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 | 259 |
| Alba (Alba) | Clete Boyer | 3B | 1955 | 2736 |
| Alba (Alba) | Cloyd Boyer | RP | 1949 | 4759 |
| Bayless (Bayless) | Sonny Siebert | SP | 1964 | 790 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Roy Sievers | 1B | 1949 | 608 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Pete Reiser | CF | 1940 | 1251 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Bob L. Miller | RP | 1957 | 1661 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Lee Thomas | 1B | 1961 | 2935 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Jim Goodwin | RP | 1948 | 10001 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Bobby Hofman | 2B | 1949 | 10020 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Jack Maguire | LF | 1950 | 12751 |
| Beaumont (St. Louis) | Roy Branch | SP | 1979 | 12800 |
| Benton (St. Joseph) | Jim Wright | RP | 1978 | 6502 |
| Blair Oaks (Jefferson City) | Tom Henke | RP | 1982 | 399 |
| Blue Springs (Blue Springs) | Brian McRae | CF | 1990 | 3299 |
| Blue Springs (Blue Springs) | Nick Tepesch | SP | 2013 | 10724 |
| Blue Springs (Blue Springs) | Kris Johnson | SP | 2013 | 14690 |
| Brunswick (Brunswick) | Darold Knowles | RP | 1965 | 1070 |
| Burroughs (Ladue) | Jake Wood | 2B | 1961 | 7726 |
| Burroughs (Ladue) | Scott Van Slyke | LF | 2012 | 14451 |
| Caruthersville (Caruthersville) | Matt Palmer | RP | 2008 | 10555 |
| Central (East St. Louis) | Bob Turley | SP | 1951 | 309 |
| Central (St. Joseph) | Byron Browne | RF | 1965 | 10678 |
| Central (St. Louis) | Frank Baumann | RP | 1955 | 2805 |
| Central (St. Louis) | Larry Whisenton | LF | 1977 | 15812 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Matt Whiteside | RP | 1992 | 5920 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | James Naile | RP | 2022 | 15978 |
| Chrisman (Independence) | Walker Cooper | C | 1940 | 227 |
| Chrisman (Independence) | Mort Cooper | SP | 1938 | 293 |
| Chrisman (Independence) | Don Buschhorn | RP | 1965 | 10083 |
| Chrisman (Independence) | Russ Morman | 1B | 1986 | 16489 |
| Christian Brothers (St. Louis) | Mike Shannon | 3B | 1962 | 4938 |
| Christian Brothers (St. Louis) | Jake Burger | 3B | 2021 | 8436 |
| Christian Brothers (St. Louis) | Matt Vierling | CF | 2021 | 11550 |
| Cleveland (St. Louis) | John Kroner | 2B | 1935 | 9858 |
| Clever (Clever) | Jim Winn | RP | 1983 | 6224 |
| De La Salle (Kansas City) | Chuck Dobson | SP | 1966 | 3166 |
| De Smet Jesuit (Creve Coeur) | Erik Miller | SP | 2024 | 12177 |
| De Smet Jesuit (Creve Coeur) | Bobby Keppel | RP | 2006 | 12863 |
| Desloge (Desloge) | Bobby Tiefenauer | RP | 1952 | 3726 |
| DeSmet Jesuit (Creve Coeur) | Bill Mueller | 3B | 1996 | 4763 |
| Douglas (Webster Groves) | Fuzzy Smith | RF | 1953 | 1137 |
| East St. Louis (East St. Louis) | Bill Walker | SP | 1927 | 921 |
| Eureka (Eureka) | Bob Klinger | RP | 1938 | 1836 |
| Excelsior Springs (Excelsior Springs) | Shaun Marcum | SP | 2005 | 3126 |
| Farmington (Farmington) | Tim Lollar | SP | 1980 | 3519 |
| Fatima (Westphalia) | Joe Crede | 3B | 2000 | 5907 |
| Festus (Festus) | Donne Wall | RP | 1995 | 4528 |
| Festus (Festus) | Matt Stites | RP | 2014 | 14728 |
| Fort Osage (Independence) | Albert Pujols | 1B | 2001 | 7 |
| Fort Zumalt West (O'Fallon) | Cody Asche | 3B | 2013 | 12979 |
| Fort Zumwalt South (St. Peters) | Tommy Layne | RP | 2012 | 11014 |
| Fulton (Fulton) | Bake McBride | RF | 1973 | 2954 |
| Gideon (Cape Girardeau) | Mark Littell | RP | 1973 | 3219 |
| Glendale (Springfield) | Steve Rogers | SP | 1973 | 466 |
| Glendale (Springfield) | Mark Bailey | C | 1984 | 8958 |
| Glendale (Springfield) | Mike Kickham | RP | 2013 | 15393 |
| Hazelwood (Florissant) | David Phelps | RP | 2012 | 4411 |
