Neutral baseball fans across the globe got the World Series they wanted in 2024: The New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers.
Global superstars abound in this series, from Japan’s Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobo Yamamoto to Dominican titans Juan Soto and Teoscar Hernandez.
But among the homegrown stars, did you know Aaron Judge was a three-sport star for tiny Linden High School in Northern California? And fellow Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is from Southern California.
California has more high school alumni playing in the World Series than any other state, with Texas second.
Here’s where all 52 players on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ and New York Yankees’ active World Series rosters played high school baseball (or the country where they grew up playing baseball).
Anthony Banda, RP
Sinton (Texas)
Austin Barnes, C
Riverside Poly (California)
Mookie Betts, OF
John Overton (Tennessee)
Ryan Brasier, RP
S.H. Rider (Texas)
Walker Buehler, SP
Henry Clay (Kentucky)
Ben Casparius, RP
Staples (Connecticut)
Tommy Edman, IF/OF
La Jolla Country Day (California)
Jack Flaherty, SP
Harvard-Westlake (California)
Freddie Freeman, 1B
El Modena (California)
Edgardo Henriquez, RP
Venezuela
Enrique Hernandez, IF/OF
American Military Academy (Puerto Rico)
Teoscar Hernandez, OF
Dominican Republic
Brent Honeywell, RP
Franklin County (Georgia)
Daniel Hudson, RP
Princess Anne (Virginia)
Kevin Kiermaier, OF
Bishop Luers (Indiana)
Landon Knack, RP
Science Hill (Tennessee)
Michael Kopech, RP
Mount Pleasant (Texas)
Gavin Lux, IF
Indian Trail (Wisconsin)
Max Muncy, IF
Keller (Texas)
Shohei Ohtani, DH
Hanamaki Higashi (Japan)
Andy Pages, OF
Cuba
Evan Phillips, RP
Clayton (North Carolina)
Will Smith, C
Kentucky Country Day (Kentucky)
Chris Taylor, IF/OF
Frank W. Cox (Virginia)
Blake Treinen, RP
Osage City (Kansas)
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, SP
Miyakonojo (Japan)
Jon Berti, IF/OF
Troy (Michigan)
Oswaldo Cabrera, IF
Venezuela
Jazz Chisholm Jr., IF
Life Prep Academy (Kansas)
Gerrit Cole, SP
Orange Lutheran (California)
Jake Cousins, RP
Wheaton Academy (Illinois)
Jasson Dominguez, OF
Dominican Republic
Luis Gil, SP
Dominican Republic
Trent Grisham, OF
Richland (Texas)
Tim Hill, RP
Granada Hills Charter (California)
Clay Holmes, RP
Slocomb (Alabama)
Aaron Judge, OF
Linden (California)
Tommy Kahnle, RP
Shaker (New York)
Mark Leiter Jr., RP
Toms River North (New Jersey)
Tim Mayza, RP
Upper Perkiomen (Pennsylvania)
Anthony Rizzo, 1B
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (Florida)
Carlos Rodon, SP
Holly Springs (North Carolina)
Clarke Schmidt, RP
Allatoona (Georgia)
Juan Soto, OF
Dominican Republic
Giancarlo Stanton, DH
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (California)
Marcus Stroman, SP
Patchogue-Medford (New York)
Gleyber Torres, IF
Venezuela
Jose Trevino, C
John Paul II (Texas)
Alex Verdugo, OF
Sahuaro (Arizona)
Anthony Volpe, IF
Delbarton (New Jersey)
Luke Weaver, RP
DeLand (Florida)
Austin Wells, C
Bishop Gorman (Nevada)
California (8)
Riverside Poly, La Jolla Country Day, Harvard-Westlake, El Modena, Orange Lutheran, Granada Hills Charter, Linden, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
Texas (6)
Sinton, S.H. Rider, Mount Pleasant, Keller, Richland, John Paul II
Dominican Republic (4)
N/A
Venezuela (3)
N/A
Florida (2)
Marjory Stoneman Douglas, DeLand
Georgia (2)
Franklin County, Allatoona
Japan (2)
Hanamaki Higashi, Miyakonojo
Kansas (2)
Osage City, Life Prep Academy
Kentucky (2)
Henry Clay, Kentucky Country Day
New Jersey (2)
Toms River North, Delbarton
New York (2)
Shaker, Patchogue-Medford
North Carolina (2)
Holly Springs, Clayton
Tennessee (2)
Science Hill, John Overton
Virginia (2)
Princess Anne, Frank W. Cox
Alabama (1)
Slocomb
Arizona (1)
Sahuaro
Connecticut (1)
Staples
Cuba (1)
N/A
Illinois (1)
Wheaton Academy
Indiana (1)
Bishop Luers
Michigan (1)
Troy
Nevada (1)
Bishop Gorman
Pennsylvania (1)
Upper Perkiomen
Puerto Rico (1)
American Military Academy
Wisconsin (1)
Indian Trail
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