidacy sitting at just 13.9 percent as of 2020, Cano also serves as the school’s best chance to put a player in Cooperstown.

MLB Players Who Attended San Pedro de Macoris

Sammy Sosa hit 609 career home runs. Mark Duncan / AP Photo

Manny Alexander (1992-2006)
Lorenzo Barcelo (2000-02)
Juan Bell (1989-95)
Esteban Beltre (1991-96)
Daniel Cabrera (2004-09)
Jose Cano (1989)
Robinson Cano (2005-present)
Rico Carty (1963-79)
Carlos Casimiro (2000)
Juan Castillo (1986-89)
Jesus Colome (2001-10)
Luis de los Santos (2002)
Cesar Devarez (1995-96)
Mariano Duncan (1985-97)
Tony Eusebio (1991-2001)
Tony Fernandez (1983-2001)
Balvino Galvez (1986)
Esteban German (2002-11)
Wilson Heredia (1995-97)
Domingo Jean (1993)
Jose Jimenez (1998-2004)
Manny Jimenez (1962-69)
Josias Manzanillo (1991-2004)
Manny Martinez (1996-99)
Miguel Mejia (1996)
Agustin Montero (2006)
Jose Oliva (1994-95)
Rudy Pemberton (1995-97)
Angel Pena (1998-2001)
Sendy Rleal (2006)
Nerio Rodriguez (1996-2002)
Eddie Rogers (2002-06)
Amado Samuel (1962-64)
Pedro Santana (2001)
Alfonso Soriano (1999-2014)
Sammy Sosa (1989-2007)
Fernando Tatis (1997-2010)

1. Santo Domingo High School (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) – 59 Players

Felipe Alou had a 17-year MLB career after playing at Santo Domingo High School. AP Photo

Over 780 Dominican-born players have made it to MLB and a staggering 7.5 percent of them came via Santo Domingo High School.

The first alum was the best alum as Felipe Alou has more All-Star appearances (3), hits (2,101) and home runs (206) than anyone else from the school. His two brothers also made it to the majors from the school, and the three Alous played together with the Giants in 1963.

The pipeline from Santo Domingo to MLB has dried up in recent years, and no one from the school has emerged in the last 16 player years. That contrasts with the school’s heyday of the 1990s and 2000s as 49 of the school’s 59 players debuted in MLB between 1990 and 2005.

MLB Players Who Attended Santo Domingo

The Alou brothers, from left, Jesus (age 21), Matty (24), and Felipe (29), were San Francisco Giants teammates in 1963. AP Photo

Israel Alcantara (2000-02)
Carlos Almanzar (1997-2005)
Erick Almonte (2001-11)
Felipe Alou (1958-74)
Jesus Alou (1963-79)
Matty Alou (1960-74)
Danny Bautista (1993-2004)
Francis Beltran (2002-08)
Angel Berroa (2001-09)
Geronimo Berroa (1989-2000)
Yhency Brazoban (2004-11)
Leslie Brea (2000-01)
Tilson Brito (1996-97)
Francisco Cabrera (1989-93)
Napoleon Calzado (2005)
Sil Campusano (1988-91)
Ramon Caraballo (1993-95)
Pasqual Coco (2000-02)
Enrique Cruz (2003-07)
Wilson Delgado (1996-2004)
Juan Diaz (2002)
Angelo Encarnacion (1995-97)
Bartolome Fortunato (2004-06)
Amaury Garcia (1999)
Reynaldo Garcia (2002-03)
Cristian Guzman (1999-2010)
Anderson Hernandez (2005-10)
Cesar Hernandez (1992-93)
D’Angelo Jimenez (1999-2007)
Coco Laboy (1969-73)
Anastacio Martinez (2004)
Pedro Martinez (1993-97)
Ramon Martinez (1988-2001)
Henry Mercedes (1992-97)
Danny Mota (2000)
Manny Mota (1962-82)
Vladimir Nunez (1998-2009)
Jose Paniagua (1996-2003)
Ronny Paulino (2005-12)
Elvis Pena (2000-01)
Jesus Pena (1999-2000)
Neifi Perez (1996-2007)
Santiago Perez (2000-01)
Luis Pineda (2001-02)
Arquimedez Pozo (1995-97)
Rafael Quirico (1996)
Julio Ramirez (1999-2005)
Gil Reyes (1983-91)
Melvin Rosario (1997)
Marino Santana (1998-99)
Rafael Soriano (2002-15)
Jorge Sosa (2002-10)
William Suero (1992-93)
Jesus Tavarez (1994-98)
Yohanny Valera (2000)
Quilvio Veras (1995-2001)
Wilton Veras (19999-2000)
Hector Wagner (1990-91)
Enrique Wilson (1997-2005)