Major League Ballplayers
From Michigan High Schools
Last Updated: June 25, 2011
Please Note: This listing was compiled by Jim Moyes, Marc Okkonen and Ron Pesch from a variety of sources. It is comprised of players who, we believe, attended high school in Michigan. In general, this is an educated guess based on place of birth, or in some instances, places of death.
For example, Bobby Grich was born in Muskegon, however, the family moved away before his high school years. Hence, he is not included in this listing.
When the actual high school is known, the letters HS follow the school name. Otherwise, the listing is the city of birth. The list of senior years is an approximation and is preceded by the letter "c." When the senior year is known, the "c." is eliminated. College information is partially drawn from the research of Cappy Gagnon.
Thanks to suggestions, I have added a list of Negro League players and a list of individuals who have advanced to the Big Leagues as a manager or coach. These are in the early stages of development.
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| Last Name | First Name |
High School or Place of Birth |
Senior Year | College | Major League Team | Major League Span | Years in the Majors | Date Died |
| Abbott | Dan | Portage, Ohio | c.1880 | - | Tol-A | 1890 | 1 | 2/13/1930 |
| Abbott | Jim | Flint Central HS | c.1985 | Michigan | Cal-A, NY-A | 1989 - 1999 | - | - |
| Alberts | Cy | Grand Rapids | c.1900 | - | StL-N | 1910 | 1 | 8/27/1917 |
| Albosta | Ed | Saginaw Arthur Hill HS | c.1936 | - | Bro-N,Pit-N | 1941 - 1946 | 2 | - |
| Aldred | Scott | Montrose Hill-McCloy HS | c.1986 | - | Det-A, Col-N, Mtr-N, Minn-A, TB-N, Phil-N | 1990 - 2000 | 12 | - |
| Allison | Milo | Elk Rapids | c.1908 | - | Chi-N,Cle-A | 1913 - 1917 | 4 | 6/18/1957 |
| Altenburg | Jess | Ashley | c.1910 | - | Pit-N | 1916 - 1917 | 2 | 3/12/1973 |
| Altobelli | Joe | Detroit Eastern HS | c.1950 | - | Cle-A, Min-A | 1955 - 1961 | 3 | - |
| Anderson | Walter | Grand Rapids | c.1915 | Western Michigan | Phi-A | 1917 - 1919 | 2 | 1/6/1990 |
| Andrus | Fred | Washington, MI | c.1868 | - | Chi-N | 1876 - 1884 | 2 | 11/10/1937 |
| Ashley | Bill | Belleville HS | c.1988 | - | LA-N, Bos-A | 1992 - 1998 | 5 | - |
| Assenmacher | Paul | Southgate Aquinas HS | c.1978 | Aquinas College | Atl-N, Chi-N, NY-A, Chi-A, Cle-A | 1986 - 1999 | 14 | - |
| Avery | Steve | Taylor Kennedy HS | 1988 | - | Atl-N | 1990 - 2003 | 14 | - |
| Aydelott | Jake | N Manchester, IN | c.1879 | - | Ind-A, Phi-A | 1884 - 1886 | 2 | 10/22/1926 |
| Bailey | Harvey | Adrian | c.1894 | - | Bos-N | 1899 - 1900 | 2 | 7/10/1922 |
| Bailey | Howard | Grand Haven HS | c.1975 | Grand Valley State | Det-A | 1981 - 1983 | 3 | - |
| Baker | Ernie | Concord/Three Rivers | c.1893 | - | Cin-N | 1905 | 1 | 10/25/1945 |
| Baldwin | Lady | Ormel, NY | c.1877 | - | Mil-U, Det-N, Bro-N- Buf-P | 1884 - 1890 | 6 | 3/7/1937 |
| Baldwin | O. F. | Carson City | c.1898 | - | St L-N | 1908 | 1 | 2/16/1942 |
| Baldwin | Reggie | River Rouge HS, Detroit Southwestern HS | c.1972 | Grambling | Hou-N | 1978 - 1979 | 2 | - |
| Ball | Neal | Grand Haven or Holland HS? | c.1898 | - | Ny-A, Cle-A, Bos-A | 1907 - 1913 | 7 | 10/15/1957 |
| Barrett | Jimmy | Athol, MA | c.1893 | - | Cin-N,Det-A, Bos-A | 1899 - 1908 | 10 | 10/24/1921 |
| Bartling | Irv | Bay City | c.1932 | Michigan State | Phi-A | 1938 | 1 | 6/12/1973 |
| Bergamo | Augie | Detroit Eastern HS | c.1935 | - | Stl-N | 1944 - 1945 | 2 | 8/19/1974 |
| Berry | Neil | Kalamazoo Central HS | 1938 | Western Michigan ? | Det-A, StL-A, Chi-A, Bal-A | 1948 - 1954 | 7 | - |
| Beville | Monte | Dublis, IN | c.1893 | - | NY-A,. Det-A | 1903 - 1904 | 2 | 1/24/1955 |
| Billings | Dick | Detroit | c.1960 | Michigan State | Was-A, Tex-A, StL-N | 1968 - 1975 | 8 | - |
| Birtsas | Tim | Clarkston HS | 1978 | Michigan State | Oak-A, Cin-N | 1985 - 1990 | 5 | - |
| Blessitt | Ike | Hamtramck HS | c.1967 | - | Det-A | 1972 | 1 | - |
| Bliss | Frank | Ypsilanti ? | c. 1860 | Michigan | Mil-N | 1878 | - | - |
| Blott | Jack | Girard, OH | c.1920 | Michigan | Cin-N | 1924 | 1 | 6/11/1964 |
| Blue | Bert | Bettsville, OH | c.1894 | - | StL-A, Phi-A | 1908 | 1 | 12/14/1928 |
| Bluhm | Red | Cleveland | c.1912 | - | Bos-A | 1918 | 1 | 5/7/1952 |
| Blyzka | Mike | Hamtramck | c.1946 | - | StL-A, Bal-A | 1953 - 1954 | 2 | 10/13/2004 |
| Boland | Bernie | Rochester, NY | c.1910 | - | Det-A, AtL-A | 1915 - 1921 | 7 | 9/12/1973 |
| Bollo | Greg | Allen Park | 1961 | Western Michigan | Chi-A | 1965 - 1966 | 2 | - |
| Borkowski | Dave | Sterling Heights HS | c.1995 | - | Det-A, Balt-A | 1999 - 2004 | 4 | - |
| Boros | Steve | Flint Northern HS | c.1946 | Michigan | Det-A, Cin-N | 1957 - 1965 | 7 | - |
| Bowerman | Frank | Romeo HS | c.1886 | Michigan | Balt, Pit, NY (N) Bos (N) | 1895 - 1909 | 15 | 11/30/1948 |
| Brief | Bunny | Traverse City HS | c.1910 | - | StL-A. Chi-A, Pit-N | 1912 - 1917 | 4 | 2/10/1963 |
| Bruce | Bob | Highland Park HS | c.1951 | Alma | Det-A, Hou-N, Atl-N | 1959 - 1967 | 9 | - |
| Brunet | George | Calumet HS | c. 1953 | - | KC-A, Mil-N, Hou-N, Bal-A, LA-A, Cal-A, Sea-A, Was-A, Pit-N, StL-N | 1956 - 1971 | 15 | - |
| Buelow | Fritz | Berlin, Germ | c.1894 | - | - | 1899 - 1907 | 9 | 12/27/1933 |
| Buhl | Bob | Saginaw HS | c.1946 | - | Mil-N, Chi-N, Phi-N | 1953 - 1967 | 15 | - |
| Burkam | Chauncey "Chris" | Benton Harbor HS | 1911 | - | Stl-A | 1915 | 1 | 5/9/1964 |
| Burton | Jim | Rochester HS | c.1967 | Michigan | Bos-A | 1975 - 1977 | 2 | - |
| Butler | Ike | Langston, MI | c.1891 | - | Bal-A | 1902 | 1 | 3/17/1948 |
| Byrne | Jerry | Parnell, MI | c.1925 | Michigan State | Chi-A | 1929 | 1 | 8/11/1955 |
| Cadaret | Greg | Stanton Central Montcalm HS | 1980 | Grand Valley State | Oak-A, NY-A | 1987 - 1998 | 6 | - |
| Cafego | Tom | Whipple, WV | c.1919 | - | StL-A | 1937 | 1 | 10/29/1961 |
