Bucknell University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Bucknell University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"(Christy) Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball. The first statement means the same as the second." - Sportswriter Damon Runyon

Bucknell University "Bison" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Hal McClure	1874 - 1877	05-10-1882
Billy Rhines	1888 - 1889	04-22-1890
Harvey Smith	1891 - 1894	08-19-1896
Christy Mathewson	1899 - 1901	07-17-1900
Jimmy Sebring	1901 - 1901	09-08-1902
Bucky Veil	1900 - 1902	04-19-1903
Moose McCormick	1900 - 1903	04-14-1904
Mickey Doolan^(Villanova)	1903 - 1904	04-14-1905
Henry Mathewson	1905 - 1906	09-28-1906
Walter Blair	1903 - 1907	09-17-1907
Jiggs Parson	1904 - 1909	05-16-1910
Bert Daniels^{(Villanova & Notre Dame)}	1910 - 1910	06-25-1910
Jim Clark	1907 - 1911	09-02-1911
Weldon Wyckoff	1911 - 1912	04-19-1913
Sandy Piez^(Rutgers)	1910 - 1913	04-17-1914
Dean Sturgis	1911 - 1913	05-01-1914
Dick Kauffman	1907 - 1907	09-17-1914
Jake Northrop	1907 - 1910	07-29-1918
Joe Buzas	1938 - 1941	04-17-1945
Tom Upton^{(Pennsylvania)}	1943 - 1945	04-19-1950
Bob Keegan⁽^{Cleveland State}⁾	1940 - 1943	05-24-1953
Eric Junge	1996 - 1999	09-11-2002
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Bucknell University M.L.B. Player Alumnus

Bucknell University's baseball program started in 1886 and Hal McClure 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 Bucknell University Hall of Fame.

The first pair of brothers who played at the same college AND who both made it to the major league level came from Bucknell University : Christy & Henry Mathewson.

Did you know that there are twenty-two former Bucknell University players who made it to the show? Send correction to Baseball Almanac.

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