2010 Action Team Roster
Action Teams are currently at work in 20 Volunteers of America locations: Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Mobile, New York, Oakland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland (ME), San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Washington, DC and more than 40 + online schools spanning from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Maui, Hawaii.
Players from Major League teams are recruited by the Major League Baseball Players Trust to work with each Action Team. Among the players currently taking part as leaders of the Action Teams are:
- Boston Red Sox: Mike Cameron, Bill Hall, David Ortiz, and Jason Varitek
- Chicago White Sox: Mark Kotsay, Jake Peavy, AJ Pierzynski and JJ Putz
- Cincinnati Reds: Jay Bruce, Mike Lincoln, and Nick Masset
- Cleveland Indians: Russell Branyan, Matt LaPorta and Joe Smith
- Colorado Rockies: Dexter Fowler, Ryan Spillborghs and Huston Street
- Detroit Tigers: Johnny Damon, Austin Jackson and Dontrelle Willis
- Houston Astros: Pedro Feliz, Hunter Pence, Chris Sampson and Cory Sullivan
- Minnesota Twins: Joe Mauer, Nick Punto and Kevin Slowey
- New York Mets: Alex Cora and Gary Matthews, Jr.
- Oakland A’s: Eric Chavez, Rajai Davis and Brad Ziegler
- Philadelphia Phillies: Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino and J.C. Romero
- Pittsburgh Pirates: Joel Hanrahan, Kevin Hart and Ross Ohlendorf
- San Francisco Giants: Mark DeRosa, Aaron Rowand and Freddy Sanchez
- Seattle Mariners: Mike Sweeney
- Tampa Bay Rays: Gabe Kapler, Carlos Pena and Kelly Shoppach
- Texas Rangers: Ryan Garko and Michael Young
- Washington Nationals: Miguel Batista, Nyjer Morgan and Ryan Zimmerman
Also, past and present Action Team players include: Bobby Abreu, Josh Barfield, Matt Capps, Jamey Carroll, Ryan Dempster, Josh Fogg, Lew Ford, Curtis Granderson, Ken Griffey, Jr. (retired), Eddie Guardado, LaTroy Hawkins, Dirk Hayhurst, Aaron Heilman, Koyie Hill, Raul Ibanez, Jason Jennings, Charles Johnson (retired), Jacque Jones, Felipe Lopez, Noah Lowry, Matt Mantei (retired), Gary Matthews, Jr., Matt Morris (retired), Brandon Morrow, Joel Pineiro, Nate Robertson, David Ross, Brian Schneider, Mark Teixeira, Ryan Theriot, Dave Weathers, Randy Winn and Randy Wolf.