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Active MLB Alumni

Many of today’s Major League Baseball stars got their start on the local fields of Little League programs all around the world. Learning more than just baseball skills, each of the Little League alumni listed below learned life lessons from their time in the Little League Baseball program that they continue to take with them each day in the Major Leagues.

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American League

  • Baltimore Orioles

    • Mychal Givens – West Tampa (Fla.) LL
    • Brandon Hyde (Manager) – Santa Rosa (Calif.) American LL
    • Dean Kremer – Sundown LL (Stockton, Calif.)
    • James McCann – Goleta Valley South LL (Santa Barbara, Calif.)

  • Boston Red Sox

    • Ryan Brasier – Wichita Falls (Texas) LL
    • Kenley Jansen – Pabao LL (Willemstad, Curacao) – 2003 SLBWS
    • Nick Pivetta – Layritz LL (Victoria, B.C., Canada)
    • Chris Sale – Lakeland City (Fla.) Baseball LL
    • Ramon Vazquez (Quality Control Coach/Interpreter) – Roberto Rivera Miranda (Puerto Rico) LL

  • Chicago White Sox

    • Lucas Giolito – Santa Monica (Calif.) LL
    • Lance Lynn – Brownsburg (Ind.) LL – 1999 LLBWS

  • Cleveland Guardians

    • Sandy Alomar Jr. (First Base Coach) – Salinas (Puerto Rico) LL
    • Shane Bieber – Laguna Hills LL (Orange, Calif.)
    • Steven Kwan – Sunnyvale (Calif.) Southern LL

  • Detroit Tigers

    • Michael Lorenzen – East Anaheim (Calif.) LL
    • Jonathan Schoop – Pabao LL (Willemstad, Curacao) – 2003, 04 LLBWS; 2008 SLBWS
    • Tarik Skubal – Kingman (Ariz.) North LL/Kingman (Ariz.) South LL
    • Spencer Torkelson – Petaluma Valley (Calif.) LL

  • Houston Astros

    • Michael Brantley – Southwestern Port St. Lucie (Fla.) LL
    • Alex Bregman – Eastdale LL (Albuquerque, N.M.)
    • Alex Cintron (Hitting Coach) – Juan Antonio Bibiloni LL (Yabucoa, P.R.)
    • Martin Maldonado – Naguabo (Puerto Rico) LL
    • Lance McCullers Jr. – Citrus Park (Fla.) LL
    • Jeremy Peña – Elmwood LL (Providence, R.I.)
    • Kyle Tucker – Tampa Bay (Fla.) LL

  • Kansas City Royals

    • Amir Garrett – East Barstow (Va.) LL

  • Los Angeles Angels

    • Tyler Anderson – Red Rock LL (Las Vegas, Nev.)
    • Jaime Barría – Cerro Viento LL (Panama)
    • Griffin Canning – Trabuco Canyon (Calif.) LL
    • Brandon Drury – Grants Pass (Ore.) American LL
    • Logan O’Hoppe – Sayville (N.Y.) LL
    • Shohei Ohtani – Mizusawa (Japan) LL
    • Anthony Rendon – West Oaks Little League (Houston, Texas)

  • Minnesota Twins

    • Carlos Correa – Villa Blanca LL (Santa Isabel, P.R.)
    • Jorge Lopez – Puerto Rico District 1 LL – 2011 BLBWS
    • Jose Miranda – Juncos (P.R.) LL
    • Jovani Moran – Gino Vega LL (Sabana Grande, P.R.)

  • New York Yankees

    • Harrison Bader – Eastchester (N.Y.) LL
    • Aaron Boone (Manager)
    • Gerrit Cole – Tustin (Calif.) Western LL
    • Kyle Higashioka – Seaview LL/Walnut Creek LL (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
    • Aaron Judge – Linden (Calif.) LL
    • D.J. LeMahieu – East Madison LL (Visalia, Calif.)
    • Ron Marinaccio – Toms River (N.J.) LL
    • Anthony Rizzo – Parkland (Fla.) LL
    • Ben Rortvedt – Verona (Wisc.) LL
    • Giancarlo Stanton – Tujunga (Calif.) LL
    • Lou Trivino – Pennridge (Pa.) LL

  • Oakland Athletics

  • Seattle Mariners

    • Matt Festa – Great Kills LL (Staten Island, N.Y.)
    • Justus Sheffield – Tullahoma (Tenn.) National LL – 2009 LLB SE Regional
    • Paul Sewald – Peccole LL (Las Vegas, Nev.)
    • Kolten Wong – Hilo (Hawaii) American LL – 2007 SLBWS

  • Tampa Bay Rays

    • Kevin Cash (Manager) – Northside LL (Tampa, Fla.) – 1989 LLBWS
    • Zach Eflin – Oviedo (Fla.) LL

  • Texas Rangers

    • Brad Miller – Windermere (Fla.) LL

  • Toronto Blue Jays

    • Jose Berrios – Santa Monica LL (Bayamon, Puerto Rico)
    • Bo Bichette – Maitland (Fla.) LL
    • Cavan Biggio – West University LL (Houston, Texas)
    • Matt Chapman – Lake Forest (Calif.) LL
    • Hagen Danner – Ocean View LL (Huntington Beach, Calif.) – 2011 LLBWS
    • Nick Kingham – Peccole LL (Las Vegas, Nev.)
    • Luis Rivera (Third Base Coach) – Cidra (Puerto Rico) LL
    • George Springer – Walicki LL (New Britain, Conn.)

National League

  • Arizona Diamondbacks

    • Mike Hazen (GM) – Abington (Mass.) LL
    • Torey Lovullo (Manager) – Encino LL
    • Dave McKay (1B Coach) – Little Mountain LL (Canada)
    • Emmanuel Rivera – Sultana LL (Mayaguez, P.R.)

