Of the 19 players named by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, six of them spent time playing in the Bay Area.
- Chris Carpenter
- Johnny Damon - played for Oakland in 2001
- Livan Hernandez - played for San Francisco 1999-2002
- Orlando Hudson
- Aubrey Huff - played for San Francisco 2010-2012
- Jason Isringhausen - played for Oakland 1999-2001
- Andruw Jones
- Chipper Jones
- Carlos Lee
- Brad Lidge
- Hideki Matsui - played for Oakland in 2011
- Kevin Millwood
- Jamie Moyer
- Scott Rolen
- Johan Santana
- Jim Thome
- Omar Vizquel - played for San Francisco 2005-2008
- Kerry Wood
- Carlos Zambrano