| Campbell | Dave | Lansing Sexton HS | c.1960 | Michigan | SD-N, Hou-N, Det-A, StL-N | 1967 - 1974 | 8 | - |
| Carbo | Bernie | Livonia HS | 1965 | - | Cin-N, StL-N, Bos-A, Mil-A, Pit-N | 1969 - 1980 | 12 | - |
| Casey | Doc | Lawrence, MA | c.1888 | Maryland | Wash-N, Bkn-N, Det-A, Chi-N | 1898 - 1907 | 10 | 12/31/1936 |
| Cassini | Jack | Dearborn | c.1937 | - | Pitt-N | 1949 | 1 | - |
| Chiti | Harry | Detroit Northwestern HS | c.1950 | - | Chi-N,KC-A, Det-A, NY-N | 1950 - 1962 | 10 | - |
| Cicotte | Al | Melvindale HS | c.1947 | - | Ny-A, Was-A, Det-A, Cle-A, St L-N, Hou-N | 1957 - 1962 | 5 | 11/29/1982 |
| Cicotte | Eddie | Detroit | c.1902 | - | Det-A, Bos-A, Chi-A | 1905 - 1920 | 14 | 5/5/1969 |
| Claire | David | Ludington HS | c. 1914 | - | Det-A | 1920 | 1 | 1/7/1956 |
| Clarke | Nig "Jay" | Amherstburg, Ont | c.1900 | - | Cle-A, Det-A, StL-A, Phi-N, Pit-N | 1905 - 1920 | 8 | 6/15/1949 |
| Clark | Ricky | Detroit Redford Union HS | c.1964 | - | Cal-A | 1967 - 1972 | 5 | - |
| Clary | Marty | Clawson HS | 1980 | Northwestern | Atl-N | 1987 - 1990 | 3 | - |
| Claset | Gowell | Battle Creek | c.1925 | - | Phi-A | 1933 | 1 | 3/8/1981 |
| Clutterbuck | Bryan | Milford HS | c.1977 | - | Mil-A | 1986 - 1989 | 2 | - |
| Cole | King "Leonard" | Detroit Western? | c.1904 | - | Chi-N, Pit-N, NY-A | 1909 - 1915 | 6 | 1/6/1919 |
| Coleman | John | Saratoga Springs, NY | c.1881 | Syracuse ? | Phil-N, Phil-AA, Pit-N | 1883 - 1890 | 8 | 5/31/1922 |
| Collmenter | Josh | Homer HS | 2004 | Central Michigan | Ariz-N | 2011 | Active | - |
| Colpaert | Dick | Utica HS | c.1962 | - | Pit-N | 1970 | 1 | - |
| Command | Jim | Grand Rapids Creston HS | c.1946 | Ferris State | Phi-N | 1954 - 1955 | 2 | - |
| Crabtree | Tim | Grass Lake HS | c. 1990 | - | Tor-A, Tex-A | 1995 - 2001 | 7 | - |
| Crawford | Glen | North Branch | c.1931 | - | StL-N,Phi-N | 1945 - 1946 | 2 | 1/2/1972 |
| Cristante | Leo | Wyandotte HS | c.1944 | - | Phi-N, Det-A | 1951 - 1955 | 2 | 8/24/1977 |
| Crouch | Bill | Marshallton, Del | c.1904 | Eastern Michigan | StL-A | 1910 | 1 | 12/22/1945 |
| Cruz | Todd | Detroit Western HS | c.1973 | - | Phi-N, KC-A, Cal-A, Sea-A, Bal-A, | 1978 - 1984 | 6 | - |
| Cullenbine | Roy | Detroit Eastern HS | 1932 | - | Det-A, Bro-N, StL-A, Was-A, NY-A, Cle-A, Det-A | 1938 - 1947 | 10 | - |
| Currie | Clarence | Hart-Shelby? | c.1895 | - | Cin-A, StL-N, Chi-N | 1902 - 1903 | 2 | 7/15/1941 |
| Curtis | Fred | Beaver Lake, MI | c.1898 | - | NY-A | 1905 | 1 | 4/5/1939 |
| Curtiss | Jim | Coldwater | c.1879 | - | Cin-N, Was-A | 1888 | 1 | 2/14/1945 |
| Cuyler | Hazen S. "Kiki" | Alcona | 1916 | - | Pit-N, Chi-N, Cin-N, Bro-N | 1921 - 1938 | 18 | 2/11/1950 |
| Daubert | Harry | Columbus, OH | c.1910 | - | Pit-N | 1915 | 1 | 1/8/1944 |
| Davey | Tom | Plymouth Salem HS | 1991 | - | Tor-A, Sea-N, SD-N | 1999 - 2002 | 4 | - |
| DeBusschere | Dave | Detroit Austin HS | 1958 | Detroit | Chi-A | 1962 - 1963 | 2 | - |
| Delock | Ike | Highland Park | c.1947 | Wayne State | Bos-A, Bal-A | 1952 - 1963 | 11 | - |
| DeVogt | Rex | Clare | c.1906 | - | Bos-N | 1913 | 1 | 11/9/1935 |
| DeVormer | Al | Grand Rapids | c.1909 | - | Chi-A, NY-A, Bos-A. NY-N | 1918 - 1927 | 5 | 8/9/1966 |
| Dewey | Mark | Jenison HS | c.1983 | - | SF-N, NYM-N, Pitt-N | 1990 - 1996 | - | - |
| Dobb | John "Lefty" | Muskegon HS | c.1919 | - | Chi-A | 1924 | 1 | - |
| Dobbeck | Dan | Ontonagon HS | c.1952 | - | Was-A, Min-A | 1959 - 1961 | 3 | - |
| Donnelly | Ed | Allen, MI | c.1952 | - | Chi-N | 1959 | 1 | - |
| Drake | Lyman | - | c.1880 | - | Was-A | 1884 | 1 | 2/6/1932 |
| Eaddy | Don | Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills HS | c.1952 | Michigan | Chi-N | 1959 | 1 | - |
| Earley | Arnold | Lincoln Park HS | 1951 | - | Bos-A, Chi-N, Hou-N | 1960 - 1967 | 8 | 9/29/1999 |
| Egan | Wish | Wyandotte HS | c. 1899 | - | Det-A, St L-N | 1902 - 1906 | 3 | 4/13/1951 |
| Elliott | Hal | Mt Clemens | c.1917 | Michigan | Phi-N | 1929 - 1932 | 4 | 4/25/1963 |
| Ellis | Rob | Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills HS | c.1968 | Michigan State | Mil-A | 1971 - 1975 | 3 | - |
| Emery | Spoke | Bay City | c.1916 | - | Phi-N | 1924 | 1 | 6/2/1975 |
| Essian | Jim | Detroit St Martin HS | c.1969 | Arizona State | Phi-N, Chi-A, Oak-A, Sea-A, Cle-A | 1973 - 1984 | 12 | - |
| Fabrique | Bunny | Clinton | c.1905 | - | Bro-N | 1916 - 1917 | 2 | 1/10/1960 |
| Fahey | Bill | Detroit Redford Union HS | c.1968 | Tampa and University of Detroit | Was-A. Tex-A, SD-N, Det-A | 1971 - 1983 | 11 | - |
| Fahrer | Pete | Holgate, Ohio | c.1908 | - | Cin-N | 1914 | 1 | 6/10/1967 |
| Fanzone | Carmen | Detroit Cass Tech HS | 1961 | Ferris State and Central Michigan | Bos-A, Chi-N | 1970 - 1974 | 5 | - |
| Faul | Bill | Cincinnati, OH | c.1958 | Cincinnati | Det-A, Chi-N, SF-N | 1962 - 1970 | 6 | - |
| Feller | Jack | Onsted HS | 1955 | - | Det-A | 1958 | 1 | - |
| Fenner | Hod | Martin MI or Kalamazoo | c.1915 | Kalamazoo College | Chi-A | 1921 | 1 | 11/20/1954 |
| Ferguson | Charlie | Okemos or East Lansing | c.1893 | Virginia ? | Chi-N | 1901 | 1 | 5/17/1931 |
| Fields | Bruce | Lansing Everett HS | 1978 | - | Det-A, Sea-A | 1986 - 1989 | 3 | - |
| Fisher | Ed | Wayne | c.1894 | - | Det-A | 1902 | 1 | 7/24/1951 |
| Fisher | Fritz | Adrian | c.1959 | Michigan | Det-A | 1964 | 1 | - |
| Flagstead | Ira | Montague HS | c.1911 | - | Det-A, Bos-A, Was-A, Pit-N | 1917 - 1930 | 13 | 3/13/1940 |
| Fluhrer | John | Adrian | c.1912 | Pennsylvania | Chi-N | 1915 | 1 | 7/17/1946 |
| Foster | Larry | Lansing | c.1955 | Michigan State | Det-A | 1963 | 1 | - |
| Fournier | Jack | AuSable, MI | c.1910 | - | Chi-A, NY-A, StL-N, Bro-N, Bos-N | 1912 - 1927 | 15 | 9/5/1973 |
| Fox | Pete | Evansville, IN | c.1927 | - | Det-A, Bos-A | 1933 - 1945 | 13 | 7/5/1966 |
