The Top Ranked Baseball Players of All-Time from Missouri High Schools Help Keep the Site Ad Free By Supporting us at Patreon
AinsworthSports.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Top Ranked Baseball Players of All-Time from Missouri 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 |
| Alba (Alba) | Ken Boyer | 3B | 1955 | 260 |
| Alba (Alba) | Clete Boyer | 3B | 1955 | 2755 |
| Alba (Alba) | Cloyd Boyer | RP | 1949 | 4788 |
| Bayless (Bayless) | Sonny Siebert | SP | 1964 | 802 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Roy Sievers | 1B | 1949 | 616 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Pete Reiser | CF | 1940 | 1260 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Bob L. Miller | RP | 1957 | 1674 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Lee Thomas | 1B | 1961 | 2956 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Jim Goodwin | RP | 1948 | 10133 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Bobby Hofman | 2B | 1949 | 10156 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Jack Maguire | LF | 1950 | 13096 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Roy Branch | SP | 1979 | 13142 |
| Benton (St. Joseph) | Jim Wright | RP | 1978 | 6534 |
| Blair Oaks (Jefferson City) | Tom Henke | RP | 1982 | 399 |
| Blue Springs (Blue Springs) | Brian McRae | CF | 1990 | 3324 |
| Blue Springs (Blue Springs) | Nick Tepesch | SP | 2013 | 10921 |
| Blue Springs (Blue Springs) | Kris Johnson | SP | 2013 | 15196 |
| Brunswick (Brunswick) | Darold Knowles | RP | 1965 | 1081 |
| Burroughs (Ladue) | Jake Wood | 2B | 1961 | 7773 |
| Burroughs (Ladue) | Scott Van Slyke | LF | 2012 | 14921 |
| Caruthersville (Caruthersville) | Matt Palmer | RP | 2008 | 10739 |
| Central (East St. Louis) | Bob Turley | SP | 1951 | 312 |
| Central (St. Joseph) | Noah Cameron | SP | 2025 | 6314 |
| Central (St. Joseph) | Byron Browne | RF | 1965 | 10870 |
| Central (St. Louis) | Frank Baumann | RP | 1955 | 2824 |
| Central (St. Louis) | Larry Whisenton | LF | 1977 | 16422 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Matt Whiteside | RP | 1992 | 5934 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | James Naile | RP | 2022 | 16644 |
| Chrisman (Independence) | Walker Cooper | C | 1940 | 228 |
| Chrisman (Independence) | Mort Cooper | SP | 1938 | 296 |
| Chrisman (Independence) | Don Buschhorn | RP | 1965 | 10220 |
| Chrisman (Independence) | Russ Morman | 1B | 1986 | 17157 |
| Christian Brothers (St. Louis) | Mike Shannon | 3B | 1962 | 4971 |
| Christian Brothers (St. Louis) | Jake Burger | 3B | 2021 | 8824 |
| Christian Brothers (St. Louis) | Matt Vierling | CF | 2021 | 12211 |
| Cleveland (St. Louis) | John Kroner | 2B | 1935 | 9978 |
| Clever (Clever) | Jim Winn | RP | 1983 | 6252 |
| De La Salle (Kansas City) | Chuck Dobson | SP | 1966 | 3186 |
| De Smet Jesuit (Creve Coeur) | Bobby Keppel | RP | 2006 | 13203 |
| De Smet Jesuit (Creve Coeur) | Erik Miller | SP | 2024 | 13389 |
