Mustangs in the SHOW
Jim Dunn made his Major League Baseball debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 26, 1952, and since then, over 200 former Mustangs players have followed Dunn's path to the big leagues. While the majority of players made it to the Major Leagues with the National League Cincinnati Reds, the MLB affiliate and partner of the Mustangs since 1974, a total of 29 different MLB organizations are represented on the list. All players listed dressed in uniform for at least one game with the Mustangs, though the player may not have officially appeared in a game. Charlie Root (1948), Frank Jelincich (1948), Cliff Dapper (1952) and Andrew McKirahan (2017) played Major League Baseball prior to wearing a Mustangs uniform.
| Player | Team | Opponent | Debut |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew McKirahan (2017) | Atlanta Braves | (NYM) | 4/12/15 |
| Joel Kuhnel (2016) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 8/16/19 |
| Nick Senzel (2016) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 5/3/19 |
| Tanner Rainey (2015) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 4/10/18 |
| Blake Trahan (2015) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 9/3/18 |
| Jimmy Herget (2015) | Cincinnati Reds | (CLE) | 7/7/19 |
| Tyler Stephenson (2015) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 7/27/20 |
| Tyler Mahle (2014) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 8/27/17 |
| Shed Long (2014) | Seattle Mariners | (BOS) | 5/11/19 |
| Alex Blandino (2014) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 4/10/18 |
| Brian O'Grady (2014) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 8/8/19 |
| Tejay Antone (2014) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 7/27/20 |
| Phil Ervin (2013) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 4/22/17 |
| Ben Lively (2013) | Philadelphia Phillies | (SFG) | 6/3/17 |
| Layne Somsen (2013) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 5/14/16 |
| Daniel Wright (2013) | Cincinnati Reds | (LAD) | 5/24/16 |
| Zack Weiss (2013) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 4/12/18 |
| Aristides Aquino (2013) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 8/19/18 |
| Zach Vincej (2012) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 9/1/17 |
| Jesse Winker (2012) | Cincinnati Reds | (MIL) | 4/14/17 |
| Alejandro Chacin (2012) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 8/23/17 |
| Amir Garrett (2012) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 4/7/17 |
| Jon Moscot (2012) | Cincinnati Reds | (SDP) | 6/5/15 |
| Sal Romano (2012) | Cincinnati Reds | (MIL) | 4/16/17 |
| Robert Stephenson (2012) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 4/7/16 |
| Seth Mejias-Brean (2012) | San Diego Padres | (ARI) | 9/4/19 |
| Steve Selsky (2011) | Cincinnati Reds | (SEA) | 5/20/16 |
| Kyle Waldrop (2011) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 8/2/15 |
| Tony Cingrani (2011) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 9/9/12 |
| Carlos Contreras (2011) | Cincinnati Reds | (TOR) | 6/21/14 |
| Tucker Barnhart (2010) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 4/3/14 |
| Billy Hamilton (2010) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 9/3/13 |
| Donald Lutz (2010) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 4/29/13 |
