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Ryan Sweeney played in the majors between 2006-2009

# Players born in city: 45

Major Leaguers: [13] - Arntzen, Boddicker, Eldred, Ford, Kimm, Obermueller, Rozek, Sedlacek, Slapnicka, Sweeney, Thayer, Wathan, Whitehill

High Schools: Central, Jefferson, Kennedy, Prairie, Regis, Washington, Xavier

Colleges: Coe College, Kirkwood Community College, Mount Mercy College

Stadiums: New Veterans Memorial Stadium, Veterans Memorial Stadium

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Major Leaguers

Player Name	Born Date	Pos	High Level	MLB Years	Last Active	High School	College
Orie Arntzen	Oct 18,1909	P	MLB	1943-1943	1943
Mike Boddicker	Aug 23,1957	P	MLB	1980-1993	1993	Norway (Norway,IA)	University of Iowa
Cal Eldred	Nov 24,1967	P	MLB	1991-2005	2005	Urbana Community (Center Point,IA)	University of Iowa
Ben Ford	Aug 15,1975	P	MLB	1998-2004	2004	Washington (Cedar Rapids,IA)	Indian Hills Community College-Centerville
Bruce Kimm	Jun 29,1951	C	MLB	1976-1980	1980	Norway (Norway,IA)
Wes Obermueller	Dec 22,1976	P	MLB	2002-2007	2007	Washington (Vinton,IA)	University of Iowa
Dick Rozek	Mar 27,1927	P	MLB	1950-1954	1954
Shawn Sedlacek	Jun 29,1977	P	MLB	2002-2002	2005	Kennedy (Cedar Rapids,IA)	Iowa State University
Cy Slapnicka	Mar 23,1886	P	MLB	1911-1918	1918
Ryan Sweeney	Feb 20,1985	OF	MLB	2006-2009	2009	Xavier (Cedar Rapids,IA)
Greg Thayer	Oct 23,1949	P	MLB	1978-1978	1980		St. Cloud State University
John Wathan	Oct 4,1949	C-1B	MLB	1976-1985	1985	St. Augustine (San Diego,CA)	University of San Diego
Earl Whitehill	Feb 7,1900	P	MLB	1923-1939	1939

Minor Leaguers

Player Name	Born Date	Pos	High Level	MLB Years	Last Active	High School	College
Ryan Arp	Nov 16,1985	C	AAA		2009	Xavier (Cedar Rapids,IA)	Upper Iowa University
Joe Billick	May 30,1985	C	A		2008	Dunwoody (Dunwoody,GA)	University of Georgia
Kyle Boyer	Nov 23,1981	OF	A+		2005	Temecula Valley (Temecula,CA)	Cal State Fullerton
Ryan Danly	Jun 23,1981	P	A-		2004	Jefferson (Cedar Rapids,IA)	Kirkwood Community College
Alex Dvorsky	Aug 8,1979	C	A		2003	Marion (Marion,IA)	University of Northern Iowa
Tim Evans	Jun 18,1969	OF-1B	AAA		1994
Luke Franzenburg	May 27,1981	P	Rookie		2004	Benton (Van Horne,IA)	Mount Mercy College
Nate Frese	Jul 10,1977	SS	AAA		2005	Benton (Van Horne,IA)	University of Iowa
Chris Gruler	Sep 11,1983	P	A		2006	Liberty (Brentwood,CA)
Michael Harrington	Oct 6,1985	OF	A		2009	Xavier (Cedar Rapids,IA)	College of Charleston
Zach Lerch	Nov 23,1982	P	A+		2005	Prairie (Cedar Rapids,IA)	Muscatine Community College
Mark Michael	Jan 20,1981	P	A+		2008	Lexington Catholic (Lexington,KY)	University of Central Florida
Ryan Prahm	May 7,1979	P	AA		2005	Kennedy (Cedar Rapids,IA)	University of Iowa
Adam Prange	Dec 5,1987	P	Rookie		2008	Marcos de Niza (Tempe,AZ)	South Mountain Community College
Zach Schreiber	Jun 24,1982	P	AAA		2009	Xavier (Cedar Rapids,IA)	Duke University
Brock Steinke	Jun 27,1975	P	A+		1996	Washington (Cedar Rapids,IA)
Travis Sweet	Apr 17,1986	P	A+		2008	Xavier (Cedar Rapids,IA)	University of Iowa
Chris Tritle	Jun 22,1982	OF	A+		2005	Center Point-Urbana (Center Point,IA)
Aaron Van Scoyoc	Mar 1,1970	SS	A+		1991	Norway (Norway,IA)	University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Derek Wathan	Dec 13,1976	SS	AAA		2008	Rockhurst (Kansas City,MO)	University of Oklahoma

College and other players

Player Name	Born Date	Pos	High Level	MLB Years	Last Active	High School	College
Chad Arp	Jul 19,1987	3B	-		2009	Xavier (Cedar Rapids,IA)	University of North Florida
Danny Bales	Jan 4,1986	P	College		2007	Kennedy (Cedar Rapids,IA)	University of Iowa
Tim Barnum	Aug 23,1988	P	College		2009	Xavier (Cedar Rapids,IA)	Valparaiso University
Travis Bennett	Feb 28,1988	OF	-		2009	Jefferson (Cedar Rapids,IA)
Eric Brown	Jun 20,1978	OF	College		2001	Millard North (Omaha,NE)	Creighton University
Nick Erdman	Jan 25,1985	P	College		2009	Linn-Mar (Marion,IA)	University of Iowa
Jeremy Lewis	Sep 7,1972	C-OF	-		-
Ian Mattiace	Feb 23,1980	IF-OF	College		2002	Jefferson (Cedar Rapids,IA)	University of Iowa
Tyler Rutherford	Jan 12,1983	P	College		2003	Kennedy (Cedar Rapids,IA)	University of Northern Iowa
Austin Seward	Aug 18,1982	P	College		2006	Washington (Cedar Rapids,IA)	University of Iowa
Drew Wold	Oct 25,1982	P	College		2006	Kennedy (Cedar Rapids,IA)	University of Northern Iowa
Nathan Woods	Mar 28,1989	OF	College		2009	Xavier (Cedar Rapids,IA)	Belmont University