When Aaron Harang joined the Cincinnati Reds, he was interested in helping baseball spread to the surrounding community. In 2007, Harang gave $55,000 to the Miracle League of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to help make a field so children with disabilities could play baseball. He was inspired to do this when he found out kids with the Miracle League were playing on dirt fields.

He won the Joe Nuxhall Good Guy Award in 2008, awarded to a player who displays great character on and off the field. In 2007 he was the Cincinnati Reds nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award.

Harang grew up in San Diego and lived near a military base, so supporting the military is a priority. Through his charity, Aaron's Aces ticket program, he donates game tickets to military families. He also arranges meet and greets with each military member before the games.

About Aaron Harang

Aaron Harang hails from San Diego, California, and attended San Diego State University before getting drafted by the Texas Rangers in 1999. A year later, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics and is now a starting pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds.