Former MLB Players With Arkansas Ties

 

 

Name Team League Active as of Arkansas Connection Note
Glenn Abbott Oakland / Seattle / Detroit MLB 1972-84 Little Rock P
Grady Adkins Chicago MLB 1928-29 Jacksonville Butcher Boy
Bob Allen Philadelphia / Boston / Cincinnati MLB 1890-94, 1897, 1900 Little Rock SS
Orville Armbrust Washington MLB 1934 Beirne P
Bill Bailey St. Louis / Baltimore / Chicago / Detroit MLB 1907-22 Fort Smith P
John Barfield Texas MLB 1989-91 Pine Bluff P
Mike Beard Atlanta MLB 1974-77 Little Rock P
Gene Bearden Cleveland / Detroit / Chicago / Washington / St. Louis MLB 1947-53 Lexa P
Fred Bennett St. Louis / Pittsburgh MLB 1928, 1931 Atkins Red
Joe Berry Chicago / Cleveland / Philadelphia MLB 1942-46 Huntsville Jittery Joe
Red Bird Washington MLB 1921 Murfreesboro P
Marv Blaylock New York / Philadelphia MLB 1950, 1955-57 Fort Smith 1B / OF
Carl Boles San Francisco MLB 1962 Center Point OF
Billy Bowers Chicago MLB 1949 Parkin OF
Weldon Bowlin Kansas City MLB 1967 Paragould Hoss
Bill Bradford Kansas City MLB 1956 Choctaw P
George Bradley St. Louis MLB 1946 Greenwood OF
Otis Brannan St. Louis MLB 1928-29 Greenbrier 2B
Lou Brock St. Louis / Chicago MLB 1961-79 El Dorado HALL OF FAME
Name Team League Active as of Arkansas Connection Note
Joe Brown Chicago MLB 1927 Little Rock P
Paul Brown Philadelphia MLB 1961-63, 1968 Fort Smith P
A.J. Burnett Florida / Toronto MLB 1999-P North L. R. P. No-hitter in 2001
Pat Burrell Philadelphia MLB 2000-P Eureka Springs OF. Pat the Bat
Chick Carroll Washington MLB 1884 Born in Arkansas OF
Mort Cooper St. Louis / Boston / Chicago / New York MLB 1938-47, 1949 Little Rock P / All-Star
Mays Copeland St. Louis MLB 1935 Mountain View P
Paxton Crawford Boston MLB 2000-01 Little Rock P
Mike Cvengros New York / Chicago / Pittsburgh MLB 1922-25, 1927, 1929 Hot Springs P
Al Cypert Cleveland MLB 1914 Little Rock 3B
Chuck Daniel Detroit MLB 1957 Bluffton P
Dave Davenport Cincinnati / St. Louis MLB 1914-19 El Dorado P
Otis Davis Brooklyn MLB 1946 Charleston Scat
Willie Davis LA / Montreal / Texas / St. Louis / San Diego / California MLB 1960-79 Mineral Springs OF / All-Star
Pea Ridge Day St. Louis / Brooklyn / Cincinnati MLB 1924-26, 1931 Pea Ridge P
Lindsay Deal Brooklyn MLB 1939 Little Rock OF
Dizzy Dean St. Louis / Chicago MLB 1930-41, 1947 Lucas HALL OF FAME
Paul 'Daffy' Dean St. Louis / New York MLB 1934-41, 1943 Lucas No-hitter in 1934
Leo Dickerman Brooklyn / St. Louis MLB 1923-25 Atkins P
Bill Dickey New York MLB 1928-46 Kensett HALL OF FAME
Name Team League Active as of Arkansas Connection Note
George Dickey Boston / Chicago MLB 1935-35, 1941-42, 1946-47 Kensett Skeets
Taylor Douthit St. Louis / Chicago / Cincinnati MLB 1923-33 Little Rock OF
Sammy Drake Chicago / New York MLB 1960-62 Little Rock  
Solly Drake Chicago / LA / Philadelphia MLB 1956, 1959 Little Rock OF
George Earnshaw Philadelphia / Chicago / Brooklyn / St. Louis MLB 1928-36 Little Rock Moose
Sherman Edwards Cincinnati MLB 1934 Mount Ida P