| Drew Hayes (2010) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 4/21/16 |
| Josh Smith (2010) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 6/23/15 |
| Didi Gregorius (2009) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 9/5/12 |
| Yorman Rodriguez (2009) | Cincinnati Reds | (BAL) | 9/4/14 |
| Daniel Corcino (2009) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 8/26/14 |
| Donnie Joseph (2009) | Kansas City Royals | INYY) | 7/11/13 |
| Miguel Rojas (2008) | Los Angeles Dodgers | (COL) | 6/6/14 |
| Dave Sappelt (2008) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 8/7/11 |
| Neftali Soto (2008) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 5/18/13 |
| Justin Freeman (2008) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 4/17/13 |
| Todd Frazier (2007) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 5/23/11 |
| Scott Carroll (2007) | Chicago White Sox | (TB) | 4/27/14 |
| Enerio Del Rosario (2007) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 5/24/10 |
| Jeremy Horst (2007) | Cincinnati Reds | (ATL) | 5/28/11 |
| Curtis Partch (2007) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 6/9/13 |
| Danny Dorn (2006) | Arizona Diamondbacks | (TEX) | 4/21/15 |
| Juan Francisco (2006) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 9/14/09 |
| Chris Heisey (2006) | Cincinnati Reds | (NYM) | 5/3/10 |
| Dennis Phipps (2006) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 9/3/12 |
| Drew Stubbs (2006) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 8/19/09 |
| Justin Turner (2006) | Baltimore Orioles | (BOS) | 9/8/09 |
| Chris Valaika (2006) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 8/24/10 |
| Marcos Mateo (2006) | Chicago Cubs | (SFG) | 8/9/10 |
| Josh Ravin (2006) | Los Angeles Dodgers | (COL) | 6/2/15 |
| Josh Roenicke (2006) | Cincinnati Reds | (ARI) | 9/13/08 |
| Jordan Smith (2006) | Cincinnati Reds | (LAD) | 6/15/10 |
| Jay Bruce (2005) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 5/27/08 |
| Adam Rosales (2005) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 8/9/08 |
| Carlos Fisher (2005) | Cincinnati Reds | (CLE) | 5/24/09 |
| Sam LeCure (2005) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 5/28/10 |
| Logan Ondrusek (2005) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 4/5/10 |
| Jeff Stevens (2005) | Chicago Cubs | (STL) | 7/10/09 |
| Travis Wood (2005) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 7/1/10 |
| Paul Janish (2004) | Cincinnati Reds | (FLA) | 5/14/08 |
| Craig Tatum (2004) | Cincinnati Reds | (LAD) | 7/21/09 |
| Ramon Ramirez (2004) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 8/30/08 |
| Chris Dickerson (2003) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 8/12/08 |
| Miguel Perez (2003) | Cincinnati Reds | (MIL) | 9/7/05 |
| Joey Votto (2003) | Cincinnati Reds | (NYM) | 9/4/07 |
| Carlos Guevara (2003) | San Diego Padres | (CHC) | 6/2/08 |
| William Bergolla (2001) | Cincinnati Reds | (SDP) | 5/9/05 |
| Edwin Encarnacion (2001) | Cincinnati Reds | (CLE) | 6/24/05 |
| Randy Ruiz (2000) | Minnesota Twins | (CLE) | 8/1/08 |
| Stephen Smitherman (2000) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 7/1/03 |
| Ben Broussard (1999) | Cleveland Indians | (MON) | 6/22/02 |
| Scott Dunn (1999) | Anaheim Angels | (CHW) | 9/11/04 |
| Brad Salmon (1999) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 5/1/07 |
| Todd Coffey (1998) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 4/19/05 |