| Freehan | Bill | Royal Oak HS | - | University of Michigan | Det-A | 1961 - 1976 | 15 | - |
| Freeman | Harvey | Mottville, MI (Otsego?) | c.1915 | Western Michigan | Phi-A | 1921 | 1 | 1/10/1970 |
| Freiburger | Vern | Detroit | c.1941 | - | Cle-A | 1941 | 1 | - |
| Frey | Benny | Dexter (Jackson HS?) | c.1924 | - | Cin-N-St -N | 1929 - 1936 | 8 | 11/1/1937 |
| Frisk | Emil | Kalkaska | c.1892 | - | Cin-N, Det-A | 1899 - 1901 | 2 | 1/27/1922 |
| Fuller | Frank | Detroit | c.1911 | - | Det-A, Bos-A | 1915 - 1923 | 3 | 10/29/1965 |
| Gagnier | Ed | Paris, France | c.1901 | - | Bro-F-Buf-F | 1914 - 1915 | 2 | 9/13/1946 |
| Gallagher | Shorty | Detroit | c.1890 | - | Cle-A | 1901 | 1 | 6/23/1924 |
| Ganzel | John | Kalamazoo | c.1892 | - | Pit-N, Chi-N, Ny-N, NY-A, Cin-N | 1898 - 1908 | 7 | 1/14/1959 |
| Gardner | Harry | Quincy, MI | c.1905 | - | Pit-N | 1911 - 1912 | 2 | 8/2/1961 |
| Gardner | Lee | Hartland HS | c.1993 | Central Michigan | TB-N | 2002 - 2005 | 2 | - |
| Gates | Brent | Grandville HS | c.1988 | University of Minnesota | Oak-A, Sea-A, Min-A | 1993 - 1999 | 7 | - |
| Gehringer | Charlie | Fowlerville HS | c.1921 | Michigan | Det-A | 1924 - 1942 | 19 | - |
| Gibson | Kirk | Waterford Kettering HS | c.1975 | Michigan State | Det-A, LA-N, KC-A | 1979 - 1995 | 17 | - |
| Gilbert | Wally | Oscoda | c.1918 | Valparaiso | Bro-N, Cin-N | 1928 - 1932 | 5 | 9/7/1958 |
| Ginsberg | Joe | Detroit Cooley HS | c.1944 | - | Det-A, Cle-A, KC-A, Bal-A, Chi-A, Bos-A, NY-N | 1948 - 1962 | 13 | - |
| Gladding | Fred | Flat Rock HS | c.1954 | - | Det-A, Hou-N | 1961 - 1973 | 13 | - |
| Goetz | John | Goetzville, MI (Sault Ste Marie?) | c.1955 | Western Michigan | Chi-N | 1960 | 1 | - |
| Goldsmith | Fred | New Haven, Conn | c.1870 | - | Tro-N, Chi-N, Bal-a | 1879 - 1884 | 6 | 3/28/1939 |
| Gosger | Jim | Port Huron HS | c.1960 | - | Bos-A, KC-A, Oak-A, Sea-A, NY-N, Mon-N | 1963 - 1974 | 10 | - |
| Goulait | Ted | St Clair | c.1907 | - | NY-N | 1912 | 1 | 7/15/1936 |
| Grace | Mike | Waterford Mott HS | 1974 | - | Cin-N | 1978 | 1 | - |
| Graham | Bill | Owosso | c.1902 | Florida | ST L-A | 1966 - 1967 | 2 | 2/15/1938 |
| Gray | Dolly | Ishpeming | c.1895 | - | Was-A | 1909 - 1911 | 3 | 4/4/1956 |
| Gray | Ted | Highland Park HS | 1941 | - | Det-A, Cle-A, NY-A, Bal-A | 1946 - 1955 | 9 | - |
| Green | Lenny | Detroit Pershing HS | c.1951 | - | Bal-A, Was-A, Min-A, La-A, Det-A | 1957 - 1968 | 12 | - |
| Greene | Al "Altar" | Detroit Cooley HS | 1972 | Northwood Institute | Det-A | 1979 | 1 | - |
| Gromek | Steve | Hamtramck HS | c.1938 | - | Cle-A. Det-A | 1941 - 1957 | 17 | - |
| Gross | Don | Weidman HS | 1949 | Michigan State | Cin-N, Pit-N | 1955 - 1960 | 6 | - |
| Grover | Charles | Gallopis, Ohio | c 1895 | - | Det-A | 1913 | 1 | 5/24/1971 |
| Guiney | Ben | Detroit HS | 1874 | - | Det-N | 1883 - 1884 | 2 | 12/5/1930 |
| Gulliver | Glenn | Allen Park HS | c.1972 | Eastern Michigan | Bal-A | 1982 - 1983 | 2 | - |
| Gumpert | Dave | South Haven HS | 1975 | Aquinas College | Det-A, Chi-N, KC-A | 1982 - 1987 | 5 | - |
| Gust | Ernie | Bay City | c.1906 | - | StL-A | 1911 | 1 | 10/26/1945 |
| Hackett | Jim | Jacksonville, IL | c.1895 | - | SttL-N | 1902 - 1903 | 2 | 3/28/1961 |
| Hale | Dad "Ray" | Allegan or Dowagiac | c.1897 | - | Bos-A, Bal-A | 1902 | 1 | 2/1/1946 |
| Hamilton | Jeff | Flint Carman HS | c.1982 | - | LA-N | 1986 - 1991 | 6 | - |
| Hamlin | Ken | Detroit | c.1953 | Western Michigan | Pit-N, KC-A, LA-A, Was-A | 1957 - 1966 | 7 | - |
| Hamlin | Luke | Ferris Center, MI | c.1922 | - | Det-A, Bro-N, Pit-N, Phi-A | 1933 - 1944 | 9 | 2/18/1978 |
| Harris | Mickey | New York NY | c.1935 | - | Bos-A, Was-A, Cle-A | 1940 - 1952 | 9 | 4/15/1971 |
| Hart | Mike | Kalamazoo | c.1969 | Alma | Tex-A | 1980 | 1 | - |
| Havens | Brad | Royal Oak Kimball HS | c.1977 | - | Min-A, Bal-A, LA-N, Cle-A, Det-A | 1981 - 1989 | 8 | - |
| Hemingway | Ed | Grand Rapids (Sheridan or Ionia?) | c 1911 | - | St L-A, NY-N, Phi-N | 1914 - 1918 | 3 | 7/5/1969 |
| Hemphill | Chas. | Greenville | c 1894 | - | Bost-A, Cle-A, StL-A, NT-A | 1899 - 1911 | 11 | 6/22/1953 |
| Hemphill | Frank | Greenville | c.1896 | - | Chi-A, Wash-A | 1906 - 1909 | 2 | 11/16/1950 |
| Hendricks | Ed | Zeeland or Benton Harbor | c.1904 | 1910 | NY-N | 1910 | 1 | 11/28/1930 |
| Henson | Drew | Brighton HS | c. 1998 | Michigan | NY-A | 2002 - 2003 | 2 | - |
| Hentgen | Pat | Fraser HS | c. 1986 | - | Tor-A, StL | 1991 - 2004 | 14 | - |
| Herbert | Ray | Detroit Catholic HS | 1947 | - | Det-A, KC-A, Chi-A, Phi-N | 1950 - 1966 | 14 | - |
| Hinchliffe | Brett | Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher HS | c. 1986 | - | Sea-A, Ana-A, NYM-N | 1999 - 2001 | 3 | - |
| Hoeft | Billy | Detroit Southeastern HS | c.1935 | - | Det-A, Balt-A, SF-N, Mil-N, Chi-N | 1952 - 1966 | 15 | - |
| Hoffman | Ray | Detroit | c.1935 | Michigan State ? | Was-A | 1942 | 1 | - |
| Hogg | Bert | Detroit | c.1931 | - | Bro-N | 1934 | 1 | 11/5/1973 |
| Holdsworth | Fred | Detroit | c.1970 | Michigan | Det-A, Bal-A, Mon-N, Mil-A | 1972 - 1980 | 7 | - |
| Hopper | Bill | Jackson, Tenn | c.1908 | Union University (Tn) ? | StL-N, Was-A | 1913 - 1915 | 3 | 1/14/1965 |
| Horton | Willie | Detroit Northwestern HS | 1961 | - | Det-A, Tex-A, Cle-A, Oak-A, Tor-A, Sea-A | 1963 - 1980 | 18 | - |
| Houtteman | Art | Detroit Catholic HS | c.1945 | - | Det-A, Cle-A, Bal-A | 1945 - 1957 | 12 | Debut at 17 yrs of age |
| Howe | Steve | Clarkston HS | c.1976 | Michigan | LA-N, Min-A, Tex-A, NYY-A | 1980 - 1996 | 12 | - |
| Howell | Ken | Detroit Redford HS | c.1978 | Tuskegee Institute | LA-N, Phi-N | 1984 - 1990 | 7 | - |
| Howitt | Dann | Hastings HS | 1982 | Michigan State, California State Fullerton | Oak-A, Sea-A | 1989 - 1994 | 4 | - |
| Hudson | Hal | Grosse Pointe | c.1945 | - | StL-A, Chi-A | 1952 - 1953 | 2 | - |