| Hazelwood East (St. Louis) | Al Olmstead | SP | 1980 | 12182 |
| Hazelwood East (St. Louis) | Kerry Robinson | LF | 1998 | 14761 |
| Helias (Jefferson City) | Sam LeCure | RP | 2010 | 6931 |
| Hillcrest (Springfield) | George Frazier | RP | 1978 | 3140 |
| Holt (Wentzville) | Ross Detwiler | RP | 2007 | 5829 |
| Holt (Wentzville) | Tim Melville | SP | 2016 | 13703 |
| Howell (St. Charles) | Brett Graves | RP | 2018 | 15457 |
| Howell North (St. Charles) | Mark Buehrle | SP | 2000 | 947 |
| Jennings (Jennings) | Lou Frazier | LF | 1993 | 15084 |
| Joplin (Joplin) | Steve Luebber | SP | 1971 | 9155 |
| Kennedy (St. Louis) | Jay Marshall | RP | 2007 | 13668 |
| Kirkwood (Kirkwood) | Bill Pleis | RP | 1961 | 3898 |
| Kirkwood (Kirkwood) | Ron Willis | RP | 1966 | 5654 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | Ryan Howard | 1B | 2004 | 349 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | David Freese | 3B | 2009 | 4754 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | Luke Voit | 1B | 2017 | 8118 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | John Dettmer | SP | 1994 | 11196 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | Jeff M. Gray | RP | 2008 | 11801 |
| Lafayette (Wildwood) | Scarborough Green | CF | 1997 | 16413 |
| Liberty (Liberty) | Scott Carroll | RP | 2014 | 11515 |
| Lincoln (East St. Louis) | Ted Savage | LF | 1962 | 9821 |
| Lincoln (Elsberry) | Marc Hill | C | 1973 | 8819 |
| Lincoln (Kansas City) | Newt Allen | 2B | 1922 | 425 |
| Lincoln (Kansas City) | Rube Curry | SP | 1919 | 432 |
| Lincoln (Kansas City) | Frank White | 2B | 1973 | 943 |
| Lincoln (Kansas City) | Allen Bryant | RP | 1940 | 7062 |
| Lindberg (Sappington) | Joe Boever | RP | 1985 | 3009 |
| Lindberg (Sappington) | Josh Outman | RP | 2008 | 8174 |
| Logan-Rogersville (Rogersville) | Buddy Baumann | RP | 2016 | 15339 |
| Manual Training (St. Louis) | Ed Reulbach | SP | 1905 | 585 |
| McBride (St. Louis) | Harry Hanebrink | 2B | 1953 | 13379 |
| McCluer (Florissant) | Joe Wallis | CF | 1975 | 12590 |
| McKinley (St. Louis) | Jerry Buchek | 2B | 1961 | 10757 |
| McKinley (St. Louis) | Babe Martin | LF | 1944 | 13181 |
| Mount Moriah (Mount Moriah) | Babe Adams | SP | 1906 | 507 |
| Nevada (Nevada) | Brett Merriman | RP | 1993 | 13604 |
| North Kansas City (Kansas City) | Bill Kelso | RP | 1964 | 5713 |
| North Pemiscot (Wardell) | Jeff Stone | LF | 1983 | 13878 |
| Northeast (Kansas City) | Don O'Riley | RP | 1969 | 10621 |
| Northwest (House Springs) | Brian Boehringer | LF | 1995 | 4199 |
| Oak Park (Kansas City) | Rick Parker | LF | 1990 | 16470 |
| Odessa (Odessa) | Brad Ziegler | RP | 2008 | 2714 |
| Ozark (Ozark) | Lucas Harrell | RP | 2010 | 8886 |
| Park Hill (Kansas City) | Andy Ashby | SP | 1991 | 1122 |
| Park Hill (Kansas City) | Aaron Ashby | SP | 2021 | 12401 |
| Parkview (Springfield) | Scott Bailes | RP | 1986 | 4747 |
| Parkway Central (Chesterfield) | Max Scherzer | SP | 2008 | 58 |
| Parkway Central (Chesterfield) | Dave Silvestri | 3B | 1992 | 15684 |
| Parkway South (Manchester) | Jake Brentz | RP | 2021 | 8199 |
| Paseo (Kansas City) | Dick Kenworthy | 3B | 1962 | 14926 |
| Pattonville (Maryland Heights) | Scott Cooper | 3B | 1990 | 5247 |
| Pattonville (Maryland Heights) | John Fulgham | SP | 1979 | 7134 |
| Pembroke (Kansas City) | Bill Wakefield | RP | 1964 | 8445 |
| Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill) | Steve Shifflett | RP | 1992 | 10328 |
| Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill) | Josh Smith (1989) | RP | 2019 | 16046 |
| Potosi (Potosi) | Dylan Coleman | RP | 2021 | 12735 |
| Princeton (Princeton) | Russ Derry | LF | 1944 | 10309 |
| Raytown (Raytown) | Bob Allison | RF | 1958 | 854 |
| Raytown (Raytown) | Jeff Cornell | RP | 1984 | 11234 |
