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For decades, Sacramento has been a hotbed of tremendous baseball talent. A few
of the locals performing in the Major Leagues at present from the greater Sacramento
area* include Dustin Pedroia, Derrek Lee, Manny Parra and many more.
Among the hundreds of former professional players who
have hailed from around here (and this is not an exhaustive list) include: Dusty Baker,
Cuno Barragan, Larry Bowa, Ken and Bob Forsch, Stan Hack, Woody Held, Leron Lee, Jerry Manuel, Joe
Marty, Butch Metzger, Jerry Royster, Steve Sax, Greg Vaughn, Fernando Vina and many
others.
Numerous MLB managers have come out of Sacramento, including:
Dusty Baker (SF Giants, Chicago Cubs and now Cincinnati Reds)
Larry Bowa (San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies)
Jerry Manuel (Chicago White Sox and New York Mets)
Buck Martinez (Toronto Blue Jays)
Johnny McNamara (6 teams)
Many top-name big league players barnstormed through Sacramento from the teens
through the early '60s. Among the barnstormers, none were bigger than Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, who
performed as the Bustin' Babes and Larrupin Lous here in Sacramento in 1927 (you can read more
about that tour at ThePitchBook.com).
After runnin' the bases here, if you would like to submit material that you
believe should be included at BaseballSacramento.com, please send an email to
RAC (at) baseballsacramento
(dot) com
Enjoy!
Editor
Rick Cabral
* The "greater Sacramento baseball area" extends west to Woodland, north to Yuba
City, east to Grass Valley and south to the San Joaquin County line.

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