| Hughey | Jim | Coldwater (Wakashma, MI) | c.1887 | - | Mil-a, Chi-N, Pit-N, St L N, Cle, N | 1891 - 1900 | 7 | 3/29/1945 |
| Ignasiak | Gary | Orchard Lake St. Mary HS | c.1967 | - | Det-A | 1973 | 1 | - |
| Ignasiak | Mike | Orchard Lake St Mary HS | c.1985 | Michigan | Mil-A | 1991 - 1995 | 4 | - |
| Irwin | Walt | Henrietta, PA | c.1915 | - | StL-N | 1921 | 1 | 8/18/1976 |
| Jackson | Ron | Kalamazoo Central HS | 1951 | Western Michigan | Chi-A, Bos-A | 1975 - 1984 | 7 | - |
| James | Art | Detroit Finney HS | c.1970 | - | Det-A | 1975 | 1 | - |
| James | Bill | Detroit | c.1901 | St. Mary's | Cle-A, StL-A, Det-A, Bos-A, Chi-A | 1913 - 1919 | 8 | 5/24/1942 |
| Jaster | Larry | Midland HS | 1962 | Northwood Institute | StL-N, Mon-N, Atl-N | 1965 - 1972 | 7 | - |
| Jeter | Derick | Kalamazoo Central HS | c. 1994 | - | NY-A | 1995 - 2006 | 12 | - |
| Johnson | Alex | Detroit Northwestern HS | 1961 | - | Phi-N, StL-N, Cin-N;Cal-A,Cle-A;Tex-A;NY-A;Det-A | 1964 - 1976 | 13 | - |
| Johnson | Jim | Muskegon HS | 1963 | Western Michigan | SF-N | 1970 | 1 | - |
| Johnston | Dick | Kingston, NY | c.1881 | - | Ric-AA, Bos-N, Cin-AA | 1884 - 1891 | 8 | 4/4/1934-Detroit |
| Jones | Elijah "Bumpis" | Oxford HS | c.1888 | - | Det-A | 1892 - 1893 | 2 | 4/29/1943 |
| Jones | Henry M "Baldy" | Cadillac | c.1880? | - | Det-N, Pit-N | 1884 | 1 | ? |
| Jones | Jeff | Southgate HS | c.1974 | Bowling Green | Oak-A | 1980 - 1984 | 5 | - |
| Joyce | Mike | Detroit | c.1959 | Michigan | Chi-A | 1962 - 1963 | 2 | - |
| Judd | Ralph | Perrysburg, OH | c.1919 | - | LA-N, TB-N, Tex-A | 1997 - 2001 | 5 | 5/6/1957 |
| Kaat | Jim | Zeeland HS | 1957 | Hope College | Was-A, Min-A, Chi-A, Phi-N, NY-A, StL-N | 1959 - 1983 | 25 | - |
| Kaiser | Jeff | Southgate Aquinas HS | 1978 | Western Michigan | Oak-A, Cle-A, Det-A,Cin-N, NYM-N | 1985 - 1993 | 7 | - |
| Kamieniecki | Scott | Detroit Redford St Mary HS | c. 1982 | University of Michigan | NY-A, Balt-A, Clev-A, Atl-N | 1991 - 2000 | 10 | - |
| Katoll | John | Detroit HS | c. 1890 | - | Chi-N, Chi-A, Bal-A | 1898 - 1902 | 4 | - |
| Katz | Bob | Lancaster, PA | c.1929 | - | Cin-N | 1944 | 1 | 12/14/1963 |
| Kazansky | Ted | Hamtramck St Ladislaus HS | 1952 | - | Phi-N | 1953 - 1958 | 6 | - |
| Killian | Ed | Racine, Wis | c.1894 | - | Cle-A, Det-A | 1903 - 1910 | 8 | 7/18/1928 |
| Kellum | Win | Waterford, Ont | c.1894 | - | Bos-A, Cin-N, StL-N | 1901 - 1905 | 3 | 8/10/1951 |
| Kelly | Billy | Baltimore | c.1904 | - | StL-N, PitN | 1910 - 1913 | 4 | 6/3/1940 |
| Kern | Jim | Midland HS | 1967 | Michigan State | Cle-A, Tex-A, Cin-N, Chi-A, Phi-N, Mil-A, Cle-A | 1974 - 1986 | 13 | - |
| Killifer | Bill | Paw Paw HS | c.1905 | - | St L-A, Phi-N, Chi-N | 1909 - 1921 | 13 | 7/3/1960 |
| Killifer | Wade "Red" | Paw Paw HS | c.1902 | - | Det-A, Was-A,Cin-N, NY-N | 1907 - 1916 | 7 | 9/4/1958 |
| Kinney | Dennis | Temperance Bedford | 1970 | - | Cle-A, SD-N, Det-A, Oak-A | 1978 - 1982 | 5 | - |
| Kippert | Ed | Detroit | c.1898 | - | Cin-N | 1914 | 1 | 6/3/1960 |
| Kirby | LaRue | born Eureka,MI | c.1907 | - | NY-N, St L-F | 1912 - 1915 | 3 | 6/10/1961 |
| Kirkland | Willie | Detroit Northeastern HS | c. 1951 | - | SF-N, Cle-A, Bal-A, Wash-A | 1958 - 1966 | 9 | - |
| Kirkwood | Don | Berkley HS | c. 1967 | Oakland University | Cal-A, Chi-A, Tor-A | 1974 - 1978 | 5 | - |
| Kissinger | Rube | Adrian | c.1894 | - | Det-A | 1902 - 1903 | 2 | 7/14/1941 |
| Kitson | Frank |
born Hopkins, (Allegan HS?) |
c.1890 | - | Bal-N, Bkn-N, Det-A, Wash-A, NY-A | 1898 - 1907 | 10 | 4/14/1930 - Allegan |
| Knapp | Chris | Stevensville-Lakeshore HS | c.1971 | - | Chi-A, Cal-A | 1975 - 1980 | 6 | - |
| Knode | Ray | Westminster, MD | c.1919 | Michigan | Cle-A | 1923 - 1926 | 4 | 4/13/1982 |
| Konieczny | Doug | Hamtramck St Ladislaus HS | c.1969 | Wayne State & St. Clair Community College | Hou-N | 1973 - 1977 | 4 | - |
| Koob | Ernie | St Joseph HS | c.1911 | Western Michigan | St L-A | 1915 - 1919 | 4 | 11/12/1941 |
| Koppe | Joe | Detroit Chadsey HS | 1949 | - | Mil-N, Phi-N, LA-A, Cal-A | 1958 - 1965 | 8 | - |
| Koshorek | Clem | Royal Oak | c.1944 | - | Pit-N | 1952 - 1953 | 2 | 9/8/1991 |
| Kosman | Mike | Hamtramck | c.1935 | Indiana | Cin-N | 1944 | 1 | - |
| Krause | Charley | Detroit | c.1891 | - | Cin-N | 1901 | 1 | 3/30/1948 |
| Kreuger | Rick | Wyoming Lee HS | c.1966 | Michigan State | Bos-A, Cle-A | 1975 - 1978 | 4 | - |
| Kuhn | Bob | Vicksburg | c.1917 | Michigan State | Cle-A | 1924 | 1 | 11/20/1956 |
| Kuzava | Bob | Wyandotte | c.1940 | - | Cle-A, Chi-A, Was, NY-A,Bal-A, Pit-N, St L-N | 1946 - 1957 | 10 | - |
| Laabs | Chet | Milwaukee | c.1930 | - | Det-A, StL-A, Phi-A | 1937 - 1947 | 11 | 1/26/1983 - Warren |
| Lafata | Joe | Detroit Eastern HS | c.1939 | - | NY-N | 1947 - 1949 | 3 | - |
| Lake | Eddie | Antioch, CA | c.1934 | - | StL-N, Bos-A, Det-A | 1939 - 1950 | 11 | - |
| Lamline | Fred | Port Huron (PH St Joseph?) | c.1905 | - | Chi-A, StL-N | 1912 - 1915 | 2 | 9/20/1970 |
| Lane | Dick | Highland Park | c.1945 | Detroit | Chi-A | 1949 | 1 | - |
| Lane | Marvin | Detroit Pershing HS | 1967 | Detroit | Det-A | 1971 - 1976 | 5 | - |
| Lange | Dick | Midland Bullock Creek HS | c.1966 | Central Michigan | Cal-A | 1972 - 1975 | 4 | - |
| Lathers | Chick | Detroit Central HS | c.1906 | Michigan | Det-A | 1910 - 1911 | 2 | 7/26/1971 |
| Lau | Charlie | Romulus HS | 1951 | - | Det-A, Mil-N, Bal-A, KC-A, Atl-N | 1956 - 1967 | 11 | 3/18/1984 |
| Lavan | Johnny "Doc" | b Grand Rapids or Holland HS | c.1908 | - | St L-A, Phi-A,Was-A, St L-N, | 1913 - 1924 | 12 | 5/29/1952 |
| Leach | Rick | Flint Southwestern HS | 1975 | Michigan | Det-A, Tor-A, Tex-A,SF-N | 1981 - 1990 | 10 | - |
| LeFlore | Ron | Detroit Eastern HS | c.1967 | - | Det-A, Mon-N, Chi-A | 1974 - 1982 | 9 | - |
| Lehr | Clarence | Escanaba | c.1904 | Michigan | Phi-N | 1911 | 1 | 1/31/1948 |
| Leibold | Nemo | Butler, IN | c.1910 | - | Cle-A, Chi-A, Bos-A, Wash-A | 1913 - 1925 | 13 | 2/4/1977 - Detroit |
