Bowling Green State University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Bowling Green State University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"That slender right arm (on Orel Hershiser) , the one that had just been responsible for setting a major league record of 59 consecutive scoreless innings by a pitcher, was raised briefly in celebration, as if on display for all the baseball world to see." - Times Staff (May 1, 2000)

Bowling Green State University "Falcons" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Barney Mussill	1938 - 1943	04-20-1944
Roy Lee	1936 - 1941	09-23-1945
Grant Jackson	1961 - 1961	09-03-1965
John Knox	1967 - 1970	08-01-1972
Danny Godby	1965 - 1968	08-10-1974
Doug Bair	1970 - 1971	09-13-1976
Kip Young	1973 - 1976	07-21-1978
Jeff Jones	1975 - 1977	04-10-1980
Larry Owen	1974 - 1977	08-14-1981
Orel Hershiser	1977 - 1979	09-01-1983
Roger McDowell	1979 - 1982	04-11-1985
Larry Arndt	1982 - 1985	06-06-1989
Scott Taylor	1986 - 1988	09-17-1992
Brian Koelling	1988 - 1991	08-21-1993
Andy Tracy	1993 - 1996	04-25-2000
Burke Badenhop	2002 - 2005	04-09-2008
Nolan Reimold	2003 - 2005	05-14-2009
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Bowling Green State University M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The Bowling Green State University baseball program started in 1918 and Barney Mussill was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

The Falcons actually have two mascots : Freddie Falcon & Frieda Falcon, but they were actually once known as "The Normals" before they became the Falcons.

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