Philadelphia City Leagues Players in Major League Baseball

Philadelphia City Players in Major League Baseball (Public, Catholic, Inter-Ac)

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Street on which player resided is highlighted (if known)

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Following is a list of players from the three city leagues

-- Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac -- who have appeared in the major leagues. The first list includes confirmed high schools. On the second

list are players who perhaps-to-definitely are products of city-leagues schools. In the early part of the 20th century, it

was not uncommon for baseball players to sign pro contracts while still in high school and never finish. Any help on

determining whether the players on the bottom list are products of city-leagues high schools would be much appreciated.

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Player | School | Born | Debut | Pos. | Where He Came From .

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Ruben Amaro | Penn Charter | 1965 | 1991 | OF | Summerdale & Borbeck (not far from Rhawn)

*J. Howard "Joe" Berry | Northeast | 1894 | 1921 | INF | 28th & Huntingdon

Joe Bonikowski | Judge | 1941 | 1962 | P | Pratt & Cottage

Elmer "Swede" Burkart | Olney | 1917 | 1936 | P | Levick & Lawndale (close to Rising Sun)

Al Brancato | Southern | 1919 | 1939 | OF | Rosewood (near Broad) & Porter

/-George Burns | Central | 1893 | 1914 | 1B | 21st & Westmoreland

Albert "Doc" Bushong | Central | 1856 | 1875 | C | Lee (near Front) & Jefferson

=-Roy Campanella | Gratz | 1921 | 1948 | C | 16th & Kerbaugh (near Pike)

Joe Cascarella | Southern | 1907 | 1934 | P | Chadwick (near 17th) & McKean [tentative]

Eddie Collins Jr. | Episcopal | 1916 | 1939 | OF | suburbs (Lansdowne)

Bert Conn | Central | 1879 | 1898 | INF | Stella & Frankford Ave.

Tim Cooney | Malvern | 1990 | 2015 | P | suburbs (Collegeville)

Mike Costanzo | Carroll | 1983 | 2012 | 1B | suburbs (Springfield, Delco)

Jack Crimian | Olney | 1926 | 1951 | P | Linton (near Champlost) & Mascher

Benny Culp | Northeast | 1914 | 1942 | C | Anchor (near Cheltenham) & Torresdale [and 2

others]

Mark "Ben" Davis | Malvern | 1977 | 1998 | C | suburbs (Aston)

Bill Dietrich | Frankford | 1910 | 1933 | P | Akron (near Oakland) & Pratt

Frank DiMichele | Neumann | 1965 | 1988 | P | 8th & Tasker

Lee Elia | Olney | 1937 | 1966 | INF | 11th & Duncannon (near Lindley)

Del Ennis | Olney | 1925 | 1946 | OF | Colgate (near Rising Sun) & Godfrey

Eddie "Itzzy" Feinberg | Southern | 1917 | 1938 | INF | 6th & Wolf

Bob File | Judge | 1977 | 2001 | P | Frankford & Loring (near Bleigh)

Tom Filer | Ryan | 1956 | 1982 | P | Susan & Redd Rambler Dr. (close to Welsh & Verree)

Phil Gosselin | Malvern | 1988 | 2013 | INF | suburbs (West Chester)

Mark Gubicza | Penn Charter | 1962 | 1984 | P | Monastery & Jannette (near Henry)

Walter "Buddy" Harris | Roxborough | 1948 | 1970 | P | School House Lane & Henry Avenue

Joe Harvey | Kenn.-Kenrick | 1992 | 2019 | P | suburbs (Audubon, Pa.)

Bobby Higginson | Frankford | 1970 | 1995 | OF | Large & Anchor (near Cheltenham)

Frank Hoerst | North Catholic | 1917 | 1940 | P | Gaul & Sergeant [close to Aramingo & Lehigh]

Bill Hoffman | Northeast | 1918 | 1939 | P | 28th & Somerset

T-Nolan Jones | Penn Charter | 1998 | 2022 | INF | suburbs (Langhorne)

Harold "Pat" Kelly | Gratz | 1944 | 1967 | OF | Deacon (near Roberts) & Wissahickon

Joe Kerrigan | Judge | 1954 | 1976 | P | Leiper (near Penn) and Pratt

John Knight | Central | 1885 | 1905 | INF | Butler & Rising Sun Ave.

Dick Koecher | Gratz | 1926 | 1946 | P | 17th & Westmoreland (near Allegheny)

Mike Koplove | Chestnut Hill | 1976 | 2001 | P | Chaucer & Hulseman [close to 17th & Hartranft]

Joe Kracher | Roman | 1915 | 1939 | C | Shelmire & Frankford

Charlie Kress | Frankford | 1921 | 1947 | 1B | Sepviva (near Frankford) & Venango

*-Bernard "Bert" Kuczynski | Northeast | 1920 | 1943 | P | Edgemont & Westmoreland

Marty Kutyna | North Catholic | 1932 | 1959 | P | Thompson & Clearfield

Jeff Leonard | Overbrook | 1955 | 1977 | OF | Felton (near 63rd) & Lansdowne

Jesse Levis | Northeast | 1968 | 1992 | C | Afton (near Faunce) & Algon [1/2 block to NE]