| LeMahieu | DJ | Birmingham Brother Rice HS | 2007 | Louisiana State | Chi-N | 2011 | Active | - |
| Lerchen | Dutch | Detroit Central HS | c.1907 | - | Bos-A | 1910 | 1 | 1/7/1962 |
| Lerchen | George | Detroit Western HS | 1940 | - | Det-A, Cin-N | 1952 - 1953 | 2 | - |
| Lipon | Johnny | Detroit Chadsey HS | 1940 | - | Detroit Tigers | 1942 - 1954 | 9 | - |
| Littlefield | Dick | Detroit | c.1944 | - | Bos-A, Chi-A, Det-A, StL-A, Bal-A, Pit-N, StL-N, NY-N, Chi-N, Mil-N | 1950 - 1958 | 9 | - |
| Lynch | Jerry | Bay City | c.1948 | - | Pit-N, Cin-N, Pit-N | 1954 - 1966 | 13 | - |
| Loepp | George | Detroit | c.1919 | - | Bos-A, Was-A | 1928 - 1930 | 2 | 9/4/1967 |
| Look | Bruce | Lansing Everett HS | 1961 | Michigan State | Min-A | 1968 | 1 | - |
| Look | Dean | Lansing Everett HS | 1955 | Michigan State | Chi-A | 1961 | 1 | - |
| Lopata | Stan "Babe" | Detroit Southwestern HS | c. 1943 | - | Phi-N, Mil-N | 1948 - 1960 | 13 | - |
| Lowe | Bobby | Pittsburgh | c.1886 | - | Bos-N | 1890 - 1907 | 18 | 12/8/1951 - Detroit |
| Lowe | Derek | Dearborn Edsel Ford HS | 1991 | - | Seattle-A, Bost-A; LA-N | 1997 - 2005 | 9 | - |
| Lucas | Ray | Springfield, OH | c.1926 | - | NY-N, Bro-N | 1929 - 1934 | 5 | 10/9/1969 |
| Lund | Don | Detroit Southeastern HS | 1941 | Michigan | Bro-N, St L-A, Det-A | 1945 - 1954 | 7 | - |
| Lund | Gordy | Detroit Southeastern HS | c.1959 | - | Cle-A, Sea-A | 1967 - 1969 | 2 | - |
| Lundbom | Jack | Manistee HS | c.1895 | - | Cle-A | 1902 | 1 | 10/31/1949 |
| Luplow | Al | Saginaw St Andrew HS | c.1957 | Michigan State | Cle-A, NY-N, Pit-N | 1961 - 1967 | 7 | - |
| Lush | Ernie | Bridgeport, CN | c.1902 | Niagara ? | StL-N | 1910 | 1 | 2/36/37 |
| Maas | Duane "Duke" | Utica HS | c. 1947 | Det-A, KC-A, NY-A | 1955 - 1961 | 7 | 12/7/1976 | |
| Machemer | Dave | Benton Harbor HS | 1969 | Central Michigan | Cal-A, Det-A | 1978 - 1979 | 2 | - |
| Magner | Stubby | Kalamazoo | c.1906 | - | NY-A | 1911 | 1 | 9/6/1956 |
| Main | Alex | Montrose | c. 1902 | - | Det-A, KC-F, Phi-N | 1914 - 1918 | 3 | 12/29/1995 |
| Manion | Clyde | Jefferson City, MO | c.1914 | - | Det-A, SL-A, Cin-N | 1920 - 1934 | 13 | 9/4/1967 |
| Manning | Jim | Ewen Trout Creek HS | c.1961 | Northern Michigan | Min-A | 1962 | 1 | - |
| Mantei | Matt | Three Oaks River Valley HS | 1991 | - | Fla-N, Ariz-N; Bos-A | 1995 - 2005 | 10 | - |
| Markland | Gene | Detroit | c.1937 | - | Phi-A | 1950 | 1 | - |
| Marentette | Leo | Wayne Memorial | c . 1960 | - | Det-A, Mon-N | 1965; 1969 | 2 | - |
| Marshall | Mike | Adrian HS | 1961 | Michigan State | Det-A, Sea-A, Hou-N, Mon-N, LA-N, Atl-N, Tex-A, Min-A, NY-N | 1967 - 1981 | 14 | - |
| Martin | John | Wyandotte | c.1974 | Eastern Michigan | StL-N, Det-A | 1980 - 1983 | 4 | - |
| Mason | Roger | Bellaire HS | c.1976 | Saginaw Valley State | Det-A, SF-N, Hou-N, Pit-N, Phil-N, NYM-N | 1984 - 1994 | 9 | - |
| Matuzak | Harry | Omer, MI | c.1928 | - | Phi-A | 1934 - 1936 | 2 | 11/16/1978 |
| Maxwell | Charlie | Lawton HS | 1945 | - | Bos-A, Det-A, Chi-A | 1950 - 1964 | 14 | - |
| Mayberry | John | Detroit Northwestern HS | 1967 | Michigan | Hou-N, KC-A, Tor-A, NY-A | 1968 - 1982 | 15 | - |
| McAllister | Sport | Austin, Miss | c.1892 | - | Cle-N | 1896 - 1903 | 4 | 7/17/1962 |
| McCarthy | Archibald | Ypsilanti | c.1897 | - | Det-A | 1902 | 1 | ? |
| McCatty | Steve | Troy HS | 1972 | - | Oak-A | 1977 - 1985 | 9 | - |
| McCoskey | Barney | Detroit Southwestern HS | 1937 | - | Det-A, Phi-A, Cle-A | - | 09/??/96 | |
| McCoy | Benny | Grandville HS | c.1933 | - | Det-A, Phi-A | 1938 - 1941 | 4 | - |
| McDonnell | Jim | Gagetown | c.1940 | - | Cle-A | 1943 - 1945 | 3 | - |
| McGuire | Deacon | Youngstown, OH | c.1881 | - | Det-N, Phil-N, Wash-N, Brk-N, Det-A, NYY-A, Bos-A, Cle-A, | 1884 - 1912 | 26 | 10/31/1936 - Albion |
| McHale | John | Detroit Catholic HS | c.1939 | - | Det-A | 1943 - 1948 | 5 | - |
| McIntyre | Frank | Detroit or Walled Lake | c.1880 | - | Det-N, Col-A | 1883 | - | 7/8/1887 |
| McKee | Red | Shawnee, OH | c.1908 | - | Det-A | 1913 - 1916 | 4 | 8/5/1972 |
| McLouth | Nate | Whitehall HS | 2000 | - | Pitt-N, Atl-N, Balt-A; Was-N | 2005 - 2014 | 10 | |
| Messenger | Bud | Grand Blanc | c.1916 | - | Cle-A | 1924 | 1 | 11/4/1971 |
| Michaels | Cass | Hamtramck HS | c.1944 | - | Chi-A, Was-A, StL-A, Phi-A | 1943 - 1954 | 12 | 11/12/1982 |
| Middlebrook | Jason | Grass Lake HS | 1993 | Stanford | SanD-N, NYM-N | 2001 - 2003 | 3 | - |
| Mierkowicz | Ed | Wyandotte Roosevelt HS | c.1942 | - | Det-A, StL-A | 1945 - 1950 | 4 | - |
| Mieske | Matt | Bay City Western HS | 1990's | Western Michigan | Mil-A, ChiC-N,Sea-A; Hou-N, Az-N | 1993 - 2000 | 8 | - |
| Miller | Bert | Woodland Centre | c.1893 | - | Lou-N | 1897 | 1 | ? |
| Miller | Bob | Detroit St Mary HS | 1944 | Universityu of Detroit | Phi-N | 1949 - 1958 | 10 | |
| Miller | Ed | Tecumseh | c.1880? | Lebanon Valley | Tol-a | 1884 | 1 | ? |
| Miller | Elmer | Detroit | c.1921 | - | Phi-N | 1929 | 1 | 1/8/1987 |
| Miller | Frank | Allegan | c.1904 | - | Chi-A, Pit-N, Bos-N | 1913 - 1923 | 7 | 2/19/1974 |
| Miller | Keith | Bay City All Saints HS | c.1981 | Oral Roberts | NYM-N, Kansas City-A | 1987 - 1995 | 9 | - |
| Miller | Rick | Grand Rapids Union HS | 1966 | Michigan State | Bos-A, Cal-A | 1971 - 1985 | 15 | - |
| Miller | Rudel | Kalamazoo Central HS | 1919 | - | Phi-A | 1929 | 1 | - |
| Mitchell | Johnny | Detroit | c.1912 | - | NY-A, Bos-A, Bro-N | 1921 - 1925 | 5 | 11/4/1965 |
| Moran | Al | Detroit Catholic Central HS | c.1956 | Michigan State | NY-N | 1963 - 1964 | 2 | - |
| Morrison | Guy | Hinto, WV | c.1913 | - | Bos-N | 1927 - 1928 | 2 | 8/14/1934 |
| Morrissey | John "Jack" | Lansing | c.1894 | - | Cin-N | 1902 - 1903 | 2 | 10/30/1936 |
| Mueller | Bill | Bay City | c.1938 | - | Chi-A | 1942 - 1945 | 2 | - |
