Baseball Phenoms: A look back at SI's Cover Stars

Take a look back at some MLB phenoms who landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Baseball Phenoms: A look back at SI's Cover Stars
Baseball Phenoms: A look back at SI's Cover Stars /

Baseball Phenoms: A look back at SI's Cover Stars

Clint Hurdle, Royals, March 20, 1978

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Heinz Kluetmeier

Kirk Gibson, Tigers, March 24, 1980

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Walter Iooss Jr

Fernando Valenzuela, Dodgers, May 18, 1981

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Manny Millan

Kent Hrbek, Twins, July 5, 1982

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Ronald C. Modra

Dwight Gooden, Mets, April 15, 1985

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Walter Iooss Jr

Bo Jackson, Royals, July 14, 1986

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Chuck Solomon

Jon Peters, Brenaham (Texas) High School, May 8, 1989

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Richard Mackson

Ken Griffey Jr, Mariners, May 7, 1990

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Richard Mackson

Deion Sanders, Braves, April 7, 1992

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Ronald C. Modra

Mike Piazza, Dodgers, July 5, 1993

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V.J. Lovero

Hideo Nomo, Dodgers, July 10, 1995

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John Biever

Alex Rodriguez, Mariners, July 8, 1996

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Scott Jordan Levy/Sports Illustrated

Derek Jeter, Yankees, Oct. 21, 1996

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Al Tielemans

Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners, May 28, 2001

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Peter Read Miller

Jeff Francoeur, Braves, Aug. 29 2005

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Al Tielemans

Daisuke Matsuzaka, Red Sox, March 26, 2007

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Chuck Solomon

MLB preview issue, March 31, 2008

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Peter Gregoire

MLB preview issue, March 31, 2008 (L-to-R: Ryan Braun, Brewers; Justin Upton, Diamondbacks; Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies; Jacoby Ellsbury and Clay Buchholz, Red Sox; Ryan Zimmerman, Nationals)

Kosuke Fukudome, Cubs, May 5, 2008

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Al Tielemans

Bryce Harper, Nationals, June 8, 2009

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Robert Beck

Matt Wieters, Orioles, March 15, 2010

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Walter Iooss Jr

Stephen Strasburg, Nationals, June 21, 2010

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Chuck Solomon

Hunter Greene, May 1, 2017

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John W. McDonough

Aaron Judge, Yankees, May 15, 2017

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