Northwoods League Alumni In Major League Baseball (as of December 6, 2016) Player Bolded is Currently on MLB 25 Man Roster PLAYER CURRENT TEAM NORTHWOODS LEAGUE TEAM MLB DEBUT HOW MANY ? 1 Jeff Weaver Dubuque ‘95 04/14/99 Alexandria 15 2 Juan Pierre Manitowoc ‘96 08/07/00 Austin 1 3 Jermaine Clark Kenosha ‘95 04/03/01 Battle Creek 3 4 Jay Gibbons Manitowoc ‘96-97 04/06/01 Brainerd 13 5 Bobby Kielty Kenosha ‘96 04/10/01 Dubuque 3 6 Joe Nelson Kenosha '95 06/13/01 Duluth 13 7 Shawn Sedlacek Dubuque ‘96 06/18/02 Eau Claire 4 8 Matt Cepicky Waterloo ‘97 07/31/02 Grand Forks 1 9 Wes Obermueller Waterloo/Wausau ‘96, 98 09/20/02 Green Bay 6 10 Erasmo Ramirez Kenosha ‘95 04/30/03 Kenosha 7 11 Jeff Duncan Waterloo ‘98 05/20/03 La Crosse 11 12 Jimmy Journell Waterloo ‘97, 99 06/29/03 Lakeshore 0 13 Robb Quinlan Dubuque/St. Cloud ‘96, 98 07/28/03 Madison 9 14 Clint Barmes Kenosha/Waterloo ‘98, ‘99-00 09/05/03 Manitowoc 2 15 Justin Huisman St. Cloud ‘98-99 04/25/04 Mankato 14 16 Valentino Pascucci Rochester ‘98 04/26/04 Minot 0 17 Andy Dominique Kenosha ‘95 05/25/04 Rochester 11 18 Josh Willingham Austin ‘98-99 07/06/04 St. Cloud 22 19 George Sherrill Kenosha ‘97-98 07/16/04 Thunder Bay 4 20 Curtis Granderson Mets Mankato ‘01 09/13/04 Waterloo 11 21 Dave Gassner Wausau ‘98 04/16/05 Willmar 3 22 Jeremy Accardo Alexandria ‘01 05/04/05 Wausau/Wisconsin 18 23 Mike Burns Brainerd ‘98-99 05/13/05 Wisconsin Rapids 1 24 Paul McAnulty Mankato ‘01 06/22/05 25 Ryan Spilborghs Madison ‘01 07/16/05 Year Played in NWL 26 Chris Demaria St. Cloud ‘00-01 09/09/05 1994 0 27 Tom Gorzelanny Indians St. Cloud ‘01 09/20/05 1995 5 28 Casey Janssen FA Wisconsin ‘01 04/27/06 1996 6 29 Andre Ethier Dodgers Rochester ‘02 05/02/06 1997 4 30 Jack Hannahan Mankato ‘99 05/25/06 1998 12 31 Mike Rouse Brainerd ‘99-00 06/09/06 1999 11 32 Pat Neshek Astros Wisconsin ‘00 07/07/06 2000 5 33 Mark Lowe Tigers Wisconsin ‘02-03 07/07/06 2001 10 34 Ben Zobrist Cubs Wisconsin ‘03 08/01/06 2002 9 35 T.J. Bohn Brainerd ‘01 08/22/06 2003 9 36 Jay Marshall Rochester ‘02 04/02/07 2004 12 37 Joe Bisenius Duluth ‘03 04/05/07 2005 15 38 Curtis Thigpen Waterloo ‘02 06/06/07 2006 18 39 Jordan De Jong Grand Forks/Brainerd ‘98-99 06/06/07 2007 21 40 Chris Basak St. Cloud ‘98-99 06/09/07 2008 18 41 Willie Collazo Waterloo ‘99 09/05/07 2009 19 42 Lance Broadway Wisconsin ‘04 09/07/07 2010 15 43 Josh Newman Alexandria ‘01 09/12/07 2011 6 44 Carlos Muniz Alexandria ‘02 09/25/07 2012 4 45 Max Scherzer Nationals La Crosse ‘04 04/29/08 2013 2 46 Doug Mathis Duluth ‘04 05/12/08 47 Daniel Herrera La Crosse '05 06/03/08 Year Debuted in MLB 48 Nick Hundley Rockies Alexandria '04 07/04/08 1999 1 49 Sean Kazmar Braves St. Cloud '03 08/13/08 2000 1 50 Casey McGehee St. Cloud '01 09/02/08 2001 4 51 