| Desloge (Desloge) | Bobby Tiefenauer | RP | 1952 | 3756 |
| DeSmet Jesuit (Creve Coeur) | Bill Mueller | 3B | 1996 | 4793 |
| Douglas (Webster Groves) | Fuzzy Smith | RF | 1953 | 1148 |
| East St. Louis (East St. Louis) | Bill Walker | SP | 1927 | 934 |
| Eureka (Eureka) | Bob Klinger | RP | 1938 | 1848 |
| Excelsior Springs (Excelsior Springs) | Shaun Marcum | SP | 2005 | 3144 |
| Farmington (Farmington) | Tim Lollar | SP | 1980 | 3550 |
| Fatima (Westphalia) | Joe Crede | 3B | 2000 | 5921 |
| Festus (Festus) | Donne Wall | RP | 1995 | 4571 |
| Festus (Festus) | Matt Stites | RP | 2014 | 15239 |
| Fort Osage (Independence) | Albert Pujols | 1B | 2001 | 7 |
| Fort Zumalt West (O'Fallon) | Cody Asche | 3B | 2013 | 13332 |
| Fort Zumwalt South (St. Peters) | Tommy Layne | RP | 2012 | 11232 |
| Fulton (Fulton) | Bake McBride | RF | 1973 | 2973 |
| Gideon (Cape Girardeau) | Mark Littell | RP | 1973 | 3240 |
| Glendale (Springfield) | Steve Rogers | SP | 1973 | 467 |
| Glendale (Springfield) | Mark Bailey | C | 1984 | 9010 |
| Glendale (Springfield) | Mike Kickham | RP | 2013 | 15960 |
| Grain Valley (Grain Valley) | Jacob Misiorowski | SP | 2025 | 7851 |
| Hazelwood (Florissant) | David Phelps | RP | 2012 | 4455 |
| Hazelwood East (St. Louis) | Al Olmstead | SP | 1980 | 12500 |
| Hazelwood East (St. Louis) | Kerry Robinson | LF | 1998 | 15273 |
| Helias (Jefferson City) | Sam LeCure | RP | 2010 | 6960 |
| Hillcrest (Springfield) | George Frazier | RP | 1978 | 3158 |
| Holt (Wentzville) | Ross Detwiler | RP | 2007 | 5846 |
| Holt (Wentzville) | Tim Melville | SP | 2016 | 14133 |
| Howell (St. Charles) | Brett Graves | RP | 2018 | 16034 |
| Howell North (St. Charles) | Mark Buehrle | SP | 2000 | 961 |
| Jennings (Jennings) | Lou Frazier | LF | 1993 | 15627 |
| Joplin (Joplin) | Steve Luebber | SP | 1971 | 9215 |
| Kennedy (St. Louis) | Jay Marshall | RP | 2007 | 14093 |
| Kirkwood (Kirkwood) | Bill Pleis | RP | 1961 | 3930 |
| Kirkwood (Kirkwood) | Ron Willis | RP | 1966 | 5665 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | Ryan Howard | 1B | 2004 | 350 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | David Freese | 3B | 2009 | 4784 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | Luke Voit | 1B | 2017 | 8177 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | John Dettmer | SP | 1994 | 11424 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | Jeff M. Gray | RP | 2008 | 12079 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | Scarborough Green | CF | 1997 | 17082 |
| Liberty (Liberty) | Scott Carroll | RP | 2014 | 11775 |
| Lincoln (East St. Louis) | Ted Savage | LF | 1962 | 9940 |
| Lincoln (Elsberry) | Marc Hill | C | 1973 | 8868 |
| Lincoln (Kansas City) | Newt Allen | 2B | 1922 | 425 |
| Lincoln (Kansas City) | Rube Curry | SP | 1919 | 432 |
| Lincoln (Kansas City) | Frank White | 2B | 1973 | 957 |
| Lincoln (Kansas City) | Allen Bryant | RP | 1940 | 7095 |
| Lindberg (Sappington) | Joe Boever | RP | 1985 | 3027 |
| Lindberg (Sappington) | Josh Outman | RP | 2008 | 8235 |
| Logan-Rogersville (Rogersville) | Buddy Baumann | RP | 2016 | 15899 |
| Manual Training (St. Louis) | Ed Reulbach | SP | 1905 | 591 |
| McBride (St. Louis) | Harry Hanebrink | 2B | 1953 | 13775 |
| McCluer (Florissant) | Joe Wallis | CF | 1975 | 12918 |
| McKinley (St. Louis) | Jerry Buchek | 2B | 1961 | 10953 |
| McKinley (St. Louis) | Babe Martin | LF | 1944 | 13556 |
| Mount Moriah (Mount Moriah) | Babe Adams | SP | 1906 | 509 |
| Nevada (Nevada) | Brett Merriman | RP | 1993 | 14018 |
| North Kansas City (Kansas City) | Bill Kelso | RP | 1964 | 5721 |
| North Pemiscot (Wardell) | Jeff Stone | LF | 1983 | 14315 |
| Northeast (Kansas City) | Don O'Riley | RP | 1969 | 10810 |
| Northwest (House Springs) | Brian Boehringer | LF | 1995 | 4242 |
| Oak Park (Kansas City) | Rick Parker | LF | 1990 | 17139 |
| Odessa (Odessa) | Brad Ziegler | RP | 2008 | 2732 |
| Ozark (Ozark) | Lucas Harrell | RP | 2010 | 8940 |
| Park Hill (Kansas City) | Andy Ashby | SP | 1991 | 1133 |
| Park Hill (Kansas City) | Aaron Ashby | RP | 2021 | 10006 |
| Parkview (Springfield) | Scott Bailes | RP | 1986 | 4777 |
| Parkway Central (Chesterfield) | Max Scherzer | SP | 2008 | 59 |
| Parkway Central (Chesterfield) | Dave Silvestri | 3B | 1992 | 16272 |
| Parkway South (Manchester) | Jake Brentz | RP | 2021 | 8257 |
| Paseo (Kansas City) | Dick Kenworthy | 3B | 1962 | 15453 |
| Pattonville (Maryland Heights) | Scott Cooper | 3B | 1990 | 5282 |
| Pattonville (Maryland Heights) | John Fulgham | SP | 1979 | 7165 |
| Pembroke (Kansas City) | Bill Wakefield | RP | 1964 | 8497 |
| Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill) | Steve Shifflett | RP | 1992 | 10490 |
| Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill) | Josh Smith (1989) | RP | 2019 | 16712 |
| Poplar Bluff (Poplar Bluff) | Kameron Misner | CF | 2024 | 16583 |
| Potosi (Potosi) | Dylan Coleman | RP | 2021 | 13080 |
| Princeton (Princeton) | Russ Derry | LF | 1944 | 10469 |
| Raytown (Raytown) | Bob Allison | RF | 1958 | 867 |
| Raytown (Raytown) | Jeff Cornell | RP | 1984 | 11465 |
| Raytown South (Blue Springs) | Bob Dernier | CF | 1980 | 6792 |
| Ritenour (St. Louis) | Jerry Reuss | SP | 1969 | 822 |
| Ritenour (St. Louis) | Ron Hunt | 2B | 1963 | 2513 |
| Ritenour (St. Louis) | Jay Hankins | CF | 1961 | 14685 |
| Riverview Gardens (St. Louis) | Ron Mathis | RP | 1985 | 11443 |
| Rockhurst (Kansas City) | David Cone | SP | 1986 | 81 |
| Rockhurst (Kansas City) | Steve Mingori | RP | 1970 | 2634 |
| Rockhurst (Kansas City) | John Mayberry Jr. | LF | 2009 | 12386 |
| Rockwood Summit (Fenton) | Jackson Rutledge | RP | 2023 | 14010 |
| Scott City (Scott City) | Shae Simmons | RP | 2014 | 15366 |
| Seneca (Seneca) | Scott Elbert | RP | 2008 | 13113 |
| Sikeston (Sikeston) | Blake DeWitt | 2B | 2008 | 13216 |
| Smith Academy (St. Louis) | Solly Hofman | CF | 1903 | 3177 |
| Soldan (St. Louis) | Muddy Ruel | C | 1915 | 1122 |
| South (Raytown) | Stan Wall | RP | 1975 | 7934 |
| South (Raytown) | Dan Graham | C | 1979 | 15035 |
| Southwest (St. Louis) | Dave Nicholson | LF | 1960 | 8047 |
| Southwest (St. Louis) | Joe Nolan | C | 1972 | 9595 |
| Southwest (St. Louis) | Bill Jennings | SS | 1951 | 12897 |
| Springfield (Springfield) | Rod Kanehl | 2B | 1962 | 12689 |
| St. Charles (St. Charles) | Dennis Tankersley | SP | 2002 | 12557 |
| St. Dominic (O'Fallon) | Johnny Hellweg | SP | 2013 | 14710 |
| St. Louis (St. Louis) | Cool Papa Bell | CF | 1922 | 174 |
| St. Mark's (St. Louis) | Cliff Brady | 2B | 1920 | 12817 |
| St. Mary's (St. Louis) | Yogi Berra | C | 1946 | 84 |
| St. Peters (St. Peters) | Steve Colyer | RP | 2003 | 14564 |
| St. Pius X (Festus) | Mike Henneman | RP | 1987 | 1078 |
| Sumner (St. Louis) | Nate Colbert | 1B | 1966 | 1295 |
| Sumner (St. Louis) | Leslie Green | LF | 1939 | 6441 |
| Trenton (Trenton) | Bob D. Johnson | RP | 1969 | 3902 |
| Truman (Independence) | Dave Haas | RP | 1991 | 11916 |
| Union (Union) | Ashton Goudeau | RP | 2020 | 15593 |
| University (St. Louis) | Joe Schultz (1918) | C | 1939 | 14293 |
| University City (University City) | Ken Holtzman | SP | 1965 | 1103 |
| University City (University City) | Robert Person | SP | 1995 | 3746 |
| University City (University City) | Bernard Gilkey | LF | 1990 | 3872 |
| University City (University City) | Art Shamsky | RF | 1965 | 7772 |
| University City (University City) | Bud Black (1932) | SP | 1952 | 8596 |
| Van Horn (Independence) | Rick Sutcliffe | SP | 1976 | 682 |
| Vashon (St. Louis) | Elston Howard | C | 1955 | 369 |
| Vashon (St. Louis) | Theolic Smith | SP | 1936 | 3448 |
| Vashon (St. Louis) | Quincy Trouppe | C | 1930 | 5913 |
| Vianney (Kirkwood) | Cliff Politte | RP | 1998 | 5307 |
| Warsaw (Warsaw) | Jerry Lumpe | 2B | 1956 | 2333 |
| Webb City (Webb City) | Logan VanWey | RP | 2025 | 16540 |
| Webster Groves (Webster Groves) | Pete Fairbanks | RP | 2019 | 4215 |
| Webster Groves (Webster Groves) | Charlie James | LF | 1960 | 9209 |
| Webster Groves (Webster Groves) | Bo Sadowski | 3B | 1960 | 14355 |
| Webster Groves (Webster Groves) | Peter Fairbanks | RP | 2019 | 16719 |
| Wellston (Wellston) | Norm Siebern | 1B | 1956 | 801 |
| West (Hazelwood) | Devin Williams | RP | 2019 | 683 |
| West (Hazelwood) | Al Nipper | SP | 1983 | 4973 |
| West (Hazelwood) | Kyle McClellan | RP | 2008 | 7758 |
| West (Lee's Summit) | Trevor Rosenthal | RP | 2012 | 1376 |
| West (Lee's Summit) | Alex Lange | RP | 2021 | 9627 |
| West (Lee's Summit) | Monte Harrison | CF | 2020 | 16696 |
| West (Lee's Summit) | Matt Hall | RP | 2018 | 16751 |
| West Plains (West Plains) | Bill Virdon | CF | 1955 | 2208 |
| Westminster Christian (Town and Country) | Jacob Turner | SP | 2011 | 9504 |
| Wheaton (Wheaton) | Travis Phelps | RP | 2001 | 10478 |
[Home] [Updates] [Sports] [Upcoming/Recent Events] [Polls] [Contact Us] [Links] [Our Facebook Page] [Our Twitter Page]