Casting
Major League was notable for featuring several actors who would go on to stardom: Wesley Snipes and Rene Russo were relative unknowns before the movie was released, while Dennis Haysbert remained best known as Pedro Cerrano until he portrayed US President David Palmer on the television series 24.
The film also featured former Major League players, including 1982 American League Cy Young Award winner Pete Vuckovich as Yankees first baseman Clu Haywood, former Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Willie Mueller as the Yankees pitcher known as "The Duke", and former Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager as third-base coach Duke Temple. Former catcher and longtime Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker played the Indians' broadcaster Harry Doyle. The names of several crewmembers were also used for peripheral players.
Charlie Sheen himself was a pitcher on his high school's baseball team. At the time of filming Major League, his own fastball topped out at 85 miles per hour. (In 2011, Sheen said that he had used steroids for nearly two months to improve his athletic abilities in the film.)
- Tom Berenger ... Jake Taylor
- Charlie Sheen ... Ricky Vaughn
- Corbin Bernsen ... Roger Dorn
- Margaret Whitton ... Rachel Phelps
- James Gammon ... Lou Brown
- Rene Russo ... Lynn Wells
- Wesley Snipes ... Willie Mays Hayes
- Charles Cyphers ... Charlie Donovan
- Chelcie Ross ... Eddie Harris
- Dennis Haysbert ... Pedro Cerrano
- Andy Romano ... Pepper Leach
- Bob Uecker ... Harry Doyle
- Steve Yeager ... Duke Temple
- Peter Vuckovich ... Clu Haywood
- Stacy Carroll ... Suzanne Dorn
- Neil Flynn ... Long Shoreman
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