The Top Ranked Baseball Players of All-Time from Tennessee High Schools Help Keep the Site Ad Free By Supporting us at Patreon
AinsworthSports.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Top Ranked Baseball Players of All-Time from Tennessee High Schools
Notes: This is a list of the greatest pro players who finished high school in this state.
What players did in high school or college does not factor into this list.
| High School | Athlete | POS | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| Antioch (Antioch) | Tom Bolton | RP | 1987 | 4956 |
| Arlington (Arlington) | Hunter Goodman | C | 2023 | 6030 |
| Bartlett (Bartlett) | Jonathan Bowlan | RP | 2023 | 13357 |
| Bartlett (Bartlett) | Daniel Wright | SP | 2016 | 15006 |
| Battle Ground Academy (Franklin) | William VanLandingham | SP | 1994 | 5532 |
| Baylor School Chattanooga) | Nick Kurtz | 1B | 2025 | 4901 |
| Bearden (Knoxville) | Phil Garner | 2B | 1973 | 1943 |
| Bearden (Knoxville) | Lane Thomas | LF | 2019 | 8882 |
| Bearden (Knoxville) | Mike Difelice | C | 1996 | 13250 |
| Beech (Hendersonville) | Chase Burns | SP | 2025 | 13718 |
| Bell Academy (Nashville) | Andrew Triggs | SP | 2016 | 11393 |
| Bell Buckle (Bell Buckle) | Chuck Taylor | RP | 1969 | 2846 |
| Blackmon (Murfreesboro) | David Price | SP | 2008 | 413 |
| Brentwood (Franklin) | Bryan Reynolds | CF | 2019 | 1765 |
| Brentwood Academy (Brentwood) | Robbie Ray | SP | 2014 | 745 |
| Brentwood Academy (Brentwood) | Jacob Stallings | C | 2016 | 5463 |
| Brentwood Academy (Brentwood) | Bryce Jarvis | RP | 2023 | 14125 |
| Brighton (Brighton) | Dalton Rushing | C | 2025 | 16522 |
| Cane Ridge (Nashville) | Jim Turner | SP | 1937 | 1377 |
| Centennial (Franklin) | Tony Kemp | 2B | 2016 | 10954 |
| Central (Columbia) | Dan Uggla | 2B | 2006 | 1478 |
| Central (Knoxville) | Todd Helton | 1B | 1997 | 103 |
| Central (Knoxville) | Chris Zachary | RP | 1963 | 4653 |
| Central (Knoxville) | Pat McGlothin | RP | 1949 | 8896 |
| Central (Knoxville) | Bubba Trammell | RF | 1997 | 10635 |
| Central (Nashville) | Bob Montgomery | C | 1970 | 13876 |
| Central Merry (Jackson) | Ben Howard | RP | 2002 | 12566 |
| Christian Academy (Knoxville) | Spencer Strider | SP | 2021 | 3571 |
| Christian Brothers (Memphis) | Tim McCarver | C | 1959 | 840 |
| Christian Brothers (Memphis) | Ray Crone | RP | 1954 | 4157 |
| Christian Brothers (Memphis) | Logan Forsythe | 2B | 2011 | 7889 |
| Christian Brothers (Memphis) | Mark Freeman | RP | 1959 | 7999 |
| Christian Brothers (Memphis) | Steve Grilli | RP | 1975 | 8140 |
| Christian Brothers (Memphis) | Guido Grilli | RP | 1966 | 10594 |
| Christian Brothers (Memphis) | Phil Gagliano | 2B | 1963 | 11245 |
| Christian Brothers (Memphis) | Craig House | RP | 2000 | 15974 |
| Clarksville (Clarksville) | Ryne Harper | RP | 2019 | 12108 |
| Clarksville (Clarksville) | Wes Parsons | RP | 2018 | 15881 |
| Cleveland (Cleveland) | Jason Davis | RP | 2002 | 6540 |
| Cohn (Nashville) | Wayne Garland | SP | 1973 | 3479 |