Chris Jakubauskas St. Cloud '99 04/08/09 2002 3 52 Jason Jaramillo St. Cloud '02 04/16/09 2003 5 53 Jordan Zimmermann Tigers Eau Claire '06 04/20/09 2004 6 54 Mark Melancon Giants Duluth '04 04/26/09 2005 7 55 Fernando Rodriguez Oakland Duluth '03 05/02/09 2006 8 56 Tommy Everidge Mankato '02 07/28/09 2007 9 57 Justin Berg Wisconsin '03 08/13/09 2008 6 58 Mike McCoy Brainerd '00 09/09/09 2009 10 59 Dustin Richardson Rochester '04 09/28/09 2010 15 60 Matt Pagnozzi Madison '02 09/29/09 2011 11 61 Allen Craig Red Sox Alexandria '03, 05 04/08/10 2012 12 62 Rhyne Hughes Duluth '04 04/24/10 2013 18 63 Danny Worth Astros Alexandria '06 05/16/10 2014 7 64 Jay Buente Wisconsin '04-05 05/27/10 2015 23 65 Sam LeCure Dodgers Brainerd '05 05/28/10 2016 17 66 Robbie Weinhardt St. Cloud '07 07/07/10 67 Casey Coleman Tampa Bay Alexandria '07 08/02/10 Played in MLB per Year 68 Thomas Diamond St. Cloud '02-03 08/03/10 1999 1 69 Chris Sale Red Sox La Crosse '08 08/06/10 2000 2 70 Matt Reynolds Giants Rochester '06 08/19/10 2001 6 71 Lucas Duda Mets Alexandria '06 09/01/10 2002 8 72 Dillon Gee Royals Brainerd '05 09/07/10 2003 12 73 Konrad Schmidt St. Cloud '03, 05 09/13/10 2004 18 74 Daniel Descalso Rockies Wisconsin '06 09/18/10 2005 22 75 Matt Mangini Thunder Bay '05 09/23/10 2006 25 76 Andy Dirks Brainerd '06-'07 05/16/11 2007 31 77 Eric Thames Brewers La Crosse '07 05/18/11 2008 27 78 Brandon Crawford Giants Mankato '05 05/27/11 2009 34 79 Erik Hamren Mankato '08 08/01/11 2010 47 80 Dave Sappelt Battle Creek '07 08/07/11 2011 50 81 Steve Edlefsen St. Cloud/Duluth '04, 06 08/21/11 2012 47 82 Jerad Head Brainerd '05 08/28/11 2013 59 83 Neil Wagner Rays Mankato '04-05 08/30/11 2014 59 84 Efren Navarro Mariners Rochester '05-06 09/02/11 2015 71 85 Jordan Pacheco Braves La Crosse '05 09/06/11 2016 72 86 John Gaub St. Cloud '04 09/13/11 87 Erik Komatsu Brainerd '06-07 04/06/12 88 Drew Smyly Rays Duluth '09 04/12/12 89 Dan Jennings White Sox Waterloo '06-07 04/30/12 90 Kole Calhoun Angels Eau Claire '07,08,09 05/22/12 91 Cole Devries Mankato '04 05/24/12 92 Sam Freeman Brewers Wisconsin '07 06/01/12 93 Bryan Holaday Red Sox Alexandria '08 06/06/12 94 Dan Straily Reds St. Cloud '09 8/3/2012 95 Brett Jackson La Crosse '07 08/05/12 96 Rob Brantly Mariners La Crosse '08 8/14/2012 97 Darin Ruf Dodgers Wisconsin '07 9/14/2012 98 Tyson Brummett Mankato '05, '06 10/3/2012 99 Josh Prince Green Bay '08 4/6/2013 100 Hiram Burgos Brewers Brainerd '06 4/20/2013 101 Jermaine Curtis Reds Alexandria '06 4/27/2013 102 Evan Reed Waterloo '05 05/16/13 103 Tony Sanchez Angels Battle Creek '07 06/23/13 104 Sean Halton Mankato '06 06/27/13 105 Jonathan Diaz Blue Jays Thunder Bay '05 06/29/13 106 Vic Black Yankees La Crosse '07 07/25/13 107 Cody Asche Phillies