University of San Diego Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

University of San Diego Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every University of San Diego alumnus who played baseball at the University of San Francisco AND made it to the Major League level.

"The best thing for Kevin Reese is to play every day (why he was sent back down to the minors). I liked his approach here. He did a good job, but he needs to play." - New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre (New York Post, 07/05/2006)

University of San Diego "Toreros" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Kerry Dineen	1971 - 1973	06-14-1975
John Wathan	1968 - 1970	05-26-1976
Jeff Grotewold	1984 - 1986	04-12-1992
Mike Saipe	1992 - 1994	06-25-1998
Brady Clark	1992 - 1995	09-03-2000
Bart Miadich	1996 - 1997	09-02-2001
Kevin Reese	1997 - 2000	06-26-2005
Dan Giese	1996 - 1998	09-08-2007
Freddy Sandoval	2002 - 2004	09-08-2008
Brian Matusz	2006 - 2008	08-04-2009
Mike McCoy	2002 - 2002	09-09-2009
Josh Butler	2004 - 2006	09-21-2009
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
University of San Diego M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The University of San Diego baseball program started in 1958 and Kerry Dineen was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

On August 25, 1977, John Wathan became the first San Diego Toreros former player to hit a major league home run when he went deep in te third inning off Milwaukee Brewers hurler Sam Hinds.

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