| Collierville (Collerville) | Drew Pomeranz | SP | 2011 | 2324 |
| Collierville (Collerville) | Faye Throneberry | RF | 1952 | 7996 |
| Collierville (Collierville) | Zack Cozart | SS | 2011 | 5670 |
| Craigmont (Memphis) | David West | RP | 1988 | 4307 |
| Douglass (Memphis) | Larry Herndon | LF | 1974 | 4083 |
| Dresden (Dresden) | Matt Beaty | LF | 2019 | 14882 |
| East (Morristown) | Brett Martin | RP | 2019 | 11138 |
| Elizabethton (Elizabethton) | Evan Carter | CF | 2023 | 16110 |
| Evangelical Christian (Cordova) | Brent Rooker | DH | 2020 | 3942 |
| Evangelical Christian (Germantown) | George Sherrill | RP | 2004 | 4809 |
| Farragut (Knoxville) | Nick Senzel | CF | 2019 | 11953 |
| Farragut (Knoxville) | Michael McKenry | C | 2010 | 14495 |
| Farragut (Knoxville) | Ben Joyce | RP | 2023 | 15519 |
| Farragut (Knoxville) | Kyle Waldrop | RP | 2011 | 15912 |
| Farragut (Knoxville) | Nicky Delmonico | LF | 2017 | 15978 |
| Father Ryan (Nashville) | Jim Cosman | SP | 1966 | 10433 |
| Forrest (Chapel Hill) | Mike Minor | SP | 2010 | 1970 |
| Franklin (Franklin) | Derrick Turnbow | RP | 2000 | 4489 |
| Franklin (Franklin) | Caleb Joseph | C | 2014 | 12175 |
| Frayser (Memphis) | Ross Grimsley | SP | 1971 | 2458 |
| Friendship Christian (Lebanon) | Stephen Pryor | RP | 2012 | 15108 |
| Germantown (Germantown) | Paul Maholm | SP | 2005 | 3487 |
| Germantown (Germantown) | Mickey Callaway | SP | 1999 | 11485 |
| Germantown (Germantown) | Ben Johnson | LF | 2005 | 16992 |
| Goodpasture Christian (Madison) | Logan Darnell | SP | 2014 | 14319 |
| Gordonsville (Gordonsville) | Tommy Bridges | SP | 1930 | 169 |
| Gordonville (Gordonville) | Jeff Bennett | RP | 2004 | 10265 |
| Happy Valley (Elizabethton) | Joe McClain | SP | 1961 | 8409 |
| Hardin County (Savannah) | Chad Harville | RP | 1999 | 10351 |
| Hendersonville (Hendersonville) | Zac Curtis | RP | 2016 | 16180 |
| Hickman County (Centerville) | Mike Smithson | SP | 1982 | 3821 |
| Hillsboro (Nashville) | Mike Willis | RP | 1977 | 6205 |
| Hillwood (Nashville) | William Brennan | RP | 1988 | 14896 |
| Houston (Germantown) | Matt Cain | SP | 2005 | 784 |
| Hume-Fogg (Nashville) | Johnny Beazley | SP | 1941 | 5191 |
| Independence (Franklin) | Robert Hassell | CF | 2025 | 16551 |
| Kingsbury (Memphis) | Charlie Lea | SP | 1980 | 2746 |
| Knoxville (Knoxville) | Brett Carroll | RF | 2007 | 16975 |
| Lipscomb (Nashville) | Mark Smith | RP | 1983 | 12595 |
| Litton (Nashville) | Bob Tillman | C | 1962 | 4125 |
| Loretto (Loretto) | David Weathers | RP | 1991 | 2531 |
| Loretto (Loretto) | Ryan Weathers | SP | 2021 | 9726 |
| Loretto (Loretto) | Blade Tidwell | SP | 2025 | 15162 |
| Marshall County (Lewisburg) | Jason Maxwell | 2B | 1998 | 17072 |
| Massey Military Academy (Cornersville) | Heinie Manush | LF | 1923 | 280 |
| Milan (Milan) | Ben Cantwell | SP | 1927 | 2274 |
| Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville) | R.A. Dickey | SP | 2001 | 1885 |
| Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville) | Penn Murfee | RP | 2022 | 13430 |
| Montgomery Central (Cunningham) | Alec Mills | RP | 2016 | 10473 |
| Morristown (Morristown) | Joe Shipley | RP | 1958 | 8683 |
| Morristown-Hamblen East (Morristown) | Ken Edenfield | RP | 1995 | 15685 |
| Mount Juliet (Mount Juliet) | Cody Carroll | RP | 2018 | 16738 |
| Mount Juliet (Mount Juliet) | Caleb Cotham | RP | 2015 | 16817 |
| Mount Juliet (Mount Juliet) | Taylor Hill | RP | 2014 | 16865 |
| Munford (Munford) | Aaron Fultz | RP | 2000 | 4827 |
| Northside (Memphis) | Tony Johnson | LF | 1981 | 17191 |
| Oakhaven (Memphis) | Mike Paxton | SP | 1977 | 7306 |
| Ooltewah (Ooltewah) | Rod Bolton | SP | 1993 | 13926 |
| Overton (Nashville) | Mookie Betts | RF | 2014 | 283 |
| Overton (Nashville) | John Mitchell | SP | 1986 | 10001 |
| Overton (Nashville) | Sam Ewing | RF | 1973 | 15086 |
| Parkway Academy (Sevierville) | Steve Searcy | RP | 1988 | 10037 |
| Pearl (Nashville) | Jim Gilliam | 2B | 1953 | 1534 |
| Pigeon Forge (Pigeon Forge) | Wil Crowe | SP | 2020 | 9795 |
| Rhea County (Evensville) | Cory Gearrin | RP | 2011 | 7457 |
| Ripley (Ripley) | Jim L. Hickman | RF | 1962 | 3100 |
| Ripley (Ripley) | Ray King | RP | 1999 | 5001 |
| Riverdale (Murfreesboro) | Collin Snider | RP | 2022 | 12830 |
| Science Hill (Johnson Cit) | Landon Knack | SP | 2024 | 12216 |
| Science Hill (Johnson City) | Daniel Norris | SP | 2014 | 5946 |
| Science Hill (Johnson City) | Ernie Bowman | SS | 1961 | 15905 |
| Sequatchie County (Dunlap) | Dakota Hudson | SP | 2018 | 6186 |
| Shelbyville Central (Shelbyville) | Rex Brothers | RP | 2011 | 5821 |
| Siegel (Murfreesboro) | Kenny Roberts | RP | 2015 | 14549 |
| Smyrna (Smyrna) | Sonny Gray | SP | 2013 | 714 |
| South Doyle (Knoxville) | Chad Bell | RP | 2017 | 14508 |
| St. Benedict at Auburndale (Cordova) | Sam Moll | RP | 2017 | 11286 |
| Strong (Strawberry Plains) | Ed Bailey | C | 1953 | 638 |
| Sullivan East (Bluff City) | Hunter Stratton | RP | 2023 | 15626 |
| Sullivan South (Kingsport) | Dan Wright | SP | 2001 | 9196 |
| Tullahoma (Tullahoma) | Bryan Morris | RP | 2012 | 9455 |
| Tullahoma (Tullahoma) | Dewon Brazelton | SP | 2002 | 10350 |
| Tullahoma (Tullahoma) | Justus Sheffield | SP | 2018 | 10423 |
| Tullahoma (Tullahoma) | David Hess | SP | 2018 | 12272 |
| Tullahoma (Tullahoma) | Jordan Sheffield | RP | 2021 | 15916 |
| Uncoi County (Erwin) | Ed Whitson | SP | 1977 | 1717 |
| University (Johnson City) | Manny Alexander | SS | 1992 | 14305 |
| University School (Jackson) | Ryan Rolison | RP | 2025 | 14622 |
| Warren County (McMinnville) | Jamie Walker | RP | 1997 | 4227 |
| Washington (Memphis) | Verdell Mathis | SP | 1940 | 2256 |
| Washington College Academy (Limestone) | Tillie Walker | LF | 1911 | 1338 |
| Webb School (Knoxville) | Greg McMichael | RP | 1993 | 2994 |
| White County (Sparta) | Ethan Roberts | RP | 2022 | 16639 |
[Home] [Updates] [Sports] [Upcoming/Recent Events] [Polls] [Contact Us] [Links] [Our Facebook Page] [Our Twitter Page]