2024 MLB All-Star Game: Where every player went to high school

By Thomas Frey Jul 15, 2024, 11:00am

California leads the way with 13 selections, including AL, NL starting pitchers Corbin Burnes, Paul Skenes.

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.
(Graphic: Ryan Escobar)
(Graphic: Ryan Escobar)
California — 13
Corbin Burnes, Centennial (Bakersfield)
Jarren Duran, Cypress
Freddie Freeman, El Modena (Orange)
Max Fried, Harvard-Westlake (Studio City)
Tyler Glasnow, Hart (Newhall)
Hunter Greene, Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)
Aaron Judge, Linden
Steven Kwan, Washington (Fremont)
Ryan McMahon, Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
Marcus Semien, Saint Mary's (Albany)
Paul Skenes, El Toro (Lake Forest)
Logan Webb, Rocklin
Christian Yelich, Westlake (Westlake Village)

Florida — 7
Pete Alonso, Plant (Tampa)
Logan Gilbert, Wekiva (Apopka)
Riley Greene, Hagerty (Oviedo)
Cole Ragans, North Florida Christian (Tallahassee)
Chris Sale, Lakeland
Kyle Tucker, Plant (Tampa)
Trea Turner, Park Vista (Lake Worth)

Texas — 4
Kyle Finnegan, Kingwood
David Fry, Grapevine
Jordan Westburg, New Braunfels
Bobby Witt Jr., Colleyville Heritage (Colleyville)

Alabama — 2
Gunnar Henderson, Morgan Academy (Selma)
Clay Holmes, Slocomb

Georgia — 2
CJ Abrams, Blessed Trinity (Roswell)
Zack Wheeler, East Paulding (Dallas)

Nevada — 2
Tyler Anderson, Spring Valley (Las Vegas)
Bryce Harper, Las Vegas



Tennessee — 2
Mookie Betts, Overton (Nashville)
Bryan Reynolds, Brentwood

Arizona — 1
Tarik Skubal, Kingman Academy (Kingman)

Hawaii — 1
Kirby Yates, Kauai (Lihue)

Illinois — 1
Tanner Houck, Collinsville

Kentucky — 1
Will Smith, Kentucky Country Day (Louisville)

Louisiana — 1
Seth Lugo, Parkway (Bossier City)

Maryland — 1

Jackson Merrill, Severna Park



Mississippi — 1
Garrett Crochet, Ocean Springs

Nebraska — 1

Alec Bohm, Roncalli Catholic (Omaha)

New York — 1

Jeff Hoffman, Shaker (Latham)

North Carolina — 1

Corey Seager, Northwest Cabarrus (Concord)

North Dakota — 1
Matt Strahm, West Fargo

Ohio — 1
Tanner Scott, Howland (Warren)

Oklahoma — 1
Ryan Helsley, Sequoyah (Tahlequah)

Oregon — 1
Adley Rutschman, Sherwood

Pennsylvania — 1
Mason Miller, Bethel Park



International — 29
Jose 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