FULL LIST OF APPLESOX ALUMS TO APPEAR IN AN MLB GAME. YEARS LISTED ARE THE YEAR(S) WITH APPLESOX, FOLLOWED BY THE YEAR MAKING MLB DEBUT.

It all began with Jason Hammel on April 11, 2006.

Hammel, a member of the 2001 AppleSox, toed the rubber against the Baltimore Orioles as a member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and became the first former Sox player to appear in a major-league game.

Since then, 20 others have appeared in at least one MLB game and countless more on the way in the future. Thirteen of the 20 former Sox players to make it to the majors are pitchers.

The Sox most famous alumnus might be Seattle Mariners southpaw Marco Gonzales. After pitching for the AppleSox in 2010, Gonzales went on to a decorated career at Gonzaga before being drafted in 2013 by the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2019, he not only started both the Mariners’ season opener in Tokyo, Japan, but also the home opener at T-Mobile Park. He won both outings.

Gonzales and fellow southpaw alum Tommy Milone both earned Opening Day starts in 2020, marking the first time that two former AppleSox players earned Opening Day starts on the mound.

Just three days into the start of the 2020 season, 2012 alum Taylor Jones and 2014 alum Brandon Bailey both made their MLB debuts for the Houston Astros. 2012 alum James Kaprielian (Aug. 16) and 2014 alum Drew Rasmussen (Aug. 19) both debuted in the same week to make 2020 the season with the most AppleSox alum MLB debuts. That season tied 2014 for the year with the most AppleSox alum major-league debuts.

In 2023 the AppleSox sent two former players to the big leagues as Casey Legumina made his MLB debut on April 15 with the Cincinnati Reds and Alek Jacob appeared in his first big-league game on July 15 for the San Diego Padres. Legumina became the third member of the 2016 AppleSox to appear in a major-league game, joining Michael Toglia of the Colorado Rockies and Ryan Kreidler of the Detroit Tigers.

Two AppleSox players have won World Series rings in their pro careers. First, Clayton Mortensen won one as a member of the 2013 Boston Red Sox and then Hammel won one with the 2016 Chicago Cubs.

When you go to an AppleSox game, you might not know everyone’s name, but you should learn to remember them because you never know when you might hear about them again someday!

AppleSox in the Pros, 2025 (as of april 5), year(s) w/ Sox