Under Armour All-America Baseball Game

The Under Armour High School All-America Baseball Game is a high school baseball all-star game held annually to spotlight the United States' top high school players who are juniors or seniors. The game is played in late July or August, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Since 2008 and through the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, 318 of the 361 draft-eligible players from the game have been selected in the MLB draft, including 98 first round picks.[1]

History

The game was first played in 2005 as the Cape Cod High School Baseball Classic presented by Under Armour (or simply the Cape Cod High School Classic) and was played at Spillane Field in Wareham, Massachusetts.[2] Since 2008, Under Armour has served as the title sponsor, with the game hosted at Wrigley Field and enjoying a national audience.[3] Under Armour and the Chicago Cubs have a partnership that preexists Under Armour's title sponsorship.[4] Baseball Factory and Team One Baseball have been involved in both versions of the event, with a committee of their scouts selecting players for each year's game.[2][3]

For several years starting in 2009, Cal Ripken served as the official ambassador of the game.[5][6] In 2014, Kyler Murray became the first athlete to play in both the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game and the Under Armour All-America Football Game.[7] Through January 2019, Murray, A. J. Brown, Jerrion Ealy, and Maurice Hampton are the only players to appear in both games.[8] At least three Canadian players have appeared in the game; Phillippe Aumont in 2006,[9] Jake Eliopoulos in 2008,[10] and Evan Rutckyj in 2009.[11]

The game is usually played on a Saturday, with related events beginning several days before, including a home run derby.[11][12] In 2017, the game celebrated its 10th anniversary of title sponsorship by Under Armour; it was decided in extra innings and featured a walk-off hit, both firsts in the game's history, and was won by the American team, 2–1 in 11 innings.

Game results
Year Date Site Winning team Losing team Players Network Ref.
Cape Cod High School Baseball Classic presented by Under Armour
2005July 29Spillane Field Baseball Factory East5Team One West036ESPNU [2][13]
2006July 28Spillane Field Team One6Baseball Factory136MLB.com/ESPNU [14][15][9]
2007July 27Spillane Field Baseball Factory6Team One536MLB.com [16][17][18]
Under Armour All-America Baseball Game
2008August 17Wrigley Field Baseball Factory5Team One435ESPNU [3][10]
2009August 8Wrigley Field Baseball Factory11Team One636ESPNU [19][11]
2010August 15Wrigley Field American7National036MLB Network [20][21]
2011August 13Wrigley Field National6American4 (8)36MLB Network [22][12]
2012August 18Wrigley Field American7National636MLB Network [23][24]
2013August 24Wrigley Field American8National736MLB Network [25][26]
2014August 16Wrigley Field American2National138MLB Network [27][28][29]
2015August 15Wrigley Field National11American540MLB Network [30][31][32][33]
2016July 23Wrigley Field National5American4 (7)40MLB Network [34][35][36]
2017July 29Wrigley Field American2National1 (11)39MLB Network [37][38][39]
2018July 20Wrigley Field American8National240MLB Network [40][41]
2019July 22Wrigley Field TBD40MLB Network [42]

Note: games broadcast on MLB Network are usually streamed on MLB.com

Notable alumni

2005
2005 alumnus Brandon Belt with the San Francisco Giants in 2011

Source: [13]

2006

Source: [9]

2007
2007 alumnus Casey Kelly with the San Diego Padres in 2013

Source: [18]

2008
2008 alumnus Mychal Givens with the Baltimore Orioles in 2016

Source: [10]

2009

Source:[11]

2010
2010 alumnus Addison Russell with the Chicago Cubs in 2017

Source: [43][20]

2011

Source: [12]

2012
2012 alumnus Dominic Smith with the New York Mets in 2016

Source: [24]

2013

Source: [26]

2014
2014 alumnus Kyler Murray with the Texas A&M Aggies in 2015

Source: [29]

2015
2015 alumnus Bo Bichette with the Lansing Lugnuts in 2017

Source: [33]

2016
2016 alumnus Drew Waters with the Rome Braves in 2018

Source: [36]

2017

Source: [39]

2018

Source: [41]

See also

References
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