The World Series pits the states of Texas and Missouri against each other, but California figures prominently on rosters of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers.
California has the most high school alumni in the World Series of any state, coming in with six on the Cardinals and five on the Rangers.
The two rosters include 14 foreign-born players, including six from the Dominican Republic, three from Venezuela and two from Japan.
Interestingly, the two players from Japan (Ranger pitchers Yoshinori Tateyama and Koji Uehara) are the only two players in the World Series to play at the same high school. They were teammates at Tokaidai Gyosei High School in Osaka, close to 20 years ago.
Texas has the second-highest total of alumni with six while Missouri and Florida each have three.
Following are the high schools for each of the members on the active rosters for the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers. Some foreign players did not have a high school listed by either MLB.com or The Baseball Cube.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Mitchell Boggs –
Dalton (Ga.)Chris Carpenter –
Trinity (Manchester, N.H.)Octavio Dotel – Liceo Eansino Afuera (Santo Domingo, D.R.)
Jaime Garcia –
Sharyland (Mission, Texas)Edwin Jackson –
Shaw (Columbus, Ga.)Kyle Lohse –
Hamilton (Hamilton City, Calif.)Lance Lynn –
Brownsburg (Ind.)Kyle McClellan –
Hazelwood West (Mo.)Jason Motte –
Valley Central (Montgomery, N.Y.)Arthur Rhodes –
La Vega (Waco, Texas)Marc Rzepczynski –
Servite (Anaheim, Calif.)Fernando Salas – Huatabampo, Mexico
Gerald Laird –
La Quinta (Westminster, Calif.)Yadier Molina – Esc. Superior Maestro Ladi (Vega Alta, P.R.)
Daniel Descalso –
St. Francis (Mountain View, Calif.)David Freese –
Lafayette (Wildwood, Mo.)Rafael Furcal – Jose Cabrera (Loma de Cabrera, D.R.)
Albert Pujols –
Fort Osage (Independence, Mo.)Nick Punto –
Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo, Calif.)Ryan Theriot –
Broadmoor (Baton Rouge, La.)Lance Berkman –
Canyon (New Braunfels, Texas)Adron Chambers –
Pensacola (Fla.)Allen Craig –
Chaparral (Temecula, Calif.)Matt Holliday –
Stillwater (Okla.)Jon Jay –
Columbus (Miami)TEXAS RANGERS
Mike Adams –
Sinton (Texas)Scott Feldman –
Burlingame (Calif.)Neftali Feliz – Sofia Benitez (Azua, D.R.)
Michael Gonzalez –
Harvest Christian Academy (Pasadena, Texas)Matt Harrison –
South Granville (Creedmoor, N.C.)Derek Holland –
Newark (Ohio)Colby Lewis –
North (Bakersfield, Calif.)Alexi Ogando – San Pedro de Macoris (D.R.)
Darren Oliver –
Rio Linda (Calif.)Yoshinori Tateyama – Tokaidai Gyosei (Osaka, Japan)
Koji Uehara – Tokaidai Gyosei (Osaka, Japan)
CJ Wilson –
Fountain Valley (Calif.)Mike Napoli –
Flanagan (Pembroke Pines, Fla.)Yorvit Torrealba – Guarenas (Estado Miranda, Vz.)
Elvis Andrus – Caracas (Vz.)
Adrian Beltre – Liceo Maximo Gomez (Santo Domingo, D.R.)
Esteban German – Santo Domingo (D.R.)
Ian Kinsler –
Canyon del Oro (Tucson, Ariz.)Mitch Moreland –
Amory (Miss.)Endy Chavez – Liceo Bataila Carabobo (Vz.)
Nelson Cruz – Monte Cristi (D.R.)
Craig Gentry –
Union Christian Academy (Fort Smith, Ark.)Josh Hamilton –
Athens Drive (Raleigh, N.C.)David Murphy –
Klein (Texas)Michael Young –
Bishop Amat (La Puente, Calif.)