Babe Ellison Detroit MLB 1916-20 Rutland Bert
Red Evans Chicago / Brooklyn MLB 1936, 1939 Lakeview P
Jerry Fahr Cleveland MLB 1951 Marmaduke P
Buck Fausett Cincinnati MLB 1944 Sheridan Leaky
Harry Feldman New York MLB 1941-46 Fort Smith P
Terry Felton Minnesota MLB 1979-82 Texarkana P
Wes Flowers Brooklyn MLB 1940, 1944 Vanndale P
Ryan Franklin Seattle / Philadelphia / Cincinnati / St. Louis MLB 1999-P Fort Smith P
Choo Freeman Colorado MLB 2004-P Pine Bluff OF
Jake Freeze Chicago MLB 1925 Huntington P
Walter French Philadelphia MLB 1923, 1925-29 Mountain Home Fitz
Wes Gardner New York / Boston / San Diego / KC MLB 1984-91 Benton / UCA P
Aubrey Gatewood LA / California / Atlanta MLB 1963-65, 1970 Little Rock P
Jesse Gonder New York / Cincinnati / Pittsburgh / Milwaukee MLB 1960-67 Monticello C
Lefty Guise Cincinnati MLB 1940 Driggs P
Name Team League Active as of Arkansas Connection Note
Tom Gulley Cleveland / Chicago MLB 1923-24, 1926 St. Charles OF
Odell Hale Cleveland / Boston / New York MLB 1931-41 El Dorado Bad News
George Harper Detroit / Cincinnati / Philadelphia / New York / St. Louis / Boston MLB 1916-18, 1922-29 Magnolia OF
Joe Hassler Philadelphia / St. Louis MLB 1928-30 Fort Smith SS
Herb Herring Washington MLB 1912 Danville P
Willis Hudlin Cleveland / Washington / St. Louis / New York MLB 1926-40, 1944 Little Rock Ace
Tom Hughes Detroit MLB 1930 Emmet OF
Torii Hunter Minnesota / LA Angels MLB 1997-P Pine Bluff OF / All-Star
Randy Jackson Chicago / Brooklyn / Cleveland / LA MLB 1950-59 Little Rock 3B / All-Star
Travis Jackson New York MLB 1922-36 Waldo HALL OF FAME
Art Jahn Chicago / New York / Philly MLB 1925, 1928 Little Rock OF
Mike Jeffcoat Cleveland / Texas / Florida / San Fran. MLB 1983-92, 1994 Pine Bluff P
Alex Johnson Philadelphia / St. Louis / Cincinnati / California / Detroit / Cleveland / Texas / New York MLB 1964-76 Helena OF / All-Star
Roy Johnson Montreal MLB 1982, 1984-85 Parkin OF
Smead Jolley Chicago / Boston MLB 1930-33 Wesson OF
Harry Kane Philadelphia / St. Louis / Detroit MLB 1902-03, 1905-06 Hamburg Klondike
George Kell Philadelphia / Detroit / Boston / Chicago / Baltimore MLB 1943-57 Swifton HALL OF FAME
Skeeter Kell Philadelphia MLB 1952 Swifton 2B
Harry Kelley Philadelphia / Washington MLB 1925-26, 1936-39 Parkin P
Bill Kerksieck Philadelphia MLB 1939 Ulm P
Name Team League Active as of Arkansas Connection Note
Don Kessinger Chicago / St. Louis MLB 1964-79 Forrest City All-Star
Keith Kessinger Cincinnati MLB 1993 Forrest City SS
Ellis Kinder Chicago / St. Louis / Boston MLB 1946-57 Atkins P
Jim King Chicago / St. Louis / San Fran. / Washington / Cleveland MLB 1955-58, 1961-67 Elkins OF
Joe Klinger New York / Chicago MLB 1927, 1930 Little Rock  
Kevin Kouzmanoff Cleveland / San Diego MLB 2006-P UALR 3B
Lyman Lamb St. Louis MLB 1920-21 Fayetteville  
Bob Linton Pittsburgh MLB 1929 Emerson C
Sherm Lollar Chicago / St. Louis / Cleveland / New York MLB 1946-63 Durham C / All-Star
Kevin Lomon New York / Atlanta MLB 1995-96 Fort Smith P
