College Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present "The Colleges", an ongoing research project that lists every player from specific colleges who appeared in at least one college baseball game and made it to the major league level.

This menu represents the third phase of the college baseball project. The first phase was college data on the player's biographical pages, the second phase are pages dedicated to each college — with the first linking to the second and vice versa as they are being created & the third phase is the grouping of the individual college pages along side other college baseball related pages.

Menu Notes: Actual / historical college names are used inside of each page below AND on each player's bio. Example: Texas A&M University was once called Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. The latter will be found on the Texas A&M page below and each player who attended during that timeframe will have the latter / proper school name also.

"Finding a college is a research project. You must gather information, as well as supply it to others, but the most important thing to keep in mind, however, is that your son must go to a college where he can play." - Assistant General Manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Mickey White
College Baseball Teams & Their Major League Alumnus

College Teams by Quantity / Sort Teams Alphabetically

College Name (Number of Major League Players)

1st Major League Player

University of Southern California Baseball Players (106) Fay Thomas
Arizona State University Baseball Players (101) Pete Lovrich
University of Texas at Austin Baseball Players (101) Walter Morris

Stanford University Baseball Players (84)

Charlie Swindells

University of Michigan Baseball Players (77)

Frank Bliss

College of the Holy Cross Baseball Players (76)

Tim Murnane

University of California, Los Angeles Baseball Players (72) Marv Gudat

University of Illinois Baseball Players (71)

Carl Lundgren

University of Arizona Baseball Players (69) Lum Davenport

Louisiana State University Baseball Players (68)

Roland Howell

University of Oklahoma Baseball Players (64) Chick Brandom
University of Alabama Baseball Players (63) Del Pratt

Florida State University Baseball Players (62)

Dick Howser

University of Notre Dame Baseball Players (60) Willie McGill

Saint Mary's College of California Baseball Players (58)

Jerry Denny

University of California Baseball Players (58) Orval Overall
Oklahoma State University Baseball Players (57) Josh Billings

Fordham University Baseball Players (56)

Pete Treacey

Santa Clara University Baseball Players (56)

Bill Hanlon

University of North Carolina Baseball Players (56) Bob Lawson
University of Florida Baseball Players (55) Lance Richbourg
Texas A&M University Baseball Players (53) Mike Balenti

University of Pennsylvania Baseball Players (53)

Doc Bushong

Cal State Fullerton Baseball Players (52) Dan Whitmer
Ohio State University Baseball Players (52) Jud Smith
Georgia Institute of Technology Baseball Players (50) Weldon Henley
University of Miami Baseball Players (49) Warren Bogle

Villanova University Baseball Players (48)

Red Donahue

Clemson University Baseball Players (47) John McMakin
Auburn University Baseball Players (46) Red Smith
Mississippi State University Baseball Players (45) Willie Mitchell
University of South Carolina Baseball Players (45) Doc McJames
California State University, Fresno Baseball Players (42) Tex Clevenger
University of Arkansas Baseball Players (42) Chuck Tompkins
University of Tennessee Baseball Players (42) War Sanders
California State University, Long Beach Baseball Players (41) Dick Nen
San Diego State University Baseball Players (41) Pete Coscarart
Baylor University Baseball Players (40) Denney Wilie
University of Mississippi Baseball Players (40) Pete Shields

Brown University Baseball Players (39)

Bill White

University of Missouri Baseball Players (38) Homer Summa
Wake Forest University Baseball Players (37) Bill Wynne

Boston College Baseball Players (36)

Denny Sullivan

Michigan State University Baseball Players (36)

Ed Pinnance

University of Georgia Baseball Players (36) Claud Derrick
University of Nebraska Baseball Players (35) Ad Liska
Duke University Baseball Players (34) Wade Lefler

Georgetown University Baseball Players (34)

Tom McCreery

North Carolina State University Baseball Players (34) Dave Robertson
Rice University Baseball Players (34) Eddie Dyer
Texas Christian University Baseball Players (33) Louis Drucke
University of Minnesota Baseball Players (33) Ralph Capron
Wichita State University Baseball Players (33) Claude Hendrix
Pepperdine University Baseball Players (34) Gail Hopkins

University of Maryland Baseball Players (35)

Doc Casey

Loyola Marymount University Baseball Players (32) Fred Snodgrass

Western Michigan University Baseball Players (32)

Ernie Koob

University of Virginia Baseball Players (31) Andy Sommerville

Washington State University Baseball Players (31)

Art McLarney

Tulane University Baseball Players (29) Pat McGehee

Manhattan College Baseball Players (28)

Bill Loughran

Seton Hall University Baseball Players (28)

Jack Ferry

University of Kentucky Baseball Players (27) Jim Park

Princeton University Baseball Players (26)

Leonidas Lee

Southern Illinois University Baseball Players (26)

Ray Rippelmeyer

West Virginia University Baseball Players (26) Scoops Carey
Dartmouth College Baseball Players (25) Lee Viau
Vanderbilt University Baseball Players (25) Charlie Moran
Oregon State University Baseball Players (24) Wes Schulmerich

University of Wisconsin-Madison Baseball Players (24)

George Davies

Yale University Baseball Players (24) Edgar Smith

Bucknell University Baseball Players (23)

Hal McClure

Indiana University Baseball Players (23) Odie Porter
Miami University Baseball Players (23) Eddie Morgan

Pennsylvania State University Baseball Players (23)

John Ward

Syracuse University Baseball Players (23)

John Coleman

University of Iowa Baseball Players (23)

Maury Kent

Brigham Young University Baseball Players (22)

Ken Hunt

Northwestern University Baseball Players (22) Frank Griffith
Texas Tech University Baseball Players (22) Chuck Harrison

University of Houston Baseball Players (22)

Bill Henry

University of Kansas Baseball Players (22) Dale Gear

University of South Alabama Baseball Players (22)

Glenn Borgmann

University of Oregon Baseball Players (22)

Curt Coleman

Kent State University Baseball Players (21) Rich Rollins

San Jose State University Baseball Players (20)

Bill Clemensen

University of California, Santa Barbara Baseball Players (20) Joe Martin
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Baseball Players (20) Davie LaRoche

Ohio University Baseball Players (19)

George Kahler

Purdue University Baseball Players (19) Clyde Goodwin
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Baseball Players (19) John Harkins
University of Cincinnati Baseball Players (19) Miller Huggins

University of Maine Baseball Players (19)

Irv Ray

Creighton University Baseball Players (18)

Gerry Shea

Indiana State University Baseball Players (18) Jeff James

Iowa State University Baseball Players (18)

Clyde Southwick

Oral Roberts University Baseball Players (18) Mike Moore
University of Washington Baseball Players (18) Hunky Shaw

Bowling Green State University Baseball Players (17)

Barney Mussill

Cerritos College Baseball Players (17) Scott Reid

University of Massachusetts Amherst Baseball Players (17)

Doc Curley

University of Nevada, Reno Baseball Players (17)

Ed Plank

Gonzaga University Baseball Players (16)

Dave Skeels

Harvard University Baseball Players (16) Jim Tyng
Lehigh University Baseball Players (16) Dick Wright

Niagara University Baseball Players (16)

Dusty Miller

St. John's University Baseball Players (16) Mickey Rutner
University of California, Riverside Baseball Players (16) John Lowenstein
University of Pittsburgh Baseball Players (16) Dick Hoblitzell

University of San Francisco Baseball Players (16)

Joe Giannini

Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Baseball Players (15) Thornton Lee

Eastern Michigan University Baseball Players (15)

Jack Wisner

Louisiana Tech University Baseball Players (15)

Rebel Oakes

Temple University Baseball Players (15)

Ben Rochefort

University of Richmond Baseball Players (15) Tom Miller
University of Southern Mississippi Baseball Players (15) Laurin Pepper

Virginia Tech Baseball Players (15)

Erwin Renfer

Amherst College Baseball Players (14)

Pete Allen

California State University, Los Angeles Baseball Players (14)

Brock Davis

California State University, Northridge Baseball Players (14) Paul Edmondson
Central Michigan University Baseball Players (14) John Dobb
Columbia University Baseball Players (14) Bill Finley
East Carolina University Baseball Players (14) Bill Holland
Florida International University Baseball Players (14) Rusty McNealy
Georgia Southern University Baseball Players (14) Ken Szotkiewicz
Grand Canyon University Baseball Players (14) Frank Snook

Lewis-Clark State College Baseball Players (14)

Frank Williams

University of Memphis Baseball Players (14)

Chick King
University of San Diego Baseball Players (14) Kerry Dineen

Bradley University Baseball Players (13)

Lee Handley

Southern University Baseball Players (13)

Lou Brock

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball Players (13) Al Dark

Colgate University Baseball Players (12)

