Baylor University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"I left the country (United States) to get away from (Joe) DiMaggio and here (in Guam in a World War II Army vs Navy baseball game) he is." - Ted Lyons
Baylor University
"Bears"

Major League Baseball Player Alumnus

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Denney Wilie

1909 - 1911

07-27-1911

Dave Danforth

1911 - 1911

08-01-1911

Slim Harrell

1911 - 1912

06-21-1912

Jack Little

1910 - 1912

07-02-1912

Bill Stellbauer

1914 - 1915

04-12-1916

Mule Watson

1914 - 1917

07-04-1918

Ted Lyons

1920 - 1923

07-02-1923

Jake Freeze

1923 - 1925

07-01-1925

Lloyd Russell

1935 - 1937

04-26-1938

Larry Drake

1941 - 1944

07-20-1945

Tommy Fine

1937 - 1939

04-26-1947

Matt Batts

1941 - 1941

09-10-1947

Buzz Dozier

1943 - 1945

09-12-1947

Joe Szekely

1946 - 1949

09-13-1953

Seth Morehead

1952 - 1954

04-27-1957

Jerry Mallett

1955 - 1957

09-19-1959

Jacke Davis

1956 - 1957

04-19-1962

Pete Charton

1962 - 1962

04-19-1964

Ted Uhlaender

1959 - 1961

09-04-1965

Fred Rath

1965 - 1965

09-10-1968

Steve Macko

1976 - 1977

08-18-1979

Lee Tunnell

1979 - 1981

09-04-1982

Jaime Cocanower

1977 - 1978

09-07-1983

Fritzie Connally

1977 - 1980

09-09-1983

Andy Beene

1976 - 1979

09-22-1983

Jon Perlman

1978 - 1979

09-06-1985

Ken Patterson

1984 - 1985

07-09-1988

Pat Combs

1987 - 1988

09-05-1989

Blaine Beatty

1985 - 1986

09-16-1989

Scott Ruffcorn

1989 - 1991

06-19-1993

Dean Crow

1993 - 1993

05-29-1998

Kip Wells

1996 - 1998

08-02-1999

Jason Jennings

1997 - 1999

08-23-2001

Kelly Shoppach

2000 - 2001

05-28-2005

Jaime Bubela

2000 - 2000

09-15-2005

David Murphy

2001 - 2003

09-02-2006

Mark Saccomanno

2000 - 2003

09-08-2008

Drew Sutton 2004 - 2004 07-02-2009

Kevin Russo

2005 - 2006

05-08-2010

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Baylor University M.L.B. Player Alumnus



The Baylor University baseball program started in 1902 and Denney Wilie was their first player to make it to the Major League level. Names that appear on the chart above in bold print are in the Baylor University Hall of Fame.

Did you know that there are thirty-nine former Baylor University players who made it to the show? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac.

The Baylor University Bears were the 2000 Big 12 Champions, had six consecutive NCAA series, and are the only Southwest Conference school that has a player enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Ted Lyons).

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