| Raytown South (Blue Springs) | Bob Dernier | CF | 1980 | 6761 |
| Ritenour (St. Louis) | Jerry Reuss | SP | 1969 | 810 |
| Ritenour (St. Louis) | Ron Hunt | 2B | 1963 | 2494 |
| Ritenour (St. Louis) | Jay Hankins | CF | 1961 | 14227 |
| Riverview Gardens (St. Louis) | Ron Mathis | RP | 1985 | 11213 |
| Rockhurst (Kansas City) | David Cone | SP | 1986 | 81 |
| Rockhurst (Kansas City) | Steve Mingori | RP | 1970 | 2616 |
| Rockhurst (Kansas City) | John Mayberry Jr. | LF | 2009 | 12075 |
| Rockwood Summit (Fenton) | Jackson Rutledge | SP | 2023 | 14616 |
| Scott City (Scott City) | Shae Simmons | RP | 2014 | 14845 |
| Seneca (Seneca) | Scott Elbert | RP | 2008 | 12769 |
| Sikeston (Sikeston) | Blake DeWitt | 2B | 2008 | 12873 |
| Smith Academy (St. Louis) | Solly Hofman | CF | 1903 | 3157 |
| Soldan (St. Louis) | Muddy Ruel | C | 1915 | 1111 |
| South (Raytown) | Stan Wall | RP | 1975 | 7882 |
| South (Raytown) | Dan Graham | C | 1979 | 14547 |
| Southwest (St. Louis) | Dave Nicholson | LF | 1960 | 7993 |
| Southwest (St. Louis) | Joe Nolan | C | 1972 | 9510 |
| Southwest (St. Louis) | Bill Jennings | SS | 1951 | 12569 |
| Springfield (Springfield) | Rod Kanehl | 2B | 1962 | 12365 |
| St. Charles (St. Charles) | Dennis Tankersley | SP | 2002 | 12238 |
| St. Dominic (O'Fallon) | Johnny Hellweg | SP | 2013 | 14251 |
| St. Louis (St. Louis) | Cool Papa Bell | CF | 1922 | 170 |
| St. Mark's (St. Louis) | Cliff Brady | 2B | 1920 | 12497 |
| St. Mary's (St. Louis) | Yogi Berra | C | 1946 | 84 |
| St. Peters (St. Peters) | Steve Colyer | RP | 2003 | 14123 |
| St. Pius X (Festus) | Mike Henneman | RP | 1987 | 1067 |
| Sumner (St. Louis) | Nate Colbert | 1B | 1966 | 1284 |
| Sumner (St. Louis) | Leslie Green | LF | 1939 | 6409 |
| Trenton (Trenton) | Bob D. Johnson | RP | 1969 | 3872 |
| Truman (Independence) | Dave Haas | RP | 1991 | 11641 |
| Union (Union) | Ashton Goudeau | RP | 2020 | 15053 |
| University (St. Louis) | Joe Schultz (1918) | C | 1939 | 13858 |
| University City (University City) | Ken Holtzman | SP | 1965 | 1092 |
| University City (University City) | Robert Person | SP | 1995 | 3716 |
| University City (University City) | Bernard Gilkey | LF | 1990 | 3841 |
| University City (University City) | Art Shamsky | RF | 1965 | 7725 |
| University City (University City) | Bud Black (1932) | SP | 1952 | 8540 |
| Van Horn (Independence) | Rick Sutcliffe | SP | 1976 | 673 |
| Vashon (St. Louis) | Elston Howard | C | 1955 | 368 |
| Vashon (St. Louis) | Theolic Smith | SP | 1936 | 3417 |
| Vashon (St. Louis) | Quincy Trouppe | C | 1930 | 5899 |
| Vianney (Kirkwood) | Cliff Politte | RP | 1998 | 5272 |
| Warsaw (Warsaw) | Jerry Lumpe | 2B | 1956 | 2317 |
| Webster Groves (Webster Groves) | Pete Fairbanks | RP | 2019 | 5426 |
| Webster Groves (Webster Groves) | Charlie James | LF | 1960 | 9149 |
| Webster Groves (Webster Groves) | Bo Sadowski | 3B | 1960 | 13918 |
| Webster Groves (Webster Groves) | Peter Fairbanks | RP | 2019 | 16053 |
| Wellston (Wellston) | Norm Siebern | 1B | 1956 | 789 |
| West (Hazelwood) | Devin Williams | RP | 2019 | 2426 |
| West (Hazelwood) | Al Nipper | SP | 1983 | 4940 |
| West (Hazelwood) | Kyle McClellan | RP | 2008 | 7712 |
| West (Lee's Summit) | Trevor Rosenthal | RP | 2012 | 1364 |
| West (Lee's Summit) | Alex Lange | RP | 2021 | 9539 |
| West (Lee's Summit) | Monte Harrison | CF | 2020 | 16031 |
| West (Lee's Summit) | Matt Hall | RP | 2018 | 16085 |
| West Plains (West Plains) | Bill Virdon | CF | 1955 | 2192 |
| Westminster Christian (Town and Country) | Jacob Turner | SP | 2011 | 9434 |
| Wheaton (Wheaton) | Travis Phelps | RP | 2001 | 10317 |
[Home] [Updates] [Sports] [Upcoming/Recent Events] [Polls] [Contact Us] [Links] [Our Facebook Page] [Our Twitter Page]