Where 2013 World Series players went to high school

Texas, California and Florida all have eight players represented in this year's Fall Classic.

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Oct 23, 2013, 8:00am


The Fall Classic has arrived. They slogged through 162 regular-season games and two hard-fought playoff series. Now the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox are ready to play for the world title in the 109th World Series.

With Game 1 slated for Wednesday night at Fenway Park in Boston, MaxPreps takes a look at where the players on the World Series rosters went to high school.

St. Louis Cardinals
NLCS MVP Michael Wacha graduated from Pleasant Grove (Texarkana) in 2009, and is one of four Cardinals players from Texas.
NLCS MVP Michael Wacha graduated from Pleasant Grove (Texarkana) in 2009, and is one of four Cardinals players from Texas.
USATSI
Florida - 5
RP: Kevin Siegrist - Wellington
C: Tony Cruz - Santaluces (Lantana)
RF: Shane Robinson - Jesuit (Tampa)
CF: Jon Jay - Columbus (Miami)
LF: Adron Chambers - Pensacola

Texas - 4
RP: Randy Choate - Churchill (San Antonio)
SP: Shelby Miller - Brownwood
SP: Michael Wacha - Pleasant Grove (Texarkana)
2B: Matt Carpenter - Fort Bend Elkins (Missouri City)

California - 3
RP: Joe Kelly - Corona
1B: Allen Craig - Chaparral (Temecula)
SS: Daniel Descalso - St. Francis (Mountain View)

Missouri - 2
RP: Trevor Rosenthal - Lee's Summit West
3B: David Freese - Lafayette (Wildwood)

Oklahoma - 2
LF: Matt Holliday - Stillwater
SS: Pete Kozma - Owasso

Puerto Rico - 2
C: Yadier Molina - Bayamon
RF: Carlos Beltran - Manati

Canada - 1
RP: John Axford - Assumption College School (Brantford, Ontario)

Dominican Republic - 1
RP: Carlos Martinez - Colinas Del Sur

Georgia - 1
SP: Adam Wainwright - Glynn Academy (Brunswick)

Hawaii - 1
2B: Kolten Wong - Kamehameha Hawai'i (Kea'au)

Indiana - 1
SP: Lance Lynn - Brownsburg

North Carolina - 1
RP: Seth Maness - Pinecrest (Southern Pines)

Pennsylvania - 1
1B: Matt Adams - Philipsburg-Osceola (Philipsburg)

Venezuela - 1
RP: Edward Mujica - Valencia

Boston Red Sox
Dustin Pedroia went to high school at Woodland, and is one of five players from California on the Boston Red Sox.
Dustin Pedroia went to high school at Woodland, and is one of five players from California on the Boston Red Sox.
USATSI
California - 5
2B: Dustin Pedroia - Woodland
RF: Daniel Nava - St. Francis (Mountain View)
LF: Mike Carp - Lakewood
LF: Jonny Gomes - Casa Grande (Petaluma)
LF: Quintin Berry - Morse (San Diego)

Texas - 4
RP: Brandon Workman - Bowie
SP: Clay Buchholz - Lumberton
SP: John Lackey - Abilene
3B: Will Middlebrooks - Liberty-Eylau (Texarkana)

Florida - 3
C: David Ross - Florida State University (Tallahassee)
C: Jarrod Saltalamacchia - Royal Palm Beach
1B: Mike Napoli - Flanagan (Pembroke Pines)

Japan - 2
RP: Junichi Tazawa - Kanagawa-ku (Yokohama, Kanagawa)
RP: Koji Uehara - Neyagawa (Osaka)

Venezuela - 2
RP: Franklin Morales - San Juan de los Morros
SP: Felix Doubront - Carabobo

Alabama - 1
SP: Jake Peavy - St. Paul's Episcopal (Mobile)

Aruba - 1
SS: Xander Bogaerts - San Nicolaas

Canada - 1
SP: Ryan Dempster - Sechelt, British Columbia

Connecticut - 1
RP: Craig Breslow - Trumbull

Dominican Republic - 1
DH: David Ortiz - Santo Domingo

Georgia - 1
SS: Stephen Drew - Lowndes (Valdosta)

Hawaii - 1
RF: Shane Victorino - St. Anthony (Wailuku)

Oregon - 1
CF: Jacoby Ellsbury - Madras

Washington - 1
SP: Jon Lester - Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma)

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