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

Heinz Kluetmeier

Kirk Gibson, Tigers, March 24, 1980

Walter Iooss Jr

Fernando Valenzuela, Dodgers, May 18, 1981

Manny Millan

Kent Hrbek, Twins, July 5, 1982

Ronald C. Modra

Dwight Gooden, Mets, April 15, 1985

Walter Iooss Jr

Bo Jackson, Royals, July 14, 1986

Chuck Solomon

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

Richard Mackson

Ken Griffey Jr, Mariners, May 7, 1990

Richard Mackson

Deion Sanders, Braves, April 7, 1992

Ronald C. Modra

Mike Piazza, Dodgers, July 5, 1993

V.J. Lovero

Hideo Nomo, Dodgers, July 10, 1995

John Biever

Alex Rodriguez, Mariners, July 8, 1996

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Derek Jeter, Yankees, Oct. 21, 1996

Al Tielemans

Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners, May 28, 2001

Peter Read Miller

Jeff Francoeur, Braves, Aug. 29 2005

Al Tielemans

Daisuke Matsuzaka, Red Sox, March 26, 2007

Chuck Solomon

MLB preview issue, March 31, 2008

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

Al Tielemans

Bryce Harper, Nationals, June 8, 2009

Robert Beck

Matt Wieters, Orioles, March 15, 2010

Walter Iooss Jr

Stephen Strasburg, Nationals, June 21, 2010

Chuck Solomon

Hunter Greene, May 1, 2017

John W. McDonough

Aaron Judge, Yankees, May 15, 2017

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