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The Zips haven't had a ton of baseball success in the pros. Per Baseball Reference only three players have ever made it to the MLB level, and none of them were position players.
| Akron Zips draft history at Baseball Reference | |||||
| Last MLB Player: Mark Malaska, 2004 Red Sox | |||||
| P | Name | Drafted | 2012 Team | 2013 Team | Comments |
| RHP | Chris Bassitt | 2011, 16th rd | White Sox High-A Winston-Salem Dash | Same | He's not a top prospect (as in, top 20 for the White Sox) but he's right there on the edge. |
| RHP | Andrew Brown | 2012, 23rd rd | Rockies Short-A Tri City Dust Devils | Same | One of last year's first team All-MAC pitchers, Brown didn't see much time in the minors last year. |
| RHP | Alex Loftin | N/A | Ind. League, Lake Erie Crushers | None | I'm not sure if his baseball career will continue, but he had a major life scare as he discovered there was cancer in his leg. He recently underwent surgery to remove the cancer, saving his leg. Hopefully he makes a full recovery. |
| OF | Asif Shah | N/A | Ind. League, Gary SouthShore RailCats | ? | Shah played one season at Akron before transferring to Southeast Missouri State. He spent most of 2012 playing for the Lincoln SaltDogs, also of the American Association. When he was traded to Gary, he soon went on the inactive list, and he wrote a first-account series of columns where Shah talked about his anxiety which led to the end of his season. |
| OF | Drew Turocy | 2011, 24th rd | Red Sox Class A Greenville Drive | Same | |