Kid McLaughlin

Dallas Baptist University Baseball Players (12) Les Lancaster

Davidson College Baseball Players (12)

Willy Fetzer

Grambing State University Baseball Players (12)

Lou Jackson

James Madison University Baseball Players (12) Billy Sample

Lafayette College Baseball Players (12)

George Barclay

Missouri State University Baseball Players (12) Mark Bailey
New York University Baseball Players (12) George Townsend
Sam Houston State University Baseball Players (12) Ray Benge
University of Connecticut Baseball Players (12) Walt Dropo
University of Hawaii Baseball Players (12) Glenn Braggs
University of South Florida Baseball Players (12) Chris Welsh

Cornell University Baseball Players (11)

John Humphries

Florida Southern College Baseball Players (11)

Greg Pryor

Illinois State University Baseball Players (11)

Buzz Capra

Lamar University Baseball Players (11)

Dave Smith

Mercer University Baseball Players (11) Charlie Harris

Old Dominion University Baseball Players (11)

Denny Riddleberger

University of Toledo Baseball Players (11)

Chuck Harmon

University of Vermont Baseball Players (11) Bert Abbey

California State University, Sacramento Baseball Players (10)

Fred Besana

College of William and Mary Baseball Players (10) Mike Smith

Eastern Illinois University Baseball Players (10)

Ray Richmond

Eastern Kentucky University Baseball Players (10) Jim Park

Elon University Baseball Players (10)

Bunny Hearn

Guilford College Baseball Players (10)

Bill Lindsay

Middle Tennessee State University Baseball Players (10) Bob Tillman
Morehead State University Baseball Players (10) Pete Center

University of Chicago Baseball Players (10)

Henry Adkinson

University of Delaware Baseball Players (10)

Vic Willis

University of New Haven Baseball Players (10)

Joe Lahoud

University of New Orleans Baseball Players (10) Eric Rasmussen

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Baseball Players (10)

Mark Davidson

University of the Pacific Baseball Players (10)

Grant Dunlap

Virginia Commonwealth University Baseball Players (10) Jim Austin

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Baseball Players (9)

Mark Wiley

Duquesne University Baseball Players (9)

Lew Moren

Jacksonville University Baseball Players (9)

Tom McMillan

Oglethorpe University Baseball Players (9)

Al Wingo

Rollins College Baseball Players (9)

Del Mason

Southwestern University Baseball Players (9)

Harry Ables

Stetson University Baseball Players (9) Bill Swaggerty

University of La Verne Baseball Players (9)

Ewell Blackwell

University of New Mexico Baseball Players (9) Jim Kremmel
University of Portland Baseball Players (9) Billy Sullivan

West Chester University of Pennsylvania Baseball Players (9)

Henry Baldwin

Western Carolina University Baseball Players (9) Wayne Tolleson

Albright College Baseball Players (8)

Willie Adams

Delta State University Baseball Players (8)

Jim Miles

Jackson State University Baseball Players (8)

Kelvin Moore

Kansas State University Baseball Players (8)

Elden Auker

McNeese State University Baseball Players (8)

Ray Fontenot

Northern Illinois University Baseball Players (8) Davy Jones

Southern Methodist University Baseball Players (8)

Gene Bedford

Springfield College Baseball Players (8) Harry Kingman

St. Bonaventure University Baseball Players (8)

Hughie Jennings

Tennessee State University Baseball Players (8)

George Altman

The Citadel Baseball Players (8) Sumpter Clarke
Troy University Baseball Players (8) Tom Drake

University of Louisiana at Monroe Baseball Players (8)

Tom Brown

University of Texas at Arlington Baseball Players (8) Dave Owen
University of Utah Baseball Players (8) Billy Cowan

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Baseball Players (8)

Jim Magnuson

Austin Peay State University Baseball Players (7) Jimmy Stewart
Azusa Pacific University Baseball Players (7) Paul Moskau
Ball State University Baseball Players (7) Merv Rettenmund
Chapman University Baseball Players (7) John Young
College of Charleston Baseball Players (7) Fritz Von Kolnitz
Coastal Carolina University Baseball Players (7) Mickey Brantley
Florida Atlantic University Baseball Players (7) Tim Harikkala
Kennesaw State University Baseball Players (7) Willie Harris
Le Moyne College Baseball Players (7) Jim Wessinger

Marietta College Baseball Players (7)

Ted Lewis

Mesa State College Baseball Players (7)