  • Atlanta Braves

    • Ozzie Albies – Pariba LL (Willemstad, Curacao)
    • Kolby Allard – San Clemente (Calif.) LL
    • Max Fried – Encino (Calif.) LL
    • Joe Jiménez – Pablo Burgos LL (San Juan, P.R.)
    • Charlie Morton – Trumbull (Conn.) LL
    • Eddie Rosario – Radames Lopez LL (Guayama, Puerto Rico) – 2006 JLB Latin America Region Tournament
    • Huascar Ynoa – Wellington Francisco LL (Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic)

  • Chicago Cubs

    • Cody Bellinger – Chandler (Ariz.) National LL – 2007 LLBWS
    • Jed Hoyer (President of Baseball Operations) – Plymouth Area (N.H.) LL
    • Seiya Suzuki – Arakawa LL (Tokyo, Japan)
    • Jameson Taillon – Oak Ridge Woodlands Area (Texas) LL

  • Cincinnati Reds

    • Alexis Diaz – Miguel Luzunaris LL (Humacao, P.R.)
    • Jonathan India – North Springs LL (Coral Springs, Fla.)
    • Nick Lodolo – La Verne (Calif.) LL

  • Colorado Rockies

    • Manager Bud Black – Western Longview (Wash.) LL
    • Kris Bryant – Peccole LL (Las Vegas, Nev.)
    • Randal Grichuk – Lamar National LL (Rosenberg, Texas) – 2003, 2004 LLBWS

  • Los Angeles Dodgers

    • Austin Barnes – Magnolia LL (Riverside, Calif.)
    • Walker Buehler – Lexington (Ky.) Eastern LL
    • Freddie Freeman – Long Beach (Calif.) LL
    • Yonny Hernandez – Gran Maracay (Venezuela) LL – 2011 LLBWS
    • Clayton McCullough (1B Coach) – Greenville (N.C.) LL
    • Julio Urias – Culiacan, Mexico
    • Duncan Webb (Director of Baseball Resources) – Wyoma (Mass.) LL

  • Miami Marlins

    • Jazz Chisholm Jr. – Freedoms Farm LL (Nassau, Bahamas)
    • Don Mattingly (Manager) – North Side LL (Evansville, Ind.)
    • Trevor Rogers – Carlsbad (N.M.) National LL
    • Sixto Sanchez – Eduardo Sosa LL (San Cristobal, D.R.)

  • Milwaukee Brewers

    • Javy Guerra – David Doleguita LL (Chiriqui, Panama)
    • Luis Urias – Sergio Kaliman Robles LL (Sonora, Mexico)
    • Christian Yelich – Thousand Oaks (Calif.) LL

  • New York Mets

    • Peter Alonso – Tampa Bay (Fla.) LL
    • Edwin Diaz – Miguel Luzunaris LL (Humacao, Puerto Rico)
    • Jeff McNeil – Goleta Valley South LL (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
    • Tomas Nido – Torrimar LL (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)
    • Jose Quintana – Barranquilla (Colombia) Linda LL
    • Justin Verlander – Tuckahoe (Va.) LL
    • David Wright (Special Advisor) – Green Run LL (Chesapeake, Va.)

  • Philadelphia Phillies

    • Donny Sands – Eastdale LL (Albuquerque, N.M.)
    • Edmundo Sosa – Juan Diaz LL (Panama)
    • Trea Turner – West Boynton Beach (Fla.) LL
    • Zack Wheeler – Smyrna (Ga.) LL

  • Pittsburgh Pirates

    • Miguel Andujar – Hector Delgado LL (San Cristobal, D.R.)
    • Rich Hill – Milton (Mass.) American LL
    • Vince Velasquez – Pomona (Calif.) LL

  • San Diego Padres

    • Xander Bogaerts – Aruba South LL – 2009 SLBWS
    • Jake Cronenworth – St. Clair (Mich.) LL
    • Ryan Flaherty (Advance Scout and Development Coach) – Portland (Maine) North LL
    • Blake Snell – Richmond (Wash.) LL
    • Juan Soto – Banco Central LL (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) – 2010 LLB Caribbean Region Tournament

  • San Francisco Giants

    • Brandon Crawford – Pleasanton (Calif.) National LL
    • Michael Conforto – Redmond North (Wash.) LL – 2004 LLBWS
    • Mitch Haniger – Santa Clara (Calif.) Homestead LL
    • Gabe Kapler (Manager) – Encino (Calif.) LL
    • Sean Manaea – Wanatah (Ind.) LL
    • Joc Pederson – Palo Alto (Calif.) LL
    • Heliot Ramos – Rosario y Cardona LL (Maunabo, P.R.)

  • St. Louis Cardinals

    • Nolan Arenado – Lake Forest (Calif.) LL
    • Alec Burleson – Coulwood Oakdale LL (Charlotte, N.C.)
    • Tommy Edman – Tierrasanta LL (San Diego, Calif.)
    • Jack Flaherty – Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Southern LL
    • Julio Rangel (Pitching and Bullpen Coach) – Curundu (Panama) LL – 1988 LLBWS

  • Washington Nationals

    • Ricky Bones (Bullpen Coach) – Radames Lopez LL (Guayama, Puerto Rico) – 1981 Latin America Region Tournament
    • Patrick Corbin – Cicero (N.Y.) LL
    • Josiah Gray – New Rochelle (N.Y.) LL
    • Erasmo Ramirez – FESA LL (Soyapango, El Salvador)
    • Stephen Strasburg – Santee (Calif.) American LL
    • Trevor Williams – Carmel Mountain Ranch Sabre Springs LL (San Diego, Calif.)