BALL STATE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO MADE IT TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every Ball State University alumni who played baseball at Ball State University AND made it to the Major League level.

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"Young players just want to go, go, go. In the minor leagues sometimes we have to lock the cages to keep them out." - Merv Rettenmund in Life down Blue Jay way (CNN/SI, 03/08/2005)

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Major League Baseball Player Alumni

1. Merv Rettenmund 1963 - 1964 04-14-1968
2. Mike Roesler 1982 - 1985 08-09-1989
3. Thomas Howard 1984 - 1986 07-03-1990
4. Larry Bigbie 1997 - 1999 06-23-2001
5. Sam McConnell 1995 - 1997 06-25-2004
6. Bryan Bullington 2000 - 2002 09-18-2005
7. Brad Snyder 2002 - 2003 09-07-2010
8. Dean Anna 2008 - 2008 04-04-2014
9. Jeremy Hazelbaker 2007 - 2009 04-03-2016
10. Perci Garner 2009 - 2010 08-31-2016
11. Zach Plesac 2014 - 2016 05-28-2019
12. Alex Call 2014 - 2016 07-11-2022
13. Drey Jameson 2018 - 2019 09-15-2022
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The Ball State University baseball program started in 1920. Merv Rettenmund was the first former Cardinal to make it to the Major League level.

Did you know that there were thirteen former Ball State University ballplayers who made it to the show? Send updates to Baseball Almanac.

Besides the six players listed above, four other major league baseball players attended Ball State University, but did not play for the Cardinals baseball team. They were Mike Dimmel, Harley Grossman, Steve Hargan and Hal Rice.