Duluth '09, '10 07/30/13 108 Roger Kieschnick St. Cloud '06 07/31/13 109 Kevin Pillar Blue Jays Wisconsin '10 08/14/13 110 Philip Gosselin Diamondbacks Madison '08 08/17/13 111 Jake Petricka White Sox Mankato '09 08/22/13 112 Ryan Goins Blue Jays Waterloo '08 08/23/13 113 Brian Flynn Royals Rochester '09, '11 09/04/13 114 Erik Johnson Padres Alexandria '09 09/04/13 115 Marcus Semien Athletics Alexandria '09-'10 09/04/13 116 Zach Walters FA Duluth '09 09/06/13 117 Aaron Barrett Nationals Duluth '08 03/31/14 118 James Jones Rangers Waterloo '08 04/18/14 119 Greg Garcia Cardinals Brainerd '08 04/28/14 120 Daniel Robertson Mariners Green Bay '07 04/29/14 121 Blaine Hardy Tigers Thunder Bay '08 06/16/14 122 Rafael Lopez Tigers Battle Creek '07/Madison '10 09/02/14 123 Xavier Scruggs Marlins Brainerd '07 09/04/14 124 J.R. Graham Yankees Madison '09-'10 04/06/15 125 Tyler Olson Indians Green Bay '12 04/07/15 126 Mark Canha A's St. Cloud '08 04/08/15 127 A.J. Schugel Pirates Thunder Bay '09-'10 04/12/15 128 Andrew McKirahan Braves La Crosse '09 04/12/15 129 Matt Grace Nationals Alexandria '08 04/22/15 130 Austin Barnes Dodgers St. Cloud '10 05/24/15 131 Pat Venditte Seattle Wisconsin '07 06/05/15 132 Scott Schebler Reds Green Bay '10 06/05/15 133 Jon Moscot Reds La Crosse '10 06/05/15 134 Dan Burawa Braves Madison '09 06/21/15 135 Ryan Lollis Giants Duluth '06 07/04/15 136 Nick Goody Yankees Mankato '11 07/30/15 137 Chris Reed Marlins Wisconsin '09 08/01/15 138 Scott McGough Orioles Rochester '09 08/20/15 139 Jerad Eickhoff Phillies Wisconsin '10 08/21/15 140 Ryan LaMarre Angels Alexandria '08 08/22/15 141 John Hicks Tigers Madison '09 08/29/15 142 Scott Alexander Royals La Crosse '08 09/02/15 143 Rocky Gale Padres Green Bay '08 09/06/15 144 Nevin Ashley Mets Eau Claire '06 09/09/15 145 Cody Decker Red Sox Duluth '06/Mankato '07 09/14/15 146 Daniel Winkler Braves Rochester '10 09/21/15 147 Tyler Naquin Indians Mankato '10 04/05/16 148 Andy Burns Blue Jays Duluth '08-'09 05/09/16 149 Matt Reynolds Mets St. Cloud '10 05/17/16 150 Tony Kemp Astros Rochester '11 05/17/16 151 Jacob Barnes Brewers Willmar '10 06/03/16 152 Brock Stewart Dodgers Madison '13 06/29/16 153 Steven Brault Pirates Willmar '12-'13 07/05/16 154 Buddy Baumann Padres St. Cloud '07 07/16/16 155 Matt Strahm Royals Rochester '11 07/31/16 156 Tony Renda Reds St. Cloud '09 08/02/16 157 Mitch Haniger Mariners Green Bay '11 08/16/16 158 Ben Heller Yankees Wisconsin Rapids '12 08/26/16 159 Jake Esch Marlins Madison '09-'10 08/31/16 160 Eddie Gamboa Rays Eau Claire '07 09/02/16 161 Jake Smith Padres St. Cloud '11 09/08/16 162 Blake Smith White Sox Alexandria '07 09/10/16 163 Hunter Dozier Royals Willmar '12 09/12/16
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