| Josh Hall (1998) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 8/2/03 |
| John Koronka (1998) | Chicago Cubs | (LAD) | 6/1/05 |
| Bobby Madritsch (1998) | Seattle Mariners | (OAK) | 7/21/04 |
| Robert B.J. Ryan (1998) | Cincinnati Reds | (LAD) | 7/28/99 |
| Adam Dunn (1998) | Cincinnati Reds | (FLA) | 7/20/01 |
| Austin Kearns (1998) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 4/17/02 |
| Corky Miller (1998) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 9/4/01 |
| Mike Frank (1997) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 6/19/98 |
| Scott Williamson (1997) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 4/5/99 |
| Travis Gookie Dawkins (1997) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 9/3/99 |
| DeWayne Wise (1997) | Toranto Blue Jays | (KC) | 4/6/00 |
| Lance Davis (1996) | Cincinnati Reds | (COL) | 6/16/01 |
| Ray King (1995) | Chicago Cubs | (ATL) | 5/21/99 |
| Jason LaRue (1995) | Cincinnati Reds | (NYM) | 6/15/99 |
| Justin Atchley (1995) | Cincinnati Reds | (MIL) | 4/7/01 |
| Scott MacRae (1995) | Cincinnati Reds | (ATL) | 7/24/01 |
| Aaron Boone (1994) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 6/30/97 |
| Eddie Priest (1994) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 5/27/98 |
| John Riedling (1994) | Cincinnati Reds | (ATL) | 8/30/00 |
| James Lofton (1994) | Boston Red Sox | (TB) | 9/19/01 |
| Curt Lyons (1993) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 9/19/96 |
| Scott Sullivan (1993) | Cincinnati Reds | (NYM) | 5/6/95 |
| Pat Watkins (1993) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 9/9/97 |
| Paul Bako (1993) | Detroit Tigers | (TEX) | 4/30/98 |
| Chris Sexton (1993) | Colorado Rockies | (CHC) | 5/3/99 |
| Tim Belk (1992) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 6/25/96 |
| Micah Franklin (1992) | St. Louis Cardinals | (PHL) | 5/13/97 |
| Chad Mottola (1992) | Cincinnati Reds | (NYM) | 4/23/96 |
| Ricky (Cecil) Pickett (1992) | Arizona Diamondbacks | (ATL) | 4/28/98 |
| Eric Owens (1992) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 6/6/95 |
| John Courtright (1991) | Cincinnati Reds | (NYM) | 5/6/95 |
| Brian Koelling (1991) | Cincinnati Reds | (MON) | 8/21/93 |
| Keith Gordon (1990) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 7/9/93 |
| Larry Luebbers (1990) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 7/3/93 |
| Trevor Hoffman (1989) | Florida Marlins | (LAD) | 4/6/93 |
| Scott Pose (1989) | Florida Marlins | (LAD) | 4/5/93 |
| Darron Cox (1989) | Montreal Expos | (PIT) | 4/6/99 |
| Tim Pugh (1989) | Cincinnati Reds | (MON) | 9/1/92 |
| Steve Foster (1988) | Cincinnati Reds | (ATL) | 8/22/91 |
| Reggie Sanders (1988) | Cincinnati Reds | (ATL) | 8/22/91 |
| Jerry Spradlin (1988) | Cincinnati Reds | (PIT) | 7/2/93 |
| Mike Anderson (1988) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 9/7/93 |
| Glenn Sutko (1988) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 10/3/90 |
| Jack Armstrong (1987) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 6/21/88 |
| Butch Henry (1987) | Houston Astros | (CIN) | 4/9/92 |
| Milt Hill (1987) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 8/1/91 |
| Reggie Jefferson (1987) | Cincinnati Reds | (SDP) | 5/18/91 |
| Eddie Taubensee (1987) | Cleveland Indians | (OAK) | 5/18/91 |
| Keith Brown (1986) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 8/25/88 |
