Bill Armour (1869)
Mike Kahoe (1873)
Art Fromme (1883)
Ed Konetchy (1885)
Eddie Stanky (1915)
Morrie Martin (1922)
Steve Boros (1936)
Alan Bannister (1951)
Rene Gonzales (1960)
Dave Clark (1962)
Eric Plunk (1963) Ced Landrum (1963) Luis Gonzalez (1967)
Chad Fox (1970) Matt Capps (1983)
Bill Armour managed Cleveland from 1902-1904 and Detroit from 1905-1906. He also managed in the minor leagues for several years.
Al Spalding (1850) Joe Heving (1900)
Monte Pearson (1908)
Marv Throneberry (1933) Don Williams (1935) Jerry Crider (1941) Danny Goodwin (1953)
Rick Manning (1954)
Rex Hudler (1960)
Jeff Russell (1961) Terry Jorgensen (1966)
Rich Aurilia (1971)
Jason Hammel (1982)
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Jim O’Rourke (1850) Joe Brown (1918)
Joe Astroth (1922)
Cloyd Boyer (1927)
Rico Carty (1939)
Craig Skok (1947)
Garry Maddox (1949) Rob Wilfong (1953) David West (1964)
Joe Brown was the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1956-1976.
Craig Skok was drafted by Minnesota in 1967, but did not sign.
Dad Clarkson (1866)
Duke Farrell (1866)
Red Ehret (1868)
Monte Cross (1869) Eddie Plank (1875) Sarge Connally (1898)
Ray Berres (1907) Ray Dandridge (1913) Danny Litwhiler (1916) Frank Robinson (1935) Boots Day (1947)
Claudell Washington (1954)
Tom Candiotti (1957)
Von Hayes (1958) Mike Hartley (1961) Hideo Nomo (1968) Pat Howell (1968) Ramon Santiago (1979) Tim Raines (1979) Armando Gabino (1983)
John Hicks (1989)
Ray Dandridge is considered by some to be the greatest Negro League third baseman.
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Cal McVey (1849)
Pol Perritt (1891)
Bing Miller (1894) Kiki Cuyler (1896) Johnny Lindell (1916) Ted Williams (1918)
Frank Funk (1935)
Tug McGraw (1944) Roger Erickson (1956) Randy O’Neal (1960)
Marlon Byrd (1977)
Cliff Lee (1978) Luis Rivas (1979) Roberto Hernandez (1980)
Adam Wainwright (1981)
Frank Funk served as a pitching coach for five major league teams (not all at the same time).
Randy O’Neal was drafted by Minnesota in 1979, but did not sign.
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Pep Young (1907)
Joe Schultz (1918)
Billy Cox (1919)
Orval Grove (1919)
Dave Nicholson (1939)
Doug DeCinces (1950) Bill Latham (1960) Jeff Kellogg (1961) Henry Blanco (1971) Steve Lomasney (1977) Aaron Rowand (1977)
Roy Oswalt (1977)
Bill Nicholson is the one nicknamed "Swish", but Dave deserved the nickname more. In the one season in which he played more than a hundred games (126 in 1963), he struck out 175 times. He did hit 22 homers. In 1964 he had 294 at-bats and struck out 126 times while hitting 13 homers. Come to think of it, that sounds like what Adam Brett Walker II's major league career might be if he gets that much of a chance.
Jeff Kellogg has been a major league umpire since 1993.
Joe Yeager (1875)
Dode Paskert (1881)
Aaron Ward (1896)
Charlie Grimm (1898)
Paul Bowa (1918)
Tony Gonzalez (1936)
Tom Satriano (1940)
Lou Piniella (1943)
Mike Torrez (1946)
Ron Guidry (1950)
Joel Youngblood (1951)
Darren Lewis (1967)
Jay Witasick (1972) Tom Shearn (1977) Ryan Madson (1980) Carlos Quentin (1982)
Paul Bowa is the father of Larry Bowa and the grandfather of Nick Johnson. He was a minor league infielder who reached as high as AAA, and later became a minor league manager in the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization.
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Hal Janvrin (1892)
Peanuts Lowrey (1917)
Joe Cunningham (1931)
Jim King (1932)
Ernie Broglio (1935) Joe McCabe (1938) Ed Herrmann (1946)
Buddy Bell (1951)
Mike Maddux (1961)
Brian McRae (1967) Jim Thome (1970) Jose Vidro (1974) A. J. Achter (1988)
Dick Rudolph (1887)
Darrell Johnson (1928)
Choo Choo Coleman (1937)
Dooley Womack (1939) Rollie Fingers (1946) Dave Heaverlo (1950) Stan Perzanowski (1950) Pete Redfern (1954) Oddibe McDowell (1962)
Albert Belle (1966)
Doug Glanville (1970)
Gary Matthews (1974)
Justin Upton (1987)