Jim Brenneman

Oklahoma City University Baseball Players (7)

Bruce Sloan

Southeastern Louisiana University Baseball Players (7) Jim Carlin

Southeastern Oklahoma State University (7)

Rollie Stiles

University of Central Florida Baseball Players (7) Chad Mottola

University of Northern Colorado Baseball Players (7)

Virgil Jester

University of Tampa Baseball Players (7)

Lou Piniella

University of Tulsa Baseball Players (7)

Bud Bloomfield

Boston University Baseball Players (6)

Jerry Hurley

Bowdoin College Baseball Players (6)

Pop Williams

Campbell University Baseball Players (6)

Woody Upchurch

College of San Mateo Baseball Players (6) Bob McClure

Gettysburg College Baseball Players (6)

Eddie Plank

Juniata College Baseball Players (6)

Hank Ritter

Lubbock Christian University Baseball Players (6)

John Harris

Mansfield University Baseball Players (6)

Hughie Jennings

Northeastern University Baseball Players (6) Joe Callahan

Providence College Baseball Players (6)

Ed Wineapple

Rider University Baseball Players (6)

Danny Napoleon

Saint Leo University Baseball Players (6)

Frank Barrett

Swarthmore College Baseball Players (6)

Twink Twining

Trinity University Baseball Players (6)

Tex Jeanes

University of Denver Baseball Players (6)

Henry Bostick

University of Idaho Baseball Players (6)

Bill Hubbell

University of North Florida Baseball Players (6)

Sid Roberson

Western Illinois University Baseball Players (6) Ray Haley
Butler University Baseball Players (5) Jack Hendricks

College of the Canyons Baseball Players (5)

Bob Walk

Concordia College (NY) Baseball Players (5) Dell Alston

George Washington University Baseball Players (5)

Jim Tennant

Howard College Baseball Players (5) Troy Neel

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Baseball Players (5)

Hutch Campbell

Maryville College Baseball Players (5)

Orlie Weaver

Occidental College Baseball Players (5)

Dutch Hinrichs

Ohio Wesleyan University Baseball Players (5)

Branch Rickey

Presbyterian College Baseball Players (5)

Marsh Williams

Southeast Missouri State University (5)

Jack Powell

University at Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo Baseball Players (5) Bill Schuster
University of California, Irvine Baseball Players (5) Gary Wheelock
University of Dayton Baseball Players (5) Bifff Schlitzer

University of New Hampshire Baseball Players (5)

Del Bissonnette

University of North Carolina at Wilmington Baseball Players (5)

Billy Harris

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Baseball Players (5)

Webb Schultz

Washington & Jefferson College Baseball Players (5)

Farmer Burns

Arkansas State University Baseball Players (4)

George Kell

Birmingham-Southern College Baseball Players (4)

Hal Finney

Catholic University of America Baseball Players (4)

Wally Pipp

Cleveland State University Baseball Players (4) Jerry Dybzinski
College of Southern Nevada Baseball Players (4) Sean Kazmar
East Tennessee State University Baseball Players (4) Jim Mooney

Florida A&M University Baseball Players (4)

Hal McRae

Jacksonville State University Baseball Players (4) Todd Jones

Liberty University Baseball Players (4)

Sid Bream

Loyola University New Orleans Baseball Players (4)

Bob Schroder

Murray State University Baseball Players (4)

Carl Powis

Northern Kentucky University Baseball Players (4) Chris Hook
Pfeiffer University Baseball Players (4) Barry Moore

Saint Xavier University Baseball Players (4)

Joe Skalski

Siena College Baseball Players (4)

Billy Harrell

Tuskegee University Baseball Players (4)

Leon Wagner

University of Colorado Baseball Players (4) Cobe Jones
University of Louisville Baseball Players (4) Fred Koster
Winthrop University Baseball Players (4) Carl Dale

Wright State University Baseball Players (4)

Keith Gordon

Youngstown State University Baseball Players (4)

Don Leshnock

Allegheny College Baseball Players (3)

Russ McKelvy

Alvernia College Baseball Players (3) Wade Miller
Bethune-Cookman University Baseball Players (3) Stan Jefferson

Buena Vista University Baseball Players (3)

Jim Fanning

Central Connecticut State University Baseball Players (3) Skip Jutze
Concordia University Baseball Players (3) Marty Lang

Eckerd College Baseball Players (3)

Joe Lefebrve

Howard University Baseball Players (3)

