Northwoods League Alumni In Major League Baseball (as of July 23, 2014) Player Bolded is Currently Active PLAYER CURRENT TEAM NORTHWOODS LEAGUE TEAM MLB DEBUT HOW MANY ? 1 Jeff Weaver Dubuque ‘95 04/14/99 Alexandria 12 2 Juan Pierre Manitowoc ‘96 08/07/00 Austin 1 3 Jermaine Clark Kenosha ‘95 04/03/01 Battle Creek 2 4 Jay Gibbons Manitowoc ‘96-97 04/06/01 Brainerd 11 5 Bobby Kielty Kenosha ‘96 04/10/01 Dubuque 3 6 Joe Nelson Kenosha '95 06/13/01 Duluth 10 7 Shawn Sedlacek Dubuque ‘96 06/18/02 Eau Claire 2 8 Matt Cepicky Waterloo ‘97 07/31/02 Grand Forks 1 9 Wes Obermueller Waterloo/Wausau ‘96, 98 09/20/02 Green Bay 2 10 Erasmo Ramirez Kenosha ‘95 04/30/03 Kenosha 7 11 Jeff Duncan Waterloo ‘98 05/20/03 La Crosse 8 12 Jimmy Journell Waterloo ‘97, 99 06/29/03 Lakeshore 0 13 Robb Quinlan Dubuque/St. Cloud ‘96, 98 07/28/03 Madison 3 14 Clint Barmes Pirates Kenosha/Waterloo ‘98, ‘99-00 09/05/03 Manitowoc 2 15 Justin Huisman St. Cloud ‘98-99 04/25/04 Mankato 11 16 Valentino Pascucci Rochester ‘98 04/26/04 Minot 0 17 Andy Dominique Kenosha ‘95 05/25/04 Rochester 7 18 Josh Willingham Twins Austin ‘98-99 07/06/04 St. Cloud 16 19 George Sherrill Kenosha ‘97-98 07/16/04 Thunder Bay 3 20 Curtis Granderson Mets Mankato ‘01 09/13/04 Waterloo 11 21 Dave Gassner Wausau ‘98 04/16/05 Willmar 0 22 Jeremy Accardo Alexandria ‘01 05/04/05 Wausau/Wisconsin 15 23 Mike Burns Brainerd ‘98-99 05/13/05 Wisconsin Rapids 0 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 Brewers St. Cloud ‘01 09/20/05 1995 5 28 Casey Janssen Blue Jays Wisconsin ‘01 04/27/06 1996 6 29 Andre Ethier Dodgers Rochester ‘02 05/02/06 1997 4 30 Jack Hannahan Reds Mankato ‘99 05/25/06 1998 12 31 Mike Rouse Brainerd ‘99-00 06/09/06 1999 11 32 Pat Neshek Cardinals Wisconsin ‘00 07/07/06 2000 5 33 Mark Lowe Indians Wisconsin ‘02-03 07/07/06 2001 10 34 Ben Zobrist Rays 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 15 39 Jordan De Jong Grand Forks/Brainerd ‘98-99 06/06/07 2007 14 40 Chris Basak St. Cloud ‘98-99 06/09/07 2008 11 41 Willie Collazo Waterloo ‘99 09/05/07 2009 9 42 Lance Broadway Wisconsin ‘04 09/07/07 2010 3 43 Josh Newman Alexandria ‘01 09/12/07 2011 1 44 Carlos Muniz Alexandria ‘02 09/25/07 2012 0 45 Max Scherzer Tigers La Crosse ‘04 04/29/08 46 Doug Mathis Rays Duluth ‘04 05/12/08 Year Debuted in MLB 47 Daniel Herrera La Crosse '05 06/03/08 1999 1 48 Nick Hundley Orioles Alexandria '04 07/04/08 2000 1 49 Sean Kazmar Braves St. Cloud '03 08/13/08 2001 4 50 Casey McGehee Marlins St. Cloud '01 09/02/08 2002 3 51 Chris Jakubauskas St. Cloud '99 04/08/09 2003 5 52 Jason Jaramillo St. Cloud '02 04/16/09 2004 6 53 Jordan Zimmermann Nationals Eau Claire '06 04/20/09 2005 7 54 Mark Melancon Pirates Duluth '04 04/26/09 2006 8 55 Fernando Rodriguez Astros Duluth '03 05/02/09 2007 9 56 Tommy Everidge Mankato '02 07/28/09 2008 6 57 Justin Berg Wisconsin '03 08/13/09 2009 10 58 Mike McCoy Red Sox Brainerd '00 09/09/09 2010 15 59 Dustin Richardson Rochester '04 09/28/09 2011 11 60 Matt Pagnozzi Brewers Madison '02 09/29/09 2012 12 61 Allen Craig Cardinals Alexandria '03, 05 04/08/10 2013 18 62 Rhyne Hughes Duluth '04 04/24/10 2014 4 63 Danny Worth Tigers Alexandria '06 05/16/10 64 Jay Buente Wisconsin '04-05 05/27/10 Played in MLB per Year 65 Sam LeCure Reds Brainerd '05 05/28/10 1999 1 66 Robbie Weinhardt St. Cloud '07 07/07/10 2000 2 67 Casey Coleman Royals Alexandria '07 08/02/10 2001 6 68 Thomas Diamond St. Cloud '02-03 08/03/10 2002 8 69 Chris Sale White Sox La Crosse '08 08/06/10 2003 12 70 Matt Reynolds Diamondbacks Rochester '06 08/19/10 2004 18 71 Lucas Duda Mets Alexandria '06 09/01/10 2005 22 72 Dillon Gee Mets Brainerd '05 09/07/10 2006 25 73 Konrad Schmidt St. Cloud '03, 05 09/13/10 2007 31 74 Daniel Descalso Cardinals Wisconsin '06 09/18/10 2008 27 75 Matt Mangini Thunder Bay '05 09/23/10 2009 34 76 Andy Dirks Tigers Brainerd '06-'07 05/16/11 2010 47 77 Eric Thames La Crosse '07 05/18/11 2011 50 78 Brandon Crawford Giants Mankato '05 05/27/11 2012 47 79 Erik Hamren Mankato '08 08/01/11 2013 59 80 Dave Sappelt Battle Creek '07 08/07/11 2014 52 81 Steve Edlefsen St. Cloud/Duluth '04, 06 08/21/11 82 Jerad Head Brainerd '05 08/28/11 83 Neil Wagner Blue Jays Mankato '04-05 08/30/11 84 Efren Navarro Angels Rochester '05-06 09/02/11 85 Jordan Pacheco Arizona La Crosse '05 09/06/11 86 John Gaub St. Cloud '04 09/13/11 87 Erik Komatsu Angels Brainerd '06-07 04/06/12 88 Drew Smyly Tigers Duluth '09 04/12/12 89 Dan Jennings Marlins 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 Cardinals Wisconsin '07 06/01/12 93 Bryan Holaday Tigers Alexandria '08 06/06/12 94 Dan Straily Cubs St. Cloud '09 8/3/2012 95 Brett Jackson Cubs La Crosse '07 08/05/12 96 Rob Brantly Marlins La Crosse '08 8/14/2012 97 Darin Ruf Phillies Wisconsin '07 9/14/2012 98 Tyson Brummett Dodgers Mankato '05, '06 10/3/2012 99 Josh Prince Brewers Green Bay '08 4/6/2013 100 Hiram Burgos Brewers Brainerd '06 4/20/2013 101 Jermaine Curtis Cardinals Alexandria '06 4/27/2013 102 Evan Reed Tigers Waterloo '05 05/16/13 103 Tony Sanchez Pirates Battle Creek '07 06/23/13 104 Sean Halton Brewers Mankato '06 06/27/13 105 Jonathan Diaz Blue Jays Thunder Bay '05 06/29/13 106 Vic Black Mets La Crosse '07 07/25/13 107 Cody Asche Phillies Duluth '09, '10 07/30/13 108 Roger Kieschnick Diamondbacks St. Cloud '06 07/31/13 109 Kevin Pillar Blue Jays Wisconsin '10 08/14/13 110 Philip Gosselin Braves 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 Marlins Rochester '09, '11 09/04/13 114 Erik Johnson White Sox Alexandria '09 09/04/13 115 Marcus Semien White Sox Alexandria '09-'10 09/04/13 116 Zach Walters Nationals Duluth '09 09/06/13 117 Aaron Barrett Nationals Duluth '08 03/31/14 118 James Jones Mariners Waterloo '08 04/18/14 119 Daniel Robertson Rangers Green Bay '07 04/29/14 120 Blaine Hardy Tigers Thunder Bay '08 06/16/14.