Brigham Young University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Brigham Young University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"I think anybody who plays ten years or more and hasn't made it (into a World Series) begins to wonder if it will ever happen. Believe me — when it finally happens, you appreciate it.'' - Wally Joyner in the Edmonton Sun (October 17, 1998)

Brigham Young University "Cougars" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Ken Hunt	1958 - 1958	04-16-1961
Jerry Nyman	1962 - 1964	08-24-1968
Doug Howard	1968 - 1970	09-06-1972
Ken Crosby	1967 - 1969	08-05-1975
Dane Iorg	1969 - 1971	04-09-1977
Jack Morris	1975 - 1976	07-26-1977
Danny Ainge	DNP	05-21-1979
Vance Law	1975 - 1978	06-01-1980
Cliff Pastornicky	1978 - 1980	06-14-1983
Bert Bradley	1978 - 1979	09-03-1983
Rick Aguilera	1981 - 1983	06-12-1985
Wally Joyner	1981 - 1983	04-08-1986
Cory Snyder	1982 - 1984	06-13-1986
Scott Nielsen	1977 - 1978 & 1981 - 1983	07-07-1986
Wally Ritchie	1984 - 1984	05-01-1987
Colby Ward	1983 - 1986	07-27-1990
Gary Cooper	1983 - 1986	09-15-1991
John DeSilva	1987 - 1989	08-15-1993
Ryan Hancock	1991 - 1993	06-08-1996
Brian Banks	1990 - 1990 & 1993 - 1993	09-09-1996
Gary Johnson^(California)	1999 - 1999	04-26-2003
Jeremy Guthrie^(Stanford)	1999 - 2000	08-28-2004
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Brigham Young University M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The Brigham Young University baseball program started in 1955 and Ken Hunt was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

The current head coach for the Brigham Young Cougars is former major leaguer Vance Law who attended & played at the university from 1975 through 1978.

Did you know that there are twenty-one former Brigham Young University players who made it to "the show"? Send corrections to Baseball Almanac.

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