Bubba Morton

Mount Olive College Baseball Players (3) Steve Mintz
New Mexico State University Baseball Players (3) Fernando Ramsey
Nova Southeastern University Baseball Players (3) J.D. Martinez

Pittsburg State University Baseball Players (3)

Don Gutteridge

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Baseball Players (3) Ray Demmitt

Samford University Baseball Players (3)

Marv Breeding

Sonoma State University Baseball Players (3)

Marshall Brant

University of Akron Baseball Players (3)

Jack DiLauro

University of California, San Diego Baseball Players (3)

Randy Miller

University of Mobile Baseball Players (3) J.C. Romero
University of North Carolina at Asheville Baseball Players (3) Ty Wigginton

Western Washington University Baseball Players (3)

Woody Jensen

Westminster College Baseball Players (3)

Doug Baird

Xavier University Baseball Players (3)

Jim Boyle

Barry University Baseball Players (2) Henry Owens

Bellevue University Baseball Players (2)

T.J. Bohn

Belmont University Baseball Players (2)

Jerry Bell

California Lutheran University Baseball Players (2) Kevin Gross

California State University, Chico Baseball Players (2)

Clay Dalrymple

California State University, Stanislaus Baseball Players (2)

Rusty Kuntz

California University of Pennsylvania Baseball Players (2)

Bruce Dal Canton

Concordia College (MN) Baseball Players (2)

Arlo Brunsberg

Delaware State University Baseball Players (2)

Jake Wood

Eastern Connecticut State University Baseball Players (2)

John Caneira

Hamline University Baseball Players (2)

Lew Drill

High Point University Baseball Players (2) Dick Culler

Hofstra University Baseball Players (2)

Brant Alyea

Johns Hopkins University Baseball Players (2)

Otis Stocksdale

Linfield College Baseball Players (2)

Bob Martyn

Long Island University C.W. Post Baseball Players (2)

Richie Scheinblum

Loras College Baseball Players (2)

Red Faber

Middlebury College Baseball Players (2)

Ray Fisher

Merceyhurst College Baseball Players (2)

John Costello

Monmouth University Baseball Players (2) Ed Halicki

Norwich University Baseball Players (2)

Arlie Pond

Saint Joseph's University Baseball Players (2)

Fritz Henrich

South Dakota State University Baseball Players (2) Vean Gregg
Stony Brook University Baseball Players (2) Joe Nathan
University of California, Davis Baseball Players (2) Steve Brown

University of Central Arkansas Baseball Players (2)

Glenn Abbott

University of Dubuque Baseball Players (2)

Pat Parker

University of Hartford Baseball Players (2)

Jeff Bagwell

University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baseball Players (2)

Jay Witasick

University of the South Baseball Players (2) Charlie Dexter
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Baseball Players (2) Scott May

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Baseball Players (2)

Gene Brabender

Vanguard University of Southern California Baseball Players (2)

Tim Fortugno

Virginia State University Baseball Players (2) Al Bumbry

Wagner College Baseball Players (2)

Curt Blefary

Wofford College Baseball Players (2)

Frank Ellerbe

Abilene Christian University Baseball Players (1)

Bill Gilbreth

Alabama A&M University Baseball Players (1)

Cleon Jones

Assumption College Baseball Players (1) Chris Colabello

Benedictine College Baseball Players (1)

Bob Veale

Brandeis University Baseball Players (1)

Nelson Figueroa

Claremont McKenna College Baseball Players (1)

Wes Parker

Edinboro University Baseball Players (1)

Mark Corey

Flagler College Baseball Players (1)

Chris Barnwell

Florida Institute of Technology Baseball Players (1)

Tim Wakefield

Hiram College Baseball Players (1) Bill White

Houston Baptist University Baseball Players (1)

Trevor Enders

John Brown University Baseball Players (1) Jim Winn

Korea University Baseball Players (1)

Hee Seop Choi

Lambuth University Baseball Players (1)

Ray King

Longwood University Baseball Players (1)

Michael Tucker

Massachusetts College Baseball Players (1)

Ken Hill

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Baseball Players (1)

Jason Szuminski

Millersville University of Pennsylvania Baseball Players (1)

Jim Todd

Morehouse College Baseball Players (1)

Donn Clendenon

Saint Joseph's College Baseball Players (1)

Gil Hodges

University of British Columbia Baseball Players (1)

Jeff Francis

University of Illinois at Chicago Baseball Players (1)

Curtis Granderson