Clemson University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"A learning experience. He (Jimmy Key) found out if you're only getting one pitch over against quality teams, you're going to be in trouble." - Oakland manager Art Howe
Clemson Agricultural College
"Tigers"

Major League Baseball Player Alumnus

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

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John McMakin

1900 - 1901

04-19-1902

Carl Sitton

1901 - 1903

04-24-1909

Cad Coles

1903 - 1904

04-16-1914

Norm McMillan

1915 - 1917

04-12-1922

Flint Rhem

1922 - 1924

09-06-1924

Joe Landrum

1946 - 1947

07-13-1950

Billy O'Dell

1952 - 1954

06-20-1954

Ty Cline

1959 - 1960

09-14-1960

Hal Stowe

1957 - 1959

09-30-1960

Clemson University
"Tigers"

Major League Baseball Player Alumnus

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

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John Curtis

1968 - 1968

08-13-1970

Rusty Gerhardt

1969 - 1972

07-27-1974

Denny Walling

1975 - 1975

09-07-1975

Kurt Seibert

1974 - 1976

09-03-1979

Chuck Porter

1974 - 1976

09-14-1981

Ron Musselman

1976 - 1977

08-18-1982

Mike Brown

1978 - 1980

09-16-1982

Bill Schroeder

1977 - 1979

07-13-1983

Tim Teufel

1979 - 1980

09-03-1983

Jimmy Key

1980 - 1982

04-06-1984

Brian Snyder

1977 - 1979

05-25-1985

Mark Davidson (UNC at Charlotte)

1982 - 1982

06-20-1986

Danny Sheaffer

1980 - 1980

04-09-1987

John Pawlowski

1983 - 1985

09-19-1987

Bill Spiers

1985 - 1987

04-07-1989

Brian Barnes

1986 - 1989

09-14-1990

Bert Heffernan

1985 - 1988

05-13-1992

Jerry Brooks

1986 - 1988

09-06-1993

Brian Kowitz

1988 - 1990

06-04-1995

Mike Milchin

1987 - 1989

05-14-1996

Keith Williams

1991 - 1992

06-07-1996

Mike Holtz

1991 - 1994

07-11-1996

Billy McMillon

1991 - 1993

07-26-1996

Scott Winchester

1993 - 1995

09-08-1997

Shane Monahan

1993 - 1995

07-09-1998

Kris Benson

1994 - 1996

04-09-1999

Billy Koch

1994 - 1996

05-05-1999

Matt LeCroy

1995 - 1997

04-03-2000

Ken Vining

1994 - 1996

05-23-2001

Matt White

1996 - 1998

05-27-2003

Khalil Greene

1999 - 2002

09-03-2003

Jeff Baker

2000 - 2002

04-04-2005

Tony Sipp

2004 - 2004

04-22-2009

Jason Berken

2003 - 2006

05-26-2009

Steven Jackson

2001 - 2004

06-01-2009

Tyler Colvin 2004 - 2006 09-21-2009
Daniel Moskos 2005 - 2007 04-30-2011

D.J. Mitchell

2007 - 2008

05-01-2012

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

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Clemson University M.L.B. Player Alumnus



Clemson University's baseball program started in 1889 and John McMakin 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 Clemson University Hall of Fame.

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Before his "career" at Clemson University, Mark Davidson played baseball for two years (1979 through 1980) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

     

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