Wild Bill Luhrsen Pittsburgh MLB 1913 Little Rock P
Chuck Malone Philadelphia MLB 1990 Harrisburg P
Bert Maxwell Pittsburgh / New York / Philadelphia / Brooklyn MLB 1906, 1908, 1911, 1914 Texarkana P
Paddy Mayes Philadelphia MLB 1911 Fayetteville OF
Jack McAdams St. Louis MLB 1911 Benton P
Dutch McCall Chicago MLB 1948 Little Rock P
Tommy McCraw Chicago / Cleveland / Washington / California MLB 1963-75 Malvern 1B / OF
Leon McFadden Houston MLB 1968-70 Little Rock SS / OF
Ed McGhee Chicago / Philadelphia MLB 1950, 1953-55 Perry OF
Jeff McKnight New York / Baltimore MLB 1989-94 Conway  
Jim McKnight Chicago MLB 1960, 1962 Bee Branch  
Name Team League Active as of Arkansas Connection Note
Tony McKnight Houston / Pittsburgh MLB 2000-01 Texarkana P
Jim McLeod Washington / Philadelphia MLB 1930, 1932-33 Little Rock 3B / SS
Jack McMahan Pittsburgh / Kansas City MLB 1956 Hot Springs P
Horace Milan Washington MLB 1915, 1917 Texarkana OF
Rick Monday Kansas City / Oakland / Chicago / LA MLB 1966-84 Batesville OF / All-Star
Wally Moon St. Louis / LA MLB 1954-65 Bay OF / All-Star
Jim Moore Cleveland / Chicago MLB 1928-32 Prescott P
Scrappy Moore St. Louis MLB 1917 Little Rock 3B
Lloyd Moseby Toronto / Detroit MLB 1980-91 Portland OF / All-Star
Dustin Moseley LA Angels MLB 2006-P Texarkana P
Glenn Myatt Cleveland / Detroit / New York / Philadelphia MLB 1920-36 Argenta C
Bry Nelson Boston MLB 2002 Crossett  
Roy Nichols New York MLB 1944 Little Rock  
Bob Osborn Chicago / Pittsburgh MLB 1925-31 Paris P
Art Parks Brooklyn MLB 1937, 1939 Paris OF
Bob Patrick Detroit MLB 1941-42 Fort Smith OF
Gene Paulette St. Louis MLB 1918 Little Rock  
Rusty Pence Chicago MLB 1921 Hot Springs P
John Perkovich Chicago MLB 1950 Little Rock Perky
Aaron Pointer Houston MLB 1963, 1966-67 Little Rock Hawk
Ray Powell Detroit / Boston MLB 1913, 1917-24 Siloam Springs Rabbit
Name Team League Active as of Arkansas Connection Note
Mel Queen New York / Pittsburgh MLB 1942-52 Fort Smith P
Bill Ramsey Boston MLB 1945 Osceola Square Jaw
Fred Rath Chicago MLB 1968-69 Little Rock P
Leroy Reams Philadelphia MLB 1969 Pine Bluff  
Eric Reed Florida MLB 2006-P LR / Monticello  
Don Reynolds San Diego MLB 1978-79 Arkadelphia OF
Jeff Richardson Cincinnati / Pittsburgh / Boston MLB 1989, 1991, 1993 UALR INF
Reggie Ritter Cleveland MLB 1986-87 Malvern P
Brooks Robinson Baltimore MLB 1955-77 Little Rock HALL OF FAME
Floyd Robinson Chicago / Oakland / Boston / Cincinnati MLB 1960-68 Prescott OF
Hank Robinson Pittsburgh / St. Louis / New York MLB 1911-15, 1918 Floyd Rube
Elwin 'Preacher' Roe Pittsburgh / St. Louis / Brooklyn MLB 1938, 1944-54 Ash Flat P / All-Star
Lee Rogers Boston / Brooklyn MLB 1938 Little Rock Buck / Lefty
Lynwood 'Schoolboy' Rowe Detroit / Brooklyn / Philadelphia MLB 1933-43, 1946-49 Lived in El Dorado P / All-Star
Sean Runyan Detroit MLB 1998-2000 Fort Smith P
Johnny Sain Boston / New York / Kansas City MLB 1942, 1946-55 Havana "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain."
