The Texas Rangers host the Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday and MaxPreps takes a look at which state has the most players named to the 94th midsummer classic.
California leads the way with 13 competitors, including both scheduled starting pitchers,
Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates and
Corbin Burnes of the Baltimore Orioles. Skenes, who played at
El Toro (Lake Forest, Calif.), is the first rookie pitcher to start the All-Star Game since 1995 after jumping out to a 6-0 start with a 1.90 ERA.
The last time each starting pitcher hailed from the same state was in 2000 when California left-handers Randy Johnson and David Wells began the game.
The Golden State also has its share of big bats with MLB home run leader
Aaron Judge of
Linden and Dodgers slugger
Freddie Freeman of
El Modena (Orange) on the roster.
Florida comes in second with seven selections, led by flamethrowers
Cole Ragans of
North Florida Christian (Tallahassee) and
Chris Sale of
Lakeland, who are both among the top five leaders in strikeouts.
Overall, 22 states were represented with at least one player on this list.
California — 13Corbin Burnes,
Centennial (Bakersfield)Jarren Duran,
CypressFreddie Freeman,
El Modena (Orange)Max Fried,
Harvard-Westlake (Studio City)Tyler Glasnow,
Hart (Newhall)Hunter Greene,
Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)Aaron Judge,
LindenSteven Kwan,
Washington (Fremont)Ryan McMahon,
Mater Dei (Santa Ana)Marcus Semien,
Saint Mary's (Albany)Paul Skenes,
El Toro (Lake Forest)Logan Webb,
RocklinChristian Yelich,
Westlake (Westlake Village)Florida — 7Pete Alonso,
Plant (Tampa)Logan Gilbert,
Wekiva (Apopka)Riley Greene,
Hagerty (Oviedo)Cole Ragans,
North Florida Christian (Tallahassee)Chris Sale,
LakelandKyle Tucker, Plant (Tampa)
Trea Turner,
Park Vista (Lake Worth)Texas — 4Jordan Westburg,
New BraunfelsBobby Witt Jr.,
Colleyville Heritage (Colleyville)Alabama — 2Gunnar Henderson,
Morgan Academy (Selma)Clay Holmes,
SlocombGeorgia — 2CJ Abrams,
Blessed Trinity (Roswell)Zack Wheeler,
East Paulding (Dallas)Nevada — 2Tyler Anderson,
Spring Valley (Las Vegas)Bryce Harper,
Las VegasTennessee — 2Mookie Betts,
Overton (Nashville)Bryan Reynolds,
BrentwoodArizona — 1Tarik Skubal,
Kingman Academy (Kingman)Hawaii — 1Kirby Yates,
Kauai (Lihue)Illinois — 1Tanner Houck,
CollinsvilleKentucky — 1Will Smith,
Kentucky Country Day (Louisville)Louisiana — 1Seth Lugo,
Parkway (Bossier City)
Maryland — 1Jackson Merrill,
Severna ParkMississippi — 1Garrett Crochet,
Ocean Springs
Nebraska — 1Alec Bohm,
Roncalli Catholic (Omaha)
New York — 1Jeff Hoffman,
Shaker (Latham)
North Carolina — 1Corey Seager,
Northwest Cabarrus (Concord)North Dakota — 1Matt Strahm,
West FargoOhio — 1Tanner Scott,
Howland (Warren)Oklahoma — 1Ryan Helsley,
Sequoyah (Tahlequah)Oregon — 1Adley Rutschman,
SherwoodPennsylvania — 1Mason Miller,
Bethel ParkInternational — 29Jose Altuve, Venezuela
Yordan Alvarez, Cuba
Luis Arraez, Venezuela
Will Castro, Puerto Rico
Emmanuel Clase, Dominican Republic
William Contreras, Venezuela
Carlos Correa, Puerto Rico
Elly De La Cruz, Dominican Republic
Rafael Devers, Dominican Republic
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Canada
Teoscar Hernandez, Dominican Republic
Shota Imanaga, Japan
Reynaldo Lopez, Dominican Republic
Ketel Marte, Dominican Republic
Andres Munoz, Mexico
Josh Naylor, Canada
Shohei Ohtani, Japan
Marcell Ozuna, Dominican Republic
Isaac Paredes, Mexico
Salvador Perez, Venezuela
Jurickson Profar, Curacao
Jose Ramirez, Dominican Republic
Heliot Ramos, Puerto Rico
Cristopher Sanchez, Dominican Republic
Anthony Santander, Venezuela
Juan Soto, Dominican Republic
Ranger Suarez, Venezuela
Robert Suarez, Venezuela
Fernando Tatis Jr., Dominican Republic