These big league stars were high school teammates

Corona High School has a chance to make MLB Draft history after turning in a dominant season in the California prep ranks.

Led by right-handed pitcher Seth Hernandez (No. 3 Draft prospect) and shortstop Billy Carlson (No. 7), the Panthers earned the No. 1 seed in the Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. Now the duo has a chance to be the highest pair of high school teammates selected in the same Draft, and third baseman Brady Ebel (No. 64) could make Corona the first high school to ever produce three first-round picks in one Draft.

Corona has been loaded with talent for years, too, as two-way player Ethin Bingaman (No. 150) could be a top-five round selection in July, southpaw Ethan Schiefelbein (DET No. 13) was the 72nd overall selection in 2024 and infielder Trey Ebel (Brady's brother) is on teams' radars as a 2026 prospect.

We could look back in years and marvel at just how many MLB stars came through one Southern California school.

Until then, let's take a look back at some of the best pairings of high school teammates who went on to star in the Majors. Considering their Major League careers, rather than how highly they were drafted, here are 10 of the best, listed in order of when they played together.

Yogi Berra and Joe Garagiola
South Side Catholic (Mo.) (late 1930s)

Berra and Garagiola grew up together in The Hill, an Italian neighborhood in St. Louis, and attended South Side Catholic (now known as St. Mary's High School). In addition to playing together in school before Berra dropped out in the eighth grade, future Hall of Famer Berra and 1946 World Series champ Garagiola also sold Christmas trees together -- first as an offseason job and then to raise money for the St. Dominic's Orphan Home.

Frank Robinson, Vada Pinson, Curt Flood and Jesse Gonder
McClymonds (Calif.) High School (1955)

McClymonds went undefeated from 1953-55 -- no surprise when it produced four players who would go on to combine for 62 seasons in the Majors with 21 All-Star appearances, nine Gold Glove Awards, two MVPs, a Rookie of the Year Award and 953 home runs. Reds scout Bobby Mattick, who later became field manager of the Blue Jays, smartly signed all four for Cincinnati.

Pete Rose and Ed Brinkman
Western Hills (Ohio) High School (1958-60)

Rose and Brinkman played together dating back to 1954 when they both homered in a regional tournament on the same youth team. Although Rose went on to become MLB's hit king, Brinkman was considered the better prospect in high school as a pitcher who threw a no-hitter as a sophomore and a power-hitting third baseman. They combined for 39 seasons in the Majors but never played each other, as Brinkman was almost entirely in the AL and Rose only played in the NL.

Joe Morgan and Rudy May
Castlemont (Calif.) High School (1962)

Castlemont has sent dozens of players to pro ball and nine to the Majors, and the best two were on the same team. Morgan and May both moved to Oakland as children and grew up playing at Arroyo Viejo Park before later playing for Castlemont, along with Leroy Reams, who made one pinch-hit appearance with the Phillies. Morgan (98.8 WAR) and May (36.3) combined to play 38 years in the Majors.

Dave Duncan, Ed Herrmann and Bob Boone
Crawford (Calif.) High School (1963)

Not only did the 1963 Colts have a team with three future Major Leaguers on it -- all three players became All-Star catchers. Upperclassmen Duncan and Herrmann handled the catching at Crawford, while Boone played third base and pitched before becoming a backstop in the Minors. While the Colts didn't win a title in '63, they did win in '62 and '64.

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George Brett and Scott McGregor
El Segundo (Calif.) High School (1969-71)

After nearly getting cut from the JV team as a freshman, Brett became a star for three seasons at El Segundo, where McGregor was the star pitcher. The Eagles went 33-2 and won the state title in 1971. Brett was a second-rounder in 1971 (29th overall) and became a first-ballot Hall of Famer, while McGregor (drafted 14th overall in '72) pitched in 13 MLB seasons and earned one All-Star nod.

Ozzie Smith and Eddie Murray
Locke (Calif.) High School (1973)

It doesn't get much better than having a pair of Hall of Famers on the same high school team. Smith, perhaps the best defensive player in MLB history, was a grade ahead of Murray, one of 28 members of the 500 Home Run Club, on a loaded team that included six players drafted and two more (southpaw Darrell Jackson and first baseman Rich Murray, Eddie's brother) who played in the Majors.

Nolan Arenado and Matt Chapman
El Toro (Calif.) High School (2009)

Arenado and Chapman are the two best defensive third basemen of the past decade, but before they combined for 15 Gold Gloves and eight Platinum Gloves, they played together at El Toro. Arenado was a star shortstop as a senior, and the 5-foot-5 Chapman took his place when Arenado pitched. Chapman started at shortstop as a junior and senior and became a first-rounder after a growth spurt at Cal State Fullerton. Arenado also played with Austin Romine, who played 11 MLB seasons, in 2007 with the Chargers.

Lucas Giolito, Max Fried and Jack Flaherty
Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) School (2012)

This fearsome rotation never quite came to be, as Fried transferred to Harvard-Westlake for his senior season as Giolito underwent Tommy John surgery. Still, each member of this trio became a first-round pick and quality Major League pitcher, with each already or projected to surpass 1,000 career strikeouts this season. The Wolverines, led by Flaherty, did go on to become Perfect Game High School National Champions in 2013.

Pete Alonso and Kyle Tucker
Plant (Fla.) High School (2012-13)

The Panthers have been home to some of the best prep power hitters in Florida this century. In 2013, the sophomore Tucker was already the Panthers' best player, with a 1.961 OPS, while Alonso had a still-strong 1.226 mark. They've gone on to combine for 351 home runs in the Majors entering the 2025 season. Since their graduation, they've both come back to Tampa to mentor Jac Caglianone, who graduated from Plant in 2021 and became a 2024 first-rounder.

Honorable Mention

Jim Fregosi and Tim Cullen -- Junipero Serra (Calif.) High School (1959)
Fregosi played shortstop and Cullen manned the hot corner in 1959, then Cullen shifted over to short after Fregosi's graduation.

Lou Piniella and Ken Suarez -- Jesuit (Fla.) High School (1961)
Piniella and Suarez also played basketball for the Tigers when they weren't forming one of the most formidable batteries in Florida prep ball.

Ian Kinsler, Scott Hairston, Brian Anderson, Chris Duncan and Shelley Duncan -- Canyon del Oro (Ariz.) High School (1999)
Kinsler was the least highly touted of his Dorados teammates (the others went in the top three rounds) but went on to have the most productive career (47.3 WAR in 14 seasons).

Matt Carpenter, James Loney and Chad Huffman -- Elkins (Texas) High School (2002)
Carpenter (31.5 WAR) and Loney (7.1) combined to play 25 seasons in the Majors, while Huffman appeared in 21 games in 2010 and '17.

Mike Moustakas and Matt Dominguez -- Chatsworth (Calif.) Charter High School (2005-07)
Moustakas (second) and Dominguez (twelfth) are the highest-drafted set of high school teammates to go in the same Draft.

Dom Nuñez, Derek Hill, Nick Madrigal and Dylan Carlson -- Elk Grove (Calif.) High School (2013)
The Thundering Herd also had a loaded team from 2010-11 that included Nuñez, J.D. Davis and Rowdy Tellez.