| Keith Lockhart (1986) | San Diego Padres | (ATL) | 4/5/94 |
| Jeff Richardson (1986) | Cincinnati Reds | (MON) | 7/14/89 |
| Scott Scudder (1986) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 6/6/89 |
| Marty Brown (1985) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 9/4/88 |
| Mike Roesler (1985) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 8/9/89 |
| Mike Smith (1985) | Baltimore Orioles | (DET) | 6/30/89 |
| Don Wakamatsu (1985) | Chicago White Sox | (CAL) | 5/22/91 |
| Chris Jones (1984) | Cincinnati Reds | (ATL) | 4/21/91 |
| Rob Dibble (1983) | Cincinnati Reds | (SDP) | 6/29/88 |
| Lenny Harris (1983) | Cincinnati Reds | (SDP) | 9/7/88 |
| Jeff Montgomery (1983) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 8/1/87 |
| Joe Oliver (1983) | Cincinnati Reds | (MON) | 7/15/89 |
| Kurt Stillwell (1983) | Cincinnati Reds | (SDP) | 4/13/86 |
| Tom Browning (1982) | Cincinnati Reds | (LAD) | 9/9/84 |
| Kal Daniels (1982) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 4/9/86 |
| Terry McGriff (1981) | Cincinnati Reds | (MON) | 7/11/87 |
| Paul O'Neill (1981) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 9/3/85 |
| Mike Smith (1981) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 4/6/84 |
| Danny Tartabull (1980) | Seattle Mariners | (KC) | 9/7/84 |
| Scott Terry (1980) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 4/9/86 |
| Bob Buchanan (1979) | Cincinnati Reds | (MON) | 7/13/85 |
| Keefe Cato (1979) | Cincinnati Reds | (LAD) | 6/13/83 |
| Jeff Jones (1979) | Cincinnati Reds | (ATL) | 4/4/83 |
| Kurt Kepshire (1979) | St. Louis Cardinals | (SFG) | 7/4/84 |
| Skeeter Barnes (1978) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 9/6/83 |
| Nick Esasky (1978) | Cincinnati Reds | (LAD) | 6/19/83 |
| Tom Lawless (1978) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 7/15/82 |
| Gary Redus (1978) | Cincinnati Reds | (LAD) | 9/7/82 |
| Ben Hayes (1978) | Cincinnati Reds | (ATL) | 6/25/82 |
| Lester Straker (1978) | Minnesota Twins | (SEA) | 4/11/87 |
| Tom Foley (1977) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 4/9/83 |
| Joe Price (1977) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 6/14/80 |
| Bill Dawley (1976) | Houston Astros | (MON) | 4/15/83 |
| Paul Householder (1976) | Cincinnati Reds | (CHC) | 8/26/80 |
| Eddie Milner (1976) | Cincinnati Reds | (STL) | 9/2/80 |
| Scott Brown (1975) | Cincinnati Reds | (LAD) | 8/11/81 |
| Paul Moskau (1975) | Cincinnati Reds | (PHL) | 6/21/77 |
| Frank Pastore (1975) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 4/4/79 |
| Larry Rothschild (1975) | Detroit Tigers | (CLE) | 9/11/81 |
| Dan Dumoulin (1974) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 9/5/77 |
| Mike Grace (1974) | Cincinnati Reds | (LAD) | 4/18/78 |
| Steve Henderson (1974) | New York Mets | (HOU) | 6/16/77 |
| Mike LaCoss (1974) | Cincinnati Reds | (MON) | 7/18/78 |
| Dan Norman (1974) | New York Mets | (PIT) | 9/27/77 |
| Ron Oester (1974) | Cincinnati Reds | (SFG) | 9/10/78 |
| Rafael Santo Domingo (1974) | Cincinnati Reds | (LAD) | 9/7/79 |
| Harry Spilman (1974) | Cincinnati Reds | (HOU) | 9/11/78 |
| Ruppert Jones (1973) | Kansas City Royals | (TEX) | 8/1/76 |
| Bob McClure (1973) | Kansas City Royals | (BAL) | 8/13/75 |
| Rodney Scott (1973) | Kansas City Royals | (MIN) | 4/11/75 |
| Roy Branch (1972) | Seattle Mariners | (TEX) | 9/11/79 |
| Dave Cripe (1972) | Kansas City Royals | (CAL) | 9/10/78 |
| Sheldon Mallory (1972) | Oakland Athletics | (MIN) | 4/10/77 |
| Jamie Quirk (1972) | Kansas City Royals | (CHW) | 9/4/75 |
| George Throop (1972) | Kansas City Royals | (CAL) | 9/7/75 |
| George Brett (1971) | Kansas City Royals | (CHW) | 8/2/73 |
| Mark Littell (1971) | Kansas City Royals | (BAL) | 6/14/73 |
| Steve Staggs (1971) | Toranto Blue Jays | (TEX) | 7/1/77 |
| Joe Zdeb (1971) | Kansas City Royals | (DET) | 4/7/77 |
| Al Autry (1970) | Atlanta Braves | (HOU) | 9/14/76 |
| Al Cowens (1970) | Kansas City Royals | (MIN) | 4/6/74 |
| Greg Minton (1970) | San Fransico Giants | (CIN) | 9/7/75 |
| Frank Ortenzio (1970) | Kansas City Royals | (CAL) | 9/9/73 |
| Jim Wohlford (1970) | Kansas City Royals | (BOS) | 9/1/72 |
| Rick Auerbach (1969) | Milwaukee Brewers | (OAK) | 4/13/71 |
| Bob Coluccio (1969) | Milwaukee Brewers | (BAL) | 4/15/73 |
| Pedro Garcia (1969) | Milwaukee Brewers | (BAL) | 4/6/73 |
| Gary Martz (1969) | Kansas City Royals | (MIL) | 7/8/75 |
| Bill Parsons (1969) | Milwaukee Brewers | (OAK) | 4/13/71 |
| Jim Slaton (1969) | Milwaukee Brewers | (CHW) | 4/14/71 |
| Gorman Thomas (1969) | Milwaukee Brewers | (BAL) | 4/6/73 |
| Bill Bethea (1963) | Minnesota Twins | (NYY) | 9/13/64 |
| Danny Breeden (1963) | Cincinnati Reds | (NYM) | 7/24/69 |
| Don Young (1963) | Chicago Cubs | (LAD) | 9/9/65 |
| Ron Willis (1962) | St. Louis Cardinals | (ATL) | 9/20/66 |
| Mike Lee (1962) | Cleveland Indians | (BAL) | 5/6/60 |
| George Kernek (1962) | St. Louis Cardinals | (NYM) | 9/5/65 |
| Dennis Aust (1961) | St. Louis Cardinals | (PHL) | 9/6/65 |
| Chris Krug (1961) | Chicago Cubs | (PHL) | 5/30/65 |
| Weldon "Hoss" Bowlin (1961) | Kansas City Athletics | (CAL) | 9/16/67 |
| Floyd Wicker (1961) | St. Louis Cardinals | (ATL) | 6/23/68 |
| Doug Clemens (1961) | St. Louis Cardinals | (SFG) | 10/2/60 |
| Jack Damaska (1959) | St. Louis Cardinals | (LAD) | 7/3/63 |
| Harry Fanok (1959) | St. Louis Cardinals | (PIT) | 4/16/63 |
| Whitey Kurowski (1959) | St. Louis Cardinals | (PIT) | 9/23/41 |
| Jim Hickman (1958) | New York Mets | (PIT) | 4/14/62 |
| Chris Cannizzaro (1957) | St. Louis Cardinals | (LAD) | 4/17/60 |
| Don Choate (1957) | San Fransico Giants | (PIT) | 9/12/60 |
| Duke Carmel (1957) | St. Louis Cardinals | (MLN) | 9/10/59 |
| Bob Sadowski (1957) | St. Louis Cardinals | (SFG) | 9/16/60 |
| Ed Lyons (1957) | Washington Senators | (DET) | 9/15/47 |
| Mel Nelson (1957) | St. Louis Cardinals | (LAD) | 9/27/60 |
| Ellis Burton (1956) | St. Louis Cardinals | (MLN) | 9/8/58 |
| Bob Lee (1956) | Los Angeles Angels | (WSS) | 4/15/64 |
| Jim Campbell (1956) | Houston Colt .45s | (PHL) | 7/17/62 |
| Bennie Daniels (1955) | Pittsburgh Pirates | (BRO) | 9/24/57 |
| Jim Dunn (1954) | Pittsburgh Pirates | (NYG) | 8/26/52 |
| Al Grunwald (1954) | Pittsburgh Pirates | (NYG) | 4/18/55 |
| Dick Stuart (1952) | Pittsburgh Pirates | (CHC) | 7/10/58 |
| Dick Barone (1952) | Pittsburgh Pirates | (CHC) | 9/22/60 |
| Cliff Dapper (1952) | Brooklyn Dodgers | (PHL) | 4/19/42 |
| Humberto "Chico" Fernandez (1951) | Brooklyn Dodgers | (MLN) | 7/14/56 |
| Glenn Mickens (1950) | Brooklyn Dodgers | (CIN) | 7/19/53 |
| Glenn Cox (1950) | Kansas City Athletics | (DET) | 9/20/55 |
| Charlie Root (1948) | St. Louis Browns | (DET) | 4/18/23 |
| Frank Jelincich (1948) | Chicago Cubs | (CHC) | 9/6/41 |