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
Clint Hurdle, Royals, March 20, 1978
Kirk Gibson, Tigers, March 24, 1980
Fernando Valenzuela, Dodgers, May 18, 1981
Kent Hrbek, Twins, July 5, 1982
Dwight Gooden, Mets, April 15, 1985
Bo Jackson, Royals, July 14, 1986
Jon Peters, Brenaham (Texas) High School, May 8, 1989
Ken Griffey Jr, Mariners, May 7, 1990
Deion Sanders, Braves, April 7, 1992
Mike Piazza, Dodgers, July 5, 1993
Hideo Nomo, Dodgers, July 10, 1995
Alex Rodriguez, Mariners, July 8, 1996
Derek Jeter, Yankees, Oct. 21, 1996
Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners, May 28, 2001
Jeff Francoeur, Braves, Aug. 29 2005
Daisuke Matsuzaka, Red Sox, March 26, 2007
MLB preview issue, March 31, 2008
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
Bryce Harper, Nationals, June 8, 2009
Matt Wieters, Orioles, March 15, 2010
Stephen Strasburg, Nationals, June 21, 2010
Hunter Greene, May 1, 2017
Aaron Judge, Yankees, May 15, 2017
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