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.
"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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# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
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 |
# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
BSU MLB Players | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The Ball State University baseball program started in 1920. Merv Rettenmund was the first former Cardinal to make it to the Major League level.
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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.