Baseball in Fort Wayne

Below is the list of former Fort Wayne Wizards players who have made it to the Major League Baseball level. (Order – Name – Debut Date -  Debut Team)

• 01 – Latroy Hawkins – 4/29/1995 – Twins
• 02 – Scott Watkins – 8/1/1995 – Twins
• 03 – Matt Lawton – 9/5/1995 – Twins
• 04 – Dan Naulty – 4/2/1996 – Twins
• 05 – Dan Serafini – 6/25/1996 – Twins
• 06 – Travis Miller – 8/25/1996 – Twins
• 07 – Shane Bowers – 7/26/1997 – Twins
• 08 – Torii Hunter – 8/22/1997 – Twins
• 09 – Jose(Javie) Valentin – 9/13/1997 – Twins
• 10 – Michael Radmanovich – 4/13/1998 – Mariners
• 11 – Fred Rath – 7/29/1998 -Rockies
• 12 – Corey Koskie – 9/9/1998 – Twins
• 13 – A. J. Pierzynski – 9/9/1998 -Twins
• 14 – Benj Sampson – 9/9/1998 – Twins
• 15 – Chad Allen – 4/6/1999 -Twins
• 16 – Dan Perkins – 4/7/1999 – Twins
• 17 – Rob Radlosky – 5/25/1999 – Twins
• 18 – Cleatus Davidson – 5/30/1999 – Twins
• 19 – Matt LeCroy – 4/3/2000 – Twins
• 20 – Chad Moeller – 6/30/2000 – Twins
• 21 – Danny Mota – 9/13/2000 – Twins
• 22 – Luis Rivas – 9/16/2000 – Twins
• 23 – Brad Thomas – 5/26/2001 – Twins
• 24 – Jaun Rincon – 6/7/2001 – Twins
• 25 – Gus Gandarillas – 7/17/2001 – Twins
• 26 – Michael Cuddyer – 9/23/2001 – Twins
• 27 – Sean Burroughs – 4/2/2002 – Padres
• 28 – Mike Moriarty – 4/11/2002 – Orioles
• 29 – Ben Howard – 4/28/2002 -Padres
• 30 – Dennis Tankersly – 5/10/2002 – Padres
• 31 – J.J. Trujillo – 6/11/2002 – Padres
• 32 – Oliver Perez – 6/16/2002 – Padres
• 33 – Jake Peavy – 6/22/2002 – Padres
• 34 – Eric Cyr – 6/23/2002 – Padres
• 35 – Clay Coundrey – 8/28/2002 – Padres
• 36 – Michael Restovich – 9/8/2002 – Twins
• 37 – Michael Ryan – 9/20/2002 – Twins
• 38 – Kevin Ohme – 4/14/2003 – Cardinals
• 39 – Michael Nakamura – 6/7/2003 – Twins
• 40 – Cliff Bartosh – 5/15/2004 – Indians
• 41 – Justin Germano – 5/22/2004 – Padres
• 42 – Jon Knott – 5/30/2004 – Padres
• 43 – Freddy Guzman – 8/17/2004 – Padres
• 44 – Steve Watkins – 8/21/2004 – Padres
• 45 – Paul McAnulty – 6/22/2005 – Padres
• 46 – Ben Johnson – 6/26/2005 – Padres
• 47 – Kevin Reese – 6/26/2005 – Yankees
• 48 – Jeff Harris – 8/2/2005 – Mariners
• 49 – Chris Oxpring – 9/2/2005 – Padres
• 50 – J.J. Furmaniak – 9/13/2005 – Pirates
• 51 – Josh Barfield – 4/3/2006 – Padres
• 52 – Mike Thompson – 5/17/2006 – Padres
• 53 – David Pauley – 5/31/2006 – Red Sox
• 54 – Jon Huber – 8/30/2006 – Mariners
• 55 – Travis Chick – 9/13/2006 – Mariners
• 56 – Joakim Soria – 4/4/2007 – Royals
• 57 – Aaron Fultz – 4/5/2007 – Giants
• 58 – Chase Headley – 6/15/2007 – Padres
• 59 – Cory Doyne – 6/16/2007 – Orioles
• 60 – Jack Cassel – 8/10/2007 – Padres
• 61 – Colt Morton – 9/21/2007 – Padres
• 62 – Drew Macias – 9/29/2007 – Padres
• 63 – Luke Carlin – 5/10/2008 – Padres
• 64 – Jared Wells – 5/24/2008 – Padres
• 65 – Eddie Bonine – 6/14/2008 – Tigers
• 66 – Leo Rosales – 6/15/2008 – Diamondbacks
• 67 – Nick Hundley – 7/4/2008 -Padres
• 68 – Sean Kazmar – 8/13/2008 – Padres
• 69 – Dirk Haryhurst – 8/23/2008 – Padres
• 70 – Will Venable – 8/29/2008 – Padres
• 71 – Josh Geer – 8/30/2008 – Padres
• 72 – Matt Antonelli – 9/1/2008 – Padres
• 73 – Luis Cruz – 9/2/2008 – Pirates
• 74 – Wade LeBlanc – 9/3/2008 – Padres
• 75 – Michael Ekstrom – 9/10/2008 – Padres
• 76 – Goerge Kottaras – 9/13/2008 – Red Sox
• 77 – David Freese – 4/6/2009 – Cardinals
• 78 – Bobby Scales – 5/5/2009 – Cubs
• 79 – Greg Burke – 5/16/2009 – Padres
• 80 – Dale Thayer – 5/22/2009 – Rays
• 81 – Kyle Blanks – 6/19/2009 – Padres
• 82 – Jose Lobaton – 7/5/2009 – Padres
• 83 – Mat Latos – 7/19/2009 – Padres
• 84 – Wilton Lopez – 8/29/2009 – Astros
• 85 – Luis Durango – 9/15/2009 – Padres
• 86 – Cesar Ramos – 9/16/2009 – Padres
• 87 – Ernesto Frieri- 9/26/2009 – Padres
• 88 – Jon Link – 4/20/2010 – Dodgers
• 89 – Lance Zawadzki – 5/2/2010 – Padres
• 90 – Chad Huffman – 6/13/2010 – Yankees
• 91 – Cory Luebke – 9/3/2010 – Padres
• 92 – Mike Baxter – 9/6/2010 – Padres
• 93 – Brandon Kintzler – 9/10/2010 – Brewers
• 94 – Erik Sogard – 9/14/2010 – A’s
• 95
• 96 – Cedric Hunter – 3/31/2011 – Padres
• 97 – Brandon Gomes – 5/8/2011 – Rays

* Dave Meads made his Major League debut on August 13, 1987 with the Houston Astros. Years late, he was acquired by the San Diego Padres and joined the Wizards roster on 2004 before officially retiring. Though he appeared in 18 games with the Wizards that year and is very much a part of their history, I am not counting him on this list since he was a Wizard after his MLB debut.

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