| Mulleavy | Greg | Detroit | c.1923 | - | Chi-A, Bos-A | 1930 - 1933 | 3 | 2/1/1980 |
| Naharodny | Bill | Hamtramck HS | 1971 | - | Phi-N, Chi-A, Atl-N, Cle-A, Det-A, Sea-A | 1976 - 1984 | 9 | - |
| Newhouser | Hal | Detroit Wilbur Wright HS | c.1939 | - | Det-A, Cle-A | 1939 - 1955 | 17 | - |
| Newman | Ray | Muskegon HS | c. 1963 | - | Chi-N, Mil-A | 1971 - 1973 | 3 | - |
| Niles | Harry | Buchanan | c.1898 | - | StL-A, NY-A, Nos-A, Cle-A | 1906 - 1910 | 5 | 4/18/1953 |
| Northrup | Jim | St Louis HS | 1957 | Alma | Det-A,Mon-N, Bal-A | 1964 - 1975 | 12 | - |
| Nutter | Dizzy | Roseville, OH | c.1911 | - | Bos-N | 1919 | 1 | 7/25/1958 |
| Nyman | Niles | Detroit | c.1972 | - | Chi-A | 1974 - 1977 | 4 | - |
| Oberlin | Frank | Elsie | c.1894 | - | Bos-A, Was-A | 1906 - 1910 | 4 | 1/6/1952 |
| Oertel | Chuck | Pontiac (b in Kansas) | c.1949 | - | Bal-A | 1958 | 1 | - |
| Ojala | Kirt | Portage Central HS | c. 1990 | Fla | 1997 - 1999 | 2 | ||
| Okrie | Frank | Detroit | c.1914 | - | Det-A | 1920 | 1 | 10/16/1959 |
| Okrie | Len | Detroit Denby HS | c.1940 | - | Was-A, Bos-A | 1948 - 1952 | 4 | 10/16/1959 |
| O'Leary | Dan | Detroit | c.1874 | - | Pro-N, Bos-N, Det-N, Wor-N, Din-U | 1879 - 1884 | 5 | 6/24/1922 |
| Olmstead | Fred | Grand Rapids | c.1899 | - | Chi-A | 1908 - 1911 | 4 | 10/22/1936 |
| Olmsted | Hank | Sac Bay, MI | c.1898 | - | Bos-A | 1905 | 1 | 1/6/1969 |
| Overmire | Stubby | Grand Rapids Lee HS | c.1937 | Western Michigan | Det-A, StL-A, NY-A | 1943 - 1952 | 10 | 3/3/1977 |
| Owchinko | Bob | Detroit Cody HS | 1973 | Eastern Michigan | DS-N, Cle-A, Oak-A, Pit-N, Cin-N, Mon-N | 1976 - 1986 | 10 | - |
| Owen | Frank | Ypsilanti | c.1897 | - | Det-A, Chi-A | 1901 - 1909 | 8 | 11/24/1942 |
| Paciorek | Jim | Orchard Lake St Mary HS | 1978 | Michigan | Mil-A | 1987 | 1 | - |
| Paciorek | John | Hamtramck St Ladislaw HS | c.1963 | Houston | Hou-N | 1963 | 1 | - |
| Paciorek | Tom | Hamtramck St Ladislaw HS | c.1964 | Houston | LA-N, Atl-N, Sea-A, Chi-A, NY-N, Tex-A | 1970 - 1987 | 18 | - |
| Paige | Pat | Paw Paw | c. 1901 | - | Cle-A | 1911 | 1 | 6/8/1939 |
| Pappas | Milt | Detroit Cooley HS | 1957 | - | Balt-A, Cin-N, Atl - N, Chi-N | 1957 - 1973 | 17 | - |
| Parker | Jay | Theresa, NY | c.1892 | - | Pit-N | 1899 | 1 | 6/8/1935 |
| Parks | Slicker | Dallas Township | c.1913 | - | Det-A | 1921 | 1 | 2/21/1978 |
| Parmalee | Roy | Lambertville | c.1925 | - | BY-N, StL-N, Chi-N, Phi-A | 1929 - 1939 | 10 | 8/31/1981 |
| Pashnick | Larry | Wyondotte Roosevelt HS | 1974 | Michigan State | Det-A, Min-A | 1982 - 1984 | 3 | - |
| Pierce | Billy | Highland Park HS | c.1945 | - | Det-A. Chi-A, SF-N | 1945 - 1964 | 18 | - |
| Peoples | Jim | Big Beaver | c.1881 | - | Cin-a, Bro-a, Col-a | 1884 - 1889 | 6 | 8/29/1920 |
| Perrin | John | Escanaba | c.1916 | Michigan | Bos-A | 1921 | 1 | 6/24/1969 |
| Perry | Hank | Howell | c.1904 | - | Det-A | 1912 | 1 | 7/18/1956 |
| Peterek | Jeff | Three Oaks River Valley HS | 1980 | Lake Michigan College, Western Kentucky, Mary Hardin-Baylor | Mil-A | 1989 | 1 | - |
| Petoskey | Fred "Ted" | St Charles & Saginaw HS | 1929 | - | Cin-N | 1934 - 1935 | 2 | - |
| Pillette | Duane | Detroit (Wyandotte) | c.1940 | - | NY-A, StL-A, Bal-A, Phi-N | 1949 - 1956 | 8 | - |
| Pipp | Wally | Grand Rapids Catholic HS | 1911 | Catholic University of America | Det-A, NY-A,Cin-N | 1913 - 1928 | 15 | 1/11/1965 |
| Pittinger | Pinky | Hudson | c. 1917 | Toledo and Ohio State | Bos-A, Cin-N | 1921 - 1929 | 7 | 11/4/1977 |
| Platte | Al | Grand Rapids | c.1908 | - | Det-A | 1913 | 1 | 8/29/1976 |
| Poholsky | Tom | Detroit Northeastern HS | c.1947 | Washington University of St. Louis | StL-N, Chi-N | 1950 - 1957 | 6 | - |
| Pole | Dick | Ewen-Trout Creek HS | c.1968 | Northern | Bos-A, Sea-A | 1973 - 1978 | 6 | - |
| Poloni | John | Detroit Lutheran West HS | 1972 | Arizona State | Tex-A | 1977 | 1 | - |
| Post | Lew | Woodland | c.1893 | - | Det-A | 1902 | 1 | 8/21/1944 |
| Powell | Bob "Leroy" | Flint Tech HS | c.1951 | Michigan State | Chi-A | 1955 - 1957 | 2 | - |
| Powell | Ross | Cedar Springs | c.1986 | Michigan | CIn-N, Hou-N, Pit-N | 1993 - 1995 | 3 | - |
| Pruitt | Ron | Flint Central HS | c.1969 | Michigan State | Tex-A, Cle-A, SF-N | 1975 - 1983 | 9 | - |
| Putz | J.J. | Trenton HS | 1998 | Michigan | Sea-A,NY-N, Chi-A, Ariz-N | 2003 - 2011 | Active | - |
| Quantrill | Paul | Okemos HS | 1986 | Wisconsin | Bos-A, Tor-A, LA-N, NYY-A, SD-N, Fla-N | 1992 - 2005 | 14 | - |
| Quinn | Frank | Grand Rapids | c.1894 | Yale | Chi-N | 1899 | 1 | 2/17/1920 |
| Raich | Eric | Detroit | c.1969 | Southern Cal | Cle-A | 1975 - 1976 | 2 | - |
| Rainey | John | Birmingham | c.1882 | - | NY-N, Buf-P | 1887 - 1890 | 2 | 11/11/1912 |
| Raney | Ribs b. Frank Raniszewski | Detroit | c.1941 | - | StL-A | 1949 - 1950 | 2 | - |
| Rapp | Earl | Corunna | c.1939 | - | Det-A, Chi-A, NY-N, StL-A, Was-A | 1949 - 1952 | 3 | - |
| Redmon | Glenn | Detroit | c.1966 | Michigan | SF-N | 1974 | 1 | - |
| Regan | Phil | Wayland HS | 1955 | Western Michigan | Det-A, LA-N, Chi-N, | 1960 - 1972 | 13 | - |
| Reiber | Frank "Tubby" | Detroit Central HS | c.1927 | - | Det-A | 1933 - 1936 | 4 | 12/26/2002 |
| Reinholz | Art | Detroit | c.1921 | - | Cle-A | 1928 | 1 | 12/29/1980 |
| Rettenmund | Merv | Flint Southwestern | c.1961 | Ball State | Bal-A, Cin-N, SD-N, Cal-A | 1968 - 1980 | 13 | - |
| Reulbach | Ed | Detroit | c.1900 | Notre Dame and Vermont | Chi-N, Bro-N, New-F, Bos-N | 1905 - 1917 | 13 | 7/17/1961 |
| Ribant | Dennis | Detroit St. Joseph HS | c.1959 | - | NY-N, Pit-N, Det-A, Chi-A, StL-N, Cin-N | 1964 - 1969 | 6 | - |
| Roa | Joe | Hazel Park HS | c. 1989 | - | Cle-A, SF-N, Phil-N, Col-N, SanD-N, Min-A | 1995 - 2004 | 6 | - |
| Roach | Roxey | Anita, PA | c.1900 | - | NY-A, Was-A, Buf-F | 1910 - 1915 | 4 | 12/26/1947 |