Sam Lowry | St. John's | 1920 | 1942 | P | Terrace & Shurs Lane [tentative]

Cy Malis | Central | 1907 | 1934 | P | Patton (near 32nd) and York

Harry "Hal" Marnie | Southern | 1918 | 1940 | INF | Smedley (near 16th) & Oregon

John Marzano | Central | 1963 | 1987 | C | 11th & Latona (near Wharton)

*-Walter "Wally" Masters | Haver. School | 1907 | 1931 | P | 54th & Oxford

Walt Masterson | North Catholic | 1920 | 1939 | P | Markland (near Castor) & Luzerne

Emmet McCann | West Phila. | 1902 | 1920 | INF | 56th & Hazel (near Cedar)

Joe McEwing | Egan | 1972 | 1998 | OF | suburbs (Bristol)

^-Jack Meyer | Penn Charter | 1932 | 1955 | P | Granite & Large (footsteps from Oxford )

Brian O'Grady | Wood | 1992 | 2019 | OF | suburbs (Warminster)

Joe "Patsy" O'Rourke Sr. | ??? | 1881 | 1908 | INF |

Joe O'Rourke Jr. | Roman | 1904 | 1929 | PH | Livingston & Clementine

Bill Peterman | Olney | 1921 | 1942 | C | Front & Courtland (near Wingohocking)

Jim Peterson | West Catholic | 1908 | 1931 | P | suburbs (Folcroft)

Jim Poole | La Salle | 1966 | 1990 | P | Morefield & Woodfern (near Verree)

George Riley | Southern | 1956 | 1979 | P | Sheridan & Johnston [close to 7th & Oregon]

Cliff Ross | Frankford | 1928 | 1954 | P | Large & Anchor (near Cheltenham)

Joe Rullo | Southern | 1916 | 1943 | INF | 33rd & Wharton

Gene Schall | La Salle | 1970 | 1995 | OF | suburbs (Willow Grove)

Harry Shuman | Central | 1916 | 1942 | P | 13th & Parrish

Mike Siani | Penn Charter | 1999 | 2022 | OF | suburbs (Glenside)

Eddie Silber | Southern | 1914 | 1937 | OF | 5th & Ritner [tentative]

Bernie Snyder | West Phila. | 1913 | 1935 | INF | 3623 Cuthbert Street [was near 36th & Market ]

Al Spangler | Olney | 1933 | 1959 | OF | Gale and B Street [footsteps to Rising Sun &

Olney]

Eddie Stanky | Northeast | 1916 | 1943 | INF | I & Russell (near Ontario)

Alan "Inky" Strange | Northeast | 1909 | 1934 | INF | Franklin (near 8th) & Susquehanna

#Aloysius "Al" Travers | SJ Prep | 1909? | 1912 | P | 23rd & Sharswood (near Master)

Christian "Ya-Ya" Walker | Kenn.-Kenrick | 1991 | 2014 | 1B | suburbs (Limerick)

&-William "Bucky" Walters | Germantown | 1909 | 1931 | P-INF | Germantown Ave. & Pleasant St. (near Carpenter Lane)

Phil "Lefty" Weinert | West Phila. | 1902 | 1919 | P | Spruce Street [cross street currently unavailable]

Jimmie Wilson | None | 1900 | 1923 | C | 3rd & Somerset

*Samuel "Mike" Wilson | Northeast | 1896 | 1921 | C | Germantown & Abington (near Willow Grove) Avenues

Robert "Bert" Yeabsley | Northeast | 1893 | 1919 | PH | Conarroe St. & Ridge Ave .

Bob Zupcic | Egan | 1966 | 1991 | OF | suburbs (Levittown)

/-dropped out at age 16 | | | | |

=-unclear whether he played

for Gratz; first played as a pro

at age 15.

^-Many stories listed Myer as

being from Medford, NJ. But it appears his family moved there shortly

after he graduated from PC.

*-also played in NFL | | | | |

T-transferred to Holy Ghost Prep

after freshman season at PC

#-pitched in one game vs. A's

for Tigers, who were on strike; while attending St. Joe's College -

three years later became a priest.

Travers was a student manager

for the St. Joe's College baseball team.

&-dropped out at age 16.

Player | School | Born | Debut | Pos. |

Charlie Bates | ??? | 1905 | 1927 | OF | Frazier (near 57th) & Race

Johnny Berger | ??? | 1901 | 1922 | C | 25th & Allegheny

Hal Kelleher | ??? | 1913 | 1935 | P | 23rd & Parrish

Tom Kirk | ??? | 1927 | 1947 | PH | Rhawnhurst area?

Guido "Wedo" Martini | ??? | 1913 | 1935 | P | Lambert & York

Louis "Tony" Parisse | ??? | 1911 | 1943 | C | 21st & Cambria

Eddie Roetz | ??? | 1905 | 1929 | INF | 11th & Porter

Al Spohrer | none | 1902 | 1928 | C | 28th & Jefferson

Amos Strunk | ??? | 1889 | 1908 | OF | Newkirk (near 28th) & Susquehanna