Major Leaguers who played and/or managed Minor League Baseball in Tyler, Texas


last updated 01.25.06



(special thanks to Davis O. Barker)


Player Tyler Team(s) Major League Team(s)
Wingo Anderson 1912 Elbertas 1910 Cincinnati Reds
Bill Andrus 1926 Trojans 1931 Washington Senators
1937 Philadelphia Phillies
Jim Avrea 1947 Trojans 1950 Cincinnati Reds
Heinz Becker 1939 Trojans 1943, 1945-46 Chicago Cubs
1946-47 Cleveland Indians
Fern Bell 1934 Governors 1939-40 Pittsburgh Pirates
Rabbit Benton 1932 Sports 1922 Philadelphia Phillies
Charlie Biggs 1932 Sports 1932 Chicago White Sox
George Binks 1938 Trojans 1944-46 Washington Senators
1947-48 Philadelphia Athletics
1948 St. Louis Browns
Bob Boken 1929 Trojans 1933-34 Washington Senators
1934 Chicago White Sox
Red Borom 1940 Trojans 1944-45 Detroit Tigers
Abe Bowman 1924 Trojans 1914 Cleveland Naps
1915 Cleveland Indians
Greg Brummett 1996 WildCatters 1993 Minnesota Twins
1993 San Francisco Giants
Hank Camelli 1936 Trojans 1943-46 Pittsburgh Pirates
1947 Boston Braves
Larry Carter 1994 WildCatters 1992 San Francisco Giants
Moose Clabaugh 1926 Trojans 1926 Brooklyn Robins
Merv Connors 1951 East Texans 1937-38 Chicago White Sox
Sam Covington 1912 Elbertas 1913 St. Louis Browns
1917-18 Boston Braves
Charlie Cuellar 1938 Trojans 1950 Chicago White Sox
Ray Cunningham 1932 Sports 1931-32 St. Louis Cardinals
Wally Dashiell 1935-37 Trojans* 1924 Chicago White Sox
Red Dorman 1926, 1928 Trojans 1928 Cleveland Indians
Hal Epps 1951-52 East Texans 1938, 1940 St. Louis Cardinals
1943-44 St. Louis Browns
1944 Philadelphia Athletics
Uel Eubanks 1928-29 Trojans 1922 Chicago Cubs
Darrell Evans 1997 WildCatters** 1969-76, 1989 Atlanta Braves
1976-83 San Francisco Giants
1984-88 Detroit Tigers
Kerby Farrell 1934 Governors 1943 Boston Braves
1945 Chicago White Sox
Bubba Floyd 1938 Trojans 1944 Detroit Tigers
Charlie Gassaway 1937 Trojans 1944 Chicago Cubs
1945 Philadelphia Athletics
1946 Cleveland Indians
Stan Goletz 1950 Trojans 1941 Chicago White Sox
George Harper 1932 Sports 1916-18 Detroit Tigers
1922-24 Cincinnati Reds
1924-26 Philadelphia Phillies
1927-28 New York Giants
1928 St. Louis Cardinals
1929 Boston Braves
Dave Hilton 1996 WildCatters** 1972-1975 San Diego Padres
Jessie Hollins 1997 WildCatters 1992 Chicago Cubs
George Jackson 1924-25, 1927-28 Trojans* 1911-13 Boston Braves
Johnny Jones 1928 Trojans 1919 New York Giants
1920 Boston Braves
Jim Kirby 1946 Trojans
1953 East Texans
1949 Chicago Cubs
Jack Knight 1931 Trojans 1922 St. Louis Cardinals
1925-26 Philadelphia Phillies
1927 Boston Braves
Joe Kracher 1950 Trojans*
1951 East Texans
1939 Philadelphia Phillies
Wayne Krenchicki 1995 WildCatters** 1979-81 Baltimore Orioles
1982, 1983-1985 Cincinnati Reds
1983 Detroit Tigers
1986 Montreal Expos
Jesse Landrum 1949 Trojans 1938 Chicago White Sox
Roy Leslie 1929 Trojans** 1917 Chicago Cubs
1919 St. Louis Cardinals
1922 Philadelphia Phillies
Lou Lombardo 1954 Tigers 1948 New York Giants
Babe Martin 1940 Trojans 1944-46, 1953 St. Louis Browns
1948-49 Boston Red Sox
Tex McDonald 1926 Trojans 1912-13 Cincinnati Reds
1913 Boston Braves
1914 Pittsburgh Stogies (Federal League)
1914 Buffalo BufFeds (Federal League)
1915 Buffalo Blues (Federal League)
Bill McGhee 1932 Sports 1944-45 Philadelphia Athletics
Jim McLaughlin 1932 Tyler Sports 1932 St. Louis Browns
Pat McLaughlin 1951 East Texans 1937, 1945 Detroit Tigers
1940 Philadelphia Athletics
Roy McMillan 1947-48 Trojans 1951-60 Cincinnati Reds
1961-64 Milwaukee Braves
1964-66 New York Mets
Manager:
1972 Milwaukee Brewers
1975 New York Mets
Carl McNabb 1936-38 Trojans
1947-49 Trojans*
1945 Detroit Tigers
Rufus Meadows 1935, 1937 Trojans 1926 Cincinnati Reds
