Who's the best all-time lohud baseball player? Poll presented by White Plains Hospital

A lot of baseball talent has come out of local high schools, not just in recent years but stretching back decades. As part of USA Today Sports' commemoration of the country's 250th anniversary, we're asking readers to vote on who was the best of the best to play local high school baseball. This poll, which will run until 8 p.

m. on May 27 contains only 12 names when it could easily include 20 or more. Readers may also write in their own choices.

Capsule writeups below vary with statistics more easily available for players who played high school ball in more recent years. The poll is grounded in players' high school performances. Because of this, some players who went on to big league careers are not on the list.

Not on the list is Ken Singleton, the former first round Mets draft choice (No. 3 overall in 1967), Orioles star and former Yankees announcer. Playing for Mount Vernon, he launched a ball off the clock tower that's behind the centerfield fence at Mamaroneck.