With the winter sports season for area high schools concluding this week, I was beginning to get the itch for baseball. I began updating things and setting up Crawdads coverage. And then Coronavirus hit. The likelihood of no baseball for a while bites but there is not much one can do.

So, I decided to make put some things on here related to Crawdads history, and perhaps jog some memories for Hickory fans.

Today, it’s a list of all 178 former players that have received a callup to the majors, or who played here in a rehab assignment. This will include one poor soul that got a promotion to the Pittsburgh Pirates, but never saw major league action before going back to AAA. His name was Luis Munoz, a pitcher that played until 2016 with Ottawa in the independent Can-Am League. His moment in a big league uniform came in 2008.

From Chris Tremie to Jonathan Hernandez, here is the list:

CRAWDADS IN THE MAJORS (Listed by Debut Date) Still Active in majors

1. Jim Abbott (debut 4/8/89) rehab player 1998
2. Josias Manzanillo (debut 10/5/91) rehab 2002
3. Jason Bere (debut 5/27/93) rehab player 1996
4. Chris Tremie (debut 7/1/95) 1^st Crawdads player to appear in major leagues.
5. Mike Bertotti (debut 7/29/95)
6. Nerio Rodriguez (debut 8/18/96)
7. Greg Norton (debut 8/18/96)
8. Jeff Abbott (debut 6/10/97)
9. Mario Valdez (debut 6/15/97)
10. Chris Clemons (debut 7/23/97)
11. Nelson Cruz (debut 8/1/97)
12. Magglio Ordonez (debut 8/29/97)
13. Tom Fordham (debut 8/19/97)
14. Pete Rose, Jr (debut 9/1/97)
15. Javier Martinez (debut 4/2/98)
16. Bob Henley (debut 7/19/98) played in Hickory in 2002.
17. Chad Bradford (debut 8/1/98)
18. Mark Johnson (debut 9/14/98)
19. Brian Simmons (debut 9/21/98)
20. McKay Christensen (debut 4/6/99)
21. Dave Lundquist (debut 4/6/99)
22. Carlos Lee (debut 5/7/99)
23. Liu Rodriguez (debut 6/9/99)
24. Pat Danekar (debut 7/2/99)
25. Jesus Pena (debut 8/7/99)
26. Frank Menechino (debut 9/6/99)
27. Jason Dellaero (debut 9/7/99)
28. Aaron Myette (debut 9/7/99)
29. Josh Paul (debut 9/7/99)
30. Kevin Beirne (debut 5/17/00)
31. Jon Garland (debut 7/4/00)
32. Steve Sparks (debut 7/19/00) 1^st player as Pirate affiliate in majors
33. Rocky Biddle (debut 8/10/00)
34. Joe Crede (debut 9/12/00)
35. Joe Beimel (debut 4/8/01)
36. Dave Williams (debut 6/6/01)
37. Aaron Rowand (debut 6/16/01)
38. Carlos Castillo (debut 7/22/01)
39. Josh Fogg (debut 9/2/01)
40. Humberto Cota (debut 9/9/01)
41. Luis Garcia (debut 4/10/02)
42. Hansel Izquierdo (debut 4/21/02)
43. Jason Simontacchi (debut 5/4/02)
44. JJ Davis (debut 9/4/02)
45. Tony Alvarez (debut 9/4/02)
46. DJ Carrasco (debut 4/2/03)
47. Carlos Rivera (debut 6/22/03)
48. Brian Schmack (debut 8/24/03)
49. John Grabow (debut 9/14/03)
50. JR House (debut 9/27/03)
51. Jose Bautista (debut 4/4/04)
52. Jeff Bennett (debut 4/6/04)
53. Adam LaRoche (debut 4/7/04) rehab player in 2008
54. Mike Johnston (debut 4/7/04)
55. Jose Castillo (debut 4/7/04)
56. Chris Shelton (debut 4/15/04)
57. Sean Burnett (debut 5/30/04)
58. Roberto Novoa (debut 7/29/04)
59. Ian Snell (debut 8/4/04)
60. John Van Benschoten (debut 8/18/04)
61. Jeff Keppinger (debut 8/20/04)
62. Chris Young (debut 8/24/04)
63. Juan Carlos Oviedo (debut 5/9/05)
64. Ryan Doumit (debut 6/5/05)
65. Nate McLouth (debut 6/29/05)
66. Zach Duke (debut 7/2/05)
67. Danny Sandoval (debut 7/17/05)
68. Brad Eldred (debut 7/22/05)
69. Paul Maholm (debut 8/20/05)
70. Walter Young (debut 9/6/05)
71. Chris Demaria (debut 9/9/05)
72. Chris Heintz (debut 9/10/05)
73. Matt Capps (debut 9/15/05)
74. Bryan Bullington (debut 9/18/05)
75. Tom Gorzelanny (debut 9/20/05)