Carl Sawatski Chicago / Milwaukee / St. Louis / Philadelphia MLB 1948, '50, '53-54, '57-63 Little Rock Swats, Swisher, or Swish
Boss Schmidt Detroit MLB 1906-11 Coal Hill C
Walter Schmidt Pittsburgh / St. Louis MLB 1916-25 Coal Hill C
Walt Schulz St. Louis MLB 1920 Prescott P
Carey Selph St. Louis / Chicago MLB 1929, 1932 Donaldson 2B / 3B
Ginger Shinault Cleveland MLB 1921-22 Benton C
Name Team League Active as of Arkansas Connection Note
Dave Short Chicago MLB 1940-41 Magnolia OF
Earl Smith Pittsburgh / St. Louis / New York / Boston MLB 1919-30 Hot Springs C
Hal Smith Pittsburgh / St. Louis MLB 1956-61, 1965 Barling C / All-Star
Stephen Smitherman Cincinnati MLB 2003 UALR OF
Floyd Speer Chicago MLB 1943-44 Booneville P
Bryan Stephens Cleveland / St. Louis MLB 1947-48 Fayetteville P
Gene Stephens Boston / Baltimore / Chicago / Kansas City MLB 1952-53, 1955-64 Gravette OF
Rollie Stiles St. Louis MLB 1930-31, 1933 Ratcliff P
Marlin Stuart St. Louis / New York / Detroit / Baltimore MLB 1949-54 Paragould P
Lee Tate St. Louis MLB 1958-59 Black Rock Skeeter
Terry Tiffee Minnesota MLB 2004-06 North L.R. 3B
Pat Tobin Philadelphia MLB 1941 Hermitage P
Jerry Turner San Diego / Chicago / Detroit MLB 1974-83 Texarkana OF
Ellis Valentine Montreal / New York / California / Texas MLB 1975-83, 1985 Helena OF / All-Star
Arky Vaughan Pittsburgh / Brooklyn MLB 1932-43, 1947-48 Clifty HALL OF FAME
Jim Walkup Detroit MLB 1927 Havana P
Jim Walkup St. Louis / Detroit MLB 1934-39 Havana P
Aaron Ward New York / Chicago / Cleveland MLB 1917-28 Booneville / OBU  
Lon Warneke Chicago / St. Louis MLB 1930-43, 1945 Mount Ida The Arkansas Hummingbird
Milt Watson St. Louis / Philadelphia MLB 1916-19 Pine Bluff Mule
Name Team League Active as of Arkansas Connection Note
Matt Whiteside Texas / Philadelphia / Toronto / San Diego / Atlanta MLB 1992-05 ASU P
Dave Williams Boston MLB 1902 Hot Springs P
Dib Williams Philadelphia / Boston MLB 1930-35 Greenbrier  
Mutt Williams Washington MLB 1913-14 Ozark P
Al Williamson Chicago MLB 1928 Buckville P
Howie Williamson St. Louis MLB 1928 Little Rock  
Ned Williamson Chicago / Indianapolis MLB 1878-90 Willow Springs  
Gary Wilson Houston MLB 1979 Camden P
Vance Wilson NY Mets / Detroit MLB 1999-P Springdale C
Darrell Woodard Oakland MLB 1978 Wilmar  
Mel Wright St. Louis / Chicago MLB 1954-55, 1960-61 Manila P
Hank Wyse Chicago / Philadelphia / Washington MLB 1942-47, 1950-51 Lunsford P / All-Star
Lefty York Chicago / Philadelphia MLB 1919, 1921 West Fork P
Jimmy Zinn Philadelphia / Cleveland / Pittsburgh MLB 1919-22, 1929 Benton  

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