| Roberts | Leon | Portage Northern HS | c.1969 | Michigan | Det-A, Hou-N, Sea-A, Tex-A, Tor-A, KC-A | 1974 - 1984 | 11 | - |
| Rogge | Clint | Memphis | c.1907 | Adrian and Detroit College of Law? | Pit-F, Cin-N | 1915 - 1921 | 2 | 1/6/1969 |
| Rohn | Dan | Alpena HS | 1974 | Central Michigan | Chi-N, Cle-A | 1983 - 1986 | 4 | - |
| Roman | Bill | Detroit Cooley HS | c.1956 | Michigan | Det-A | 1964 - 1965 | 2 | - |
| Rowe | Ken | Ferndale | c.1951 | - | LA-N, Bal-A | 1963 - 1965 | 3 | - |
| Rozema | Dave | Grand Rapids Central HS | c.1974 | - | Det-A. Tex-A | 1977 - 1986 | 10 | - |
| Ruhle | Vern | Coleman HS | 1969 | Olivet | Det-A, Hou-N, Cle-A | 1974 - 1986 | 13 | - |
| Rush | Bob | Battle Creek | c.1943 | Indiana, South Bend | Chi-N, Mil-N, Chi-A | 1948 - 1960 | 13 | - |
| Ryan | John | Birmingham | c.1880? | - | Was-U, Wil-U | 1884 | 1 | Died Birmingham |
| Sabo | Chris | Detroit Catholic Central | 1980 | Michigan | Cin-N, Bal-A, Chi-A, StL-N | 1988-1996 | 9 | - |
| Saier | Vic | Lansing St. Mary | c.1909 | - | Chi-N, Pit-N | 1911 - 1919 | 8 | 4/14/1967 |
| Scheffer | Aaron | Westland John Glenn HS | c.1993 | - | Sea-A | 1999 | 1 | - |
| Scheibeck | Frank | Detroit | c.1883 | - | Cle-a, Det-N, Tol-a, Was-N, Cle-A, Det-A | 1887 - 1906 | 8 | 10/22/1956 |
| Schell | Danny | Millington HS | c,1945 | - | Phi-N | 1954 - 1955 | 2 | 5/11/1972 |
| Schemanske | Fred | Detroit | c.1921 | - | Was-A | 1923 | 1 | 2/18/1960 |
| Schiappacasse | Lou | Ann Arbor | c.1899 | - | Det-A | 1902 | 1 | 9/20/1910 |
| Schreve | Lev | Louisville | c.1887 | - | Bal-A, Ind-N | 3 | 10/18/1942 | |
| Schypinski | Jerry | Detroit | c.1949 | University of Detroit | KC-A | 1955 | 1 | - |
| Secory | Frank | Grand Haven HS | 1930 | Western Michigan | Det-A, Cin-N, Chi-N | 1940 - 1946 | 5 | 1995 |
| Sheridan | Pat | Wayne Memorial HS | 1976 | Eastern Michigan | KC-A, Det-A, SF-N, NY-A | 1981 - 1991 | 9 | - |
| Siever | Ed | Goodard, KS | c.1895 | - | Det-A, StL-A, Det-A | 1901 - 1908 | 7 | 2/4/1920 |
| Sikorski | Brian | Roseville HS | 1991 | Western Michigan | Cle-A, SD-N, Tex-A | 2000, 2006 | 2 | - |
| Simmons | Ted | Southfield HS | 1967 | Wayne State and Michigan | StL-N, Mil-A, Atl-N | 1968 - 1988 | 21 | - |
| Sincock | Bert | Barkerville, BC, Calumet HS? | c.1905 | Michigan | Cin-N | 1908 | 1 | 8/1/1946 |
| Sizemore | Ted | Detroit Pershing HS | c.1963 | Michigan | LA-N, StL-N, LA-N, Phi-N, Chi-N, Bos-A | 1969 - 1980 | 12 | - |
| Smaza | Joe | Detroit | c.1941 | Western Michigan | Chi-A | 1946 | 1 | 5/30/1979 |
| Smith | Jud | Green Oak, MI | c.1887 | Ohio State | Cin-N, StL-N, Pit-N, Wash-N, Pit-N | 1893 - 1901 | 4 | 12/7/1947 |
| Smith | Wib | Evart | c.1904 | Albion | StL-A | 1909 | 1 | 11/18/1959 |
| Smoltz | John | Lansing Waverly HS | 1985 | - | Atl-N, Bos-A, StL-N | 1988 - 2009 | 21 | - |
| Snyder | Jim | Dearborn | c.1950 | Eastern Michigan | Min-A | 1961 - 1964 | 3 | - |
| Soff | Ray | Blissfield HS | 1976 | Central Michigan | StL-N | 1986 - 1987 | 2 | - |
| Sorensen | Lary | Mt Clemens L'Anse Creuse HS | c.1973 | - | Mil-A, StL-N, Cle-A, Oak-A, Chi-N, Mon-N, SF-N | 1977 - 1988 | 11 | - |
| Spencer | Vern | Detroit University School | c.1914 | - | NY-N | 1920 | 1 | 6/3/1971 |
| Springer | Brad | Detroit | c1922 | - | StL-A, Cin-N | 1925 - 1926 | 2 | 1/4/1970 |
| Spurgeon | Fred | Wabash, In, (Kalamazoo ?) | c.1918 | - | Cle-A | 1924 - 1927 | 4 | 11/5/1970 |
| Squires | Mike | Kalamazoo Central HS | c.1970 | Western Michigan | Chi-A | 1975 - 1985 | 10 | - |
| Stanley | Mickey | Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills HS | 1960 | - | Det-A | 1964 - 1978 | 15 | - |
| Stein | Bill | Battle Creek | c.1955 | S.I.U., Carbondale | StL-N, Chi-A, Sea-A, Tex-A | 1972 - 1985 | 14 | - |
| Stein | Ed | District School No 4 in Springwell/Detroit | c.1887 | - | Chi-N, Bro-N | 1890 - 1898 | 8 | 5/10/1928 |
| Stellberger | Bill | Detroit | c.1883 | - | Pro-N | 1885 | 1 | 11/9/1936 |
| Stephens | Ben | Romeo | c.1885 | - | Bal-N, Was-N | 1892 -1894 | 3 | 8/5/1896 |
| Stephenson | Jerry | Detroit | c.1961 | - | Bos-A, Sea-A, LA-N | 1963 - 1970 | 7 | - |
| Stephenson | Joe | Detroit | c.1939 | Michigan State and Western Michigan | NY-N, Chi-N | 1943 - 1947 | 3 | - |
| Stewart | Bill | Bay City | c.1946 | Michigan State ? | KC-A | 1955 | 1 | - |
| Stump | Jim | Lansing | c.1950 | - | Det-A | 1957 - 1959 | 2 | - |
| Sweetland | Les | St Ignace | c.1919 | - | Phi-N, Chi-N | 1927 - 1931 | 5 | 3/4/1974 |
| Taitt | Doug | Bay City | c.1920 | - | Bos-A, Chi-A, Phi-N | 1928 - 1932 | 4 | 12/12/1970 |
| Tanana | Frank | Detroit Catholic Central HS | 1971 | Cal State Fullerton | Cal-A, Bos-A, Tex-A, Det-A, NYY-A | 1973 - 1993 | 21 | - |
| Tapani | Kevin | Escanaba HS | c. 1982 | Central Michigan | NY-N, Min-A, LA-N, Chi-A, Chi-N | 1989 - 2001 | 13 | - |
| Taylor | Gary | Detroit | c.1963 | Ferris State | Det-A | 1969 | 1 | - |
| Templeton | Chuck | Detroit | c.1950 | - | Bro-N | 1955 - 1956 | 2 | - |
| Terwilliger | Dick | Sand Lake | c.1924 | - | StL-N | 1932 | 1 | 1/21/1969 |
| Terwilliger | Wayne | Charlotte HS | c.1943 | Western Michigan | Chi-N, Bro-N, Was-A, NY-N, KC-A | 1949 - 1960 | 9 | - |
| Thornton | Matt | Centerville | 1998 | - | Sea-A, Chi-A | 2004 - 2011 | Active | |
| Tooley | Bert | Howell | c.1904 | - | Bro-N | 1911 - 1912 | 2 | 8/17/1976 |
| Tray | Jim | Jackson | c.1878 | - | Ind-a | 1884 | 1 | 7/28/1905 |
| Tresch | Mike | Detroit Southeastern | c.1932 | - | Chi-A, Cle-A | 1938 - 1949 | 12 | 10/4/1966 |
| Tresh | Tom | Allen Park HS | c.1955 | Central Michigan | NY-A, Det-A | 1961 - 1969 | 9 | - |
| Van Hekken | Andy | Holland | c. 1997 | - | Det-A | 2002 | 1 | - |
| Van Robays | Maurice | Detroit | c.1932 | - | Pit-N | 1939 - 1946 | 6 | 3/1/1965 |
| Vander Wal | John | Hudsonville | c. 1984 | Western Michigan | Mon-N, Col-N, SD-N, Pitt-N, SF-N , NYY-A, Mil-A, Cin-N | 1991 - 2004 | 14 | - |