Horace Milan 1912 Elbertas 1915, 1917 Washington Senators
Hack Miller 1947-48 Trojans 1944-45 Detroit Tigers
J. Walter Morris 1932 Sports** 1908 St. Louis Cardinals
Wally Moses 1932 Sports 1935-41, 1949-51 Philadelphia Athletics
1942-46 Chicago White Sox
1946-48 Boston Red Sox
Red Murff 1952 East Texans 1956-57 Milwaukee Braves
Alex Mustaikis 1933 Governors 1940 Boston Red Sox
Fred Nicholson 1932 Sports 1917 Detroit Tigers
1919-20 Pittsburgh Pirates
1921-22 Boston Braves
Otho Nitcholas 1932 Sports
1948, 1950 Trojans*
1945 Brooklyn Dodgers
Mickey O'Neil 1932 Sports 1919-25 Boston Braves
1927 Washington Senators
1927 New York Giants
Antonio Ordenana 1951 East Texans 1943 Pittsburgh Pirates
Salty Parker 1954 Tigers** 1936 Detroit Tigers
Manager:
1967 New York Mets
1972 Houston Astros
Ken Patterson 1996 WildCatters 1988-91 Chicago White Sox
1992 Chicago Cubs
1993-94 California Angels
Leon Pettit 1929 Trojans 1935 Washington Senators
1937 Philadelphia Phillies
Todd Rizzo 1994 WildCatters 1998-99 Chicago White Sox
Bill Reeder 1951 East Texans 1949 St. Louis Cardinals
Red Rollings 1938 Trojans 1927-28 Boston Red Sox
1930 Boston Braves
Joe Rossi 1946 Trojans 1952 Cincinnati Reds
Wally Schang 1932 Sports 1913-17, 1930 Philadelphia Athletics
1918-20 Boston Red Sox
1921-25 New York Yankees
1926-29 St. Louis Cardinals
1931 Detroit Tigers
Marshall Scott 1940 Trojans 1945 Philadelphia Phillies
Tex Shirley 1939 Trojans 1941-42 Philadelphia Athletics
1944-46 St. Louis Browns
George Sisler 1932 Sports* 1915-27 St. Louis Browns
1928 Washington Senators
1928-30 Boston Braves
Jack Stansbury 1926 Trojans 1918 Boston Red Sox
Milt Steengrafe 1932 Sports 1923-24, 1926 Chicago White Sox
Bill Stein 1994 WildCatters** 1972-73 St. Louis Cardinals
1974-76 Chicago White Sox
1977-80 Seattle Mariners
1981-85 Texas Rangers
Stuffy Stewart 1932 Sports 1916-17 St. Louis Cardinals
1922 Pittsburgh Pirates
1923 Brooklyn Robins
1925-27, 1929 Washington Senators
Doug Taitt 1938 Trojans*
1946 Trojans*
1928-29 Red Sox
1929 White Sox
1931-32 Philadelphia Phillies
Jug Thesenga 1940 Trojans 1944 Washington Senators
Forrest Thompson 1939 Trojans 1948-49 Washington Senators
Cotton Tierney 1912 Elbertas 1920-23 Pittsburgh Pirates
1923 Philadelphia Phillies
1924 Boston Braves
1925 Brooklyn Robins
Jack Tising 1924-25 Trojans 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates
Joe Trimble 1949 Trojans 1955 Boston Red Sox
1957 Pittsburgh Pirates
Oscar Tuero 1932 Sports
1934 Governors
1918-20 St. Louis Cardinals
Willie Underhill 1927 Trojans 1927-28 Cleveland Indians
Harry Walker 1938 Trojans 1940-43, 1946-47, 1950-51, 1955 St. Louis Cardinals
1947-48 Philadelphia Phillies
1949 Chicago Cubs
1949 Cincinnati Reds
Manager:
1955 St. Louis Cardinals
1965-67 Pittsburgh Pirates
1968-72 Houston Astros
Aaron Ward 1932 Sports 1917-26 New York Yankees
1927 Chicago White Sox
1928 Cleveland Indians
Jeff Ware 2001 Roughnecks 1995-96 Toronto Blue Jays
George Washington 1932 Sports 1935-36 Chicago White Sox
John Whitehead 1929 Trojans 1935-39 Chicago White Sox
1939-40, 1942 St. Louis Browns
Les Willis 1932 Sports 1947 Cleveland Indians
Hank Wyse 1953 East Texans 1942-47 Chicago Cubs
1950-51 Philadelphia Athletics
1951 Washington Senators
Carl Yowell 1924 Trojans 1924-25 Cleveland Indians
Roy Zimmerman 1940 Trojans 1945 New York Giants
*player/manager
**manager





FOOTNOTES


Jim Finks, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, hit .253 as a catcher with the 1949 Tyler Trojans.

Bill Tosheff, 1951-52 NBA co-Rookie of The Year (w/Mel Hutchins), posted an 8-6 record with the 1954 Tyler Tigers.














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