76. Ronny Paulino (debut 9/25/05)
77. Yurendell DeCaster (debut 5/21/06)
78. Henry Owens (debut 7/7/06)
79. Josh Sharpless (debut 8/1/06)
80. Rajai Davis (debut 8/14/06)
81. Shane Youman (debut 9/10/06)
82. Craig Stansberry (debut 8/25/07)
83. Romulo Sanchez (debut 8/26/07)
84. Steve Pearce (debut 9/1/07)
85. Nyjer Morgan (debut 9/1/07)\
86. Jonathan Albaladejo (debut 9/5/07)
87. Dave Davidson (debut 9/6/07)
88. Rico Washington (debut 4/1/08)
89. Brian Bixler (debut 4/6/08)
90. Brent Lillibridge (debut 4/26/08)
91. Luis Munoz (did not appear, called up 7/10/08)
92. Andrew McCutchen (debut 6/4/09)
93. Jairo Asencio (debut 7/12/09)
94. Neil Walker (debut 9/1/09)
95. Brad Lincoln (debut 6/9/10)
96. Alex Presley (debut 9/8/10)
97. Mike Crotta (debut 4/3/11)
98. Josh Lueke (debut 4/3/11) 1^st player as Rangers affiliate in majors
99. Cody Eppley (debut 4/23/11)
100. Tony Watson (debut 6/8/11)
101. Mark Hamburger (debut 8/31/11)
102. Jared Hughes (debut 9/7/11)
103. Matt Hague (debut 4/7/12)
104. Robbie Ross (debut 4/8/12)
105. Joe Wieland (debut 4/14/12)
106. Jordy Mercer (debut 5/29/12)
107. Justin Grimm (debut 6/16/12)
108. Martin Perez (debut 6/27/12)
109. Todd Redmond (debut 8/18/12)
110. Steve Lerud (debut 8/30/12)
111. Jurickson Profar (debut 9/2/12)
112. Bryan Morris (debut 9/14/12)
113. Wilmer Font (debut 9/18/12)
114. Joseph Ortiz (debut 3/31/13)
115. Leury Garcia (debut 4/6/13)
116. Nick Tepesch (debut 4/9/13)
117. Robbie Erlin (debut 4/30/13)
118. Duke Welker (debut 6/23/13)
119. Nick Martinez (debut 4/5/14)
120. Luis Sardinas (debut 4/21/14)
121. Neil Ramirez (debut 4/26/14)
122. Rougned Odor (debut 5/8/14)
123. Jamie Romak (debut 5/18/14)
124. Daniel Bard (debut 5/15/09) rehab 2014
125. Ben Rowen (debut 6/15/14)
126. Roman Mendez (debut 7/8/14)
127. Matt West (debut 7/10/14)
128. Phil Klein (debut 8/1/14)
129. Alexander Claudio (debut 8/13/14)
130. Tomas Telis (debut 8/25/14)
131. Ryan Rua (debut 8/29/14)
132. Odubel Herrera (debut 4/6/15)
133. Keone Kela (debut 4/7/15)
134. Wilfredo Boscan (5/19/16)
135. Hanser Alberto (debut 5/29/15)
136. Joey Gallo (debut 6/2/15)
137. Jake Brigham (debut 6/30/15)
138. Abel De Los Santos (debut 7/21/15)
139. Luke Jackson (debut 9/4/15)
140. Jerad Eickhoff (debut 8/21/15)
141. Andrew Faulkner (debut 8/31/15)
142. CJ Edwards (debut 9/7/15)
143. Nomar Mazara (debut 4/10/16)
144. Cody Ege (debut 4/23/16)
145. Richard Bleier (debut 5/30/16)
146. Dustin Molleken (debut 7/4/16)
147. Jose Leclerc (debut 7/6/16)
148. James Jones (debut 4/18/14)
149. Jorge Alfaro (debut 9/12/16)
150. Yohander Mendez (debut 9/5/16)
151. Drew Robinson (debut 4/5/17)
152. Chad Bell (debut 5/10/17)
153. Lewis Brinson (debut 6/11/17)
154. Nick Williams (debut 6/30/17)
155. Ricardo Rodriguez (debut 8/8/17)
156. Nick Gardewine (debut 8/22/17)
157. Fabio Castillo (debut 9/2/17)
158. Christian Villanueva (debut 9/18/17)
159. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (debut 4/10/18)
160. Ronald Guzman (debut 4/13/18)
161. Ariel Jurado (debut 5/19/18)
162. Jose Trevino (debut 6/15/18)
163. Jeffrey Springs (debut 7/31/18)
164. Connor Sadzeck (debut 9/1/18)
165. Ryan Cordell (debut 9/3/18)
166. CD Pelham (debut 9/5/18
167. Luis Ortiz (debut 9/7/18)
168. Dylan Moore (debut 3/20/19)
169. Reed Garrett (debut 3/29/19)
170. Erik Swanson (debut 4/11/19)
171. Brett Martin (debut 4/19/19)
172. Joe Palumbo (debut 6/8/19)
173. Peter Fairbanks (debut 6/9/19)
174. Pedro Payano (debut 7/6/19)
175. Dillon Tate (debut 7/29/19)
176. Travis Demeritte (debut 8/2/19)
177. Brock Burke (debut 8/20/19)
178. Jonathan Hernandez (debut 8/21/19)