| Veach | Bobby | Island, Kentucky | c. 1906 | - | Det-A, Bos-A, NY-A, Wash-A | 1912 - 1925 | 14 | 8/7/1945 - Detroit |
| Vedder | Lou | Oakville | c.1915 | - | Det-A | 1920 | 1 | 3/9/1990 |
| Vick | Ernie | Toledo, OH | c.1918 | Michigan | StL-N | 1922 - 1926 | 4 | 7/16/1980 |
| Virdon | Bill | Hazel Park | c.1949 | - | StL-N, Pit-N | 1955 - 1968 | 12 | - |
| Wagner | Bull | Lilley | c.1906 | - | Bro-N | 1913 - 1914 | 2 | 10/2/1967 |
| Wagner | Leon | Inkster HS | c.1952 | Tuskegee Institute | SF-N, StL-N, LA-A, Cle-A, Chi-A, SF-N | 1958 - 1969 | 12 | 1/3/2004 |
| Wakefield | Dick | Detroit Cooley HS | c.1939 | Michigan | Det-A, NY-N | 1941-52 | 9 | 8/26/1985 |
| Walker | Walt | Marne, MI | c.1880? | - | Det | 1884 | 1 | 4/6/1909 |
| Ward | Colby | Lansing | c.1982 | Brigham Young | Cle-A | 1990 | 1 | - |
| Wares | Buzzy | Vandalia | c.1904 | - | StL-A | 1913 - 1914 | 2 | 5/26/1964 |
| Washington | Herb | Flint Central HS | 1969 | Michigan State | Oak-A | 1974 - 1975 | 2 | - |
| Watkins | Bill | Brantford, Ont | c.1876 | - | Ind-a | 1884 | 1 | 6/9/1937 |
| Wayne | Gary | Dearborn Heights Crestwood HS | c.1980 | Michigan | Min-A, Col-N, LA-N | 1989-1994 | 6 | - |
| Welch | Bob | Hazel Park HS | c. 1974 | Eastern Michigan | LA-N, Oak-N | 1978 - 1994 | 15 | - |
| Weston | Mickey | Lake Fenton HS | c.1979 | Eastern Michigan | Bal-A, Tor-A, Phi-N | 1989 - 1993 | 3 | - |
| Wheeler | Ed | Sherman | c.1896 | Loyola Marymount | Bro-N | 1902 | 1 | 8/15/1960 |
| White | Mike | Detroit | c.1956 | - | Hou-N | 1963 - 1965 | 3 | - |
| Whitt | Ernie | Roseville Brablec HS | 1970 | - | Bos-A, Tor-A, Atl-N, Balt-A | 1976 - 1991 | 15 | - |
| Wieneke | Jack | Saltzburg, PA | c.1912 | - | Chi-A | 1921 | 1 | 3/16/1933 |
| Wilber | Del | Lincoln Park HS | 1937 | - | StL-N, , Phi-N, Bos-A | 1946 - 1954 | 8 | 7/18/2002 |
| Williams | George | Detroit NE? | c.1957 | - | Phi-N-, Hou-N, KC-A, | 1961 - 1964 | 3 | 5/14/2009 |
| Wilson | Les "Tug" | (ST Louis HS? Ask PM) | c.1903 | - | Bos-A | 1911 | 1 | 4/4/1969 |
| Winchester | Scott | Midland Dow HS | c. 1990 | Clemson | Cin-N | 1997 - 1998, 2000 - 2001 | 4 | - |
| Winters | Clarence | Detroit | c.1916 | - | Bos-A | 1924 | 1 | 6/29/1945 |
| Wisner | Jack | Grand Rapids | c.1917 | Eastern Michigan | Pit-N, NY-N | 1919 - 1926 | 4 | 12/15/1981 |
| Wisterzil | Tex | Detroit | c.1909 | - | Bro-F, Chi-F, StL-F | 1914 - 1915 | 2 | 6/27/1964 |
| Withem | Shannon | Ypslianti Willow Run | c.1990 | - | Tor-N | 1998 | 1 | - |
| Wright | Jim | Coopersville HS | c.1973 | Missouri Western | KC-A | 1978 - 1979 | 2 | - |
| Wright | Rasty | Birmingham | c.1881 | Ohio State | Syr-A, Cle-N |
1890 |
1 | 10/14/1922 |
| Yaik | Henry | Detroit | c.1882 | - | Pit-N | 1888 | 1 | 9/21/1935 |
| Yeager | Joe | Philadelphia | c.1893 | - | Bro-N. Det-A | 1898 - 1908 | 6 | 7/2/1937 |
| Yelle | Archie | Saginaw | c.1910 | - | Det-A | 1917 - 1919 | 3 | 5/2/1983 |
| Young | Curt | Saginaw Arthur Hill HS | c.1978 | Central Michigan | Oak-A, KC- A, NY-A; Oak-A | 1983 - 1993 | 11 | - |
| Zauchen | Norm | Royal Oak Kimball | c. 1947 | - | Bos-A, Wash-A | 1951 - 1959 | 6 | - |
| Zepp | Bill | Detroit Redford HS | c.1964 | Michigan | Min-A, Det-A | 1969 - 1971 | 3 | - |
| Zuverink | George | Holland HS | c.1942 | Hope College | Cle-A, Cin-N, Det-A, Bal-A | 1951 - 1959 | 9 | - |
The Negro League
Everyone knows the history of the color line in Major League baseball. Once again, Bill Hoover made the suggestion that I add a list of players who attended school in Michigan before competing in the Negro League. Here is the start of that list.
Thanks to Bill for the majority of the names on the list.
|
Last Name |
First Name |
High School or Place of Birth |
Senior Year |
College |
Teams |
Years in the Negro Leagues |
Date Died |
|
Gee |
Sammy |
Detroit Miller |
1947 |
- |
New York Cubans, Detroit Stars |
1948, 1955, |
|
|
Jones |
Collis |
Detroit Moore School |
1940 |
- |
Cincinnati Clowns, Birmingham Black Barons, Twin City Gophers, Detroit Black Sox, Philadelphia Stars |
1942-45, |
- |
|
Justice |
Charlie |
Detroit Northern; Hamtramck |
|
- |
- |
- |
|
|
King |
Wilbur |
Detroit Pershing HS |
|
- |
Cleveland Buckeyes |
- |
|
|
McIntosh |
James |
Detroit Northern HS |
|
- |
- |
- |
|
|
Stevens |
Willie (Rockjaw) |
Detroit Miller |
1928 |
- |
Detroit Stars |
1937 |
12/98 |
|
Tabron |
Don |
Detroit Northeastern HS |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Teasley |
Ron |
Detroit Northwestern HS |
|
- |
Detroit Cubs, Toledo Cubs, Toledo Crawfords, Toledo Rays, Detroit Wolves and New York Cubans |
1939-48 |
- |
Coaches, Front Office
Staff and Broadcasters in the
Major Leagues
Larry Tuttle, prep coach at Blissfield High School in Michigan suggested that I add a list honoring those who attended high school in Michigan and have made it to the Big Leagues as a Manager or Coach. I've now added another group - those that filled the role as Voice of a Major league team.
Send me your additions…
All additions and/or corrections are welcomed and greatly appreciated. E-Mail me your changes!
|
Last Name |
First Name |
High School or Place of Birth |
Senior Year |
College |
Teams |
Position |
Coaching span |
|
Carey |
Paul |
Mt Pleasant HS |
1946 |
Central Michigan University |
Broadcaster-Detroit Tigers |
Shared the broadcast booth with Ernie Hawell from 1973-1991. |
- |
|
Collins |
Terry |
Midland HS |
- |
Eastern Michigan |
Hou-N; Ana-A; NY Mets |
Manager |
-1993-99; 2010-present. |
|
Enberg |
Dick |
Armada HS |
1953 |
Central Michigan University, Indiana University |
Broadcaster-California Angels |
Voice of the Angels 1969-81, 1985. |
2004 |
|
Fischer |
Brad |
Blissfield HS |
1974 |
Western Michigan University |
Oakland |
1st base coach | 2004 |
|
Phillips |
Steve |
Warren DeLaSalle HS |
1981 |
Michigan |
New York Mets |
Director of Minor League Operations, Asst GM, General Manager |
1991-2003 |