Post a lesser known or obscure player who went

[Vintagedeputy]

CJ Nitkowski was a freshman when I was a senior. Don Bosco HS, Ramsey, NJ

[Tom S.]

Two guys from my high school ended up making the big leagues: Darrel Chaney and Stan Perzanowski.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...haneda01.shtml

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...erzast01.shtml

Unfortunately, no one has made the majors as of yet from the town that I reside in.

[Casey2296]

Went to high school with and played on the same football teams with Brent Jones, I discovered motorcycles, fast cars, and loose women senior year, he went on to have a nice career with the SF 49ers.

The first house I bought was 1 block from Harry Hoopers house, my current house is 1 block from Harry's mausoleum. My office is 1 block from City Hall where Harry was civically involved for 20 years.

[HobokenJon]

Hoboken’s own Johnny Romano!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Romano

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by HobokenJon

Hoboken’s own Johnny Romano!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Romano

When I was a kid, I called him at home and asked if he’d sell me any memorabilia!

[Mike D.]

When I went to my first baseball tryout freshman year of HS, they said "OK, all the outfielders over there, first basemen there, second basemen...and so on".

I look around, see 20 outfielders, a half dozen at each spot across most of the infield spots, a lot of pitchers...and three third basemen. Thinking I'm pretty smart, I say "well, I guess I'm a third basemen".

One of the other two third basemen:



I got really good at keeping score AND splitting sunflower seed shells on the bench.

[bocca001]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Went to high school with and played on the same football teams with Brent Jones, I discovered motorcycles, fast cars, and loose women senior year, he went on to have a nice career with the SF 49ers.

The first house I bought was 1 block from Harry Hoopers house, my current house is 1 block from Harry's mausoleum. My office is 1 block from City Hall where Harry was civically involved for 20 years.

Brent Jones's dad was my high school girlfriend's teacher (maybe science?) at Branham high school.

[ValKehl]

For the last 10+ years, I have resided in Manassas, VA, a distant suburb of Washington, DC. Wilmer Fields is a relatively obscure player who was born in Manassas, grew up and went to high school in Manassas, and lived in Manassas permanently after his nomadic baseball career was over. Fields was a quality pitcher who was also a very good outfielder and third baseman. Fields played for the Homestead Grays in the Negro National League, in various Latin American leagues, and in Canada. He declined offers in the late 1940's and early 1950's from several MLB teams for reasons that made good sense to him. Some, including Mr. Fields himself, have suggested that he belongs in the HOF. Here's the link to Fields' SABR biography, which is a most interesting read: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Wilmer-Fields/ Below is Fields' 1952 Parkhurst Frostade card - I'm not aware that any other cards of Fields were issued during his playing career.

[Harliduck]

Being on the West coast our history doesn't go back very far...we have had a couple kids make it to the pros from my High School, but probably the most successful was a pitcher named Larry Christensen...he was a couple years younger than my parents who knew him...

[JustinD]

Just while I was in school these were the three I saw play at some time during my elementary through graduation years -





...and this kid that some may have heard of who was nice enough to be my assistant JV baseball coach while in the minors -

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

CJ Nitkowski was a freshman when I was a senior. Don Bosco HS, Ramsey, NJ

Don Bosco … a lot better known for massive football dudes.

[eastonfalcon19]

Frank Grube Born in Easton, Pa

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...rubefr01.shtml


And born 5 minutes across the river in Phillipsburg, NJ...Charley Berry was born.


https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...errych02.shtml

Both Grube and Berry played at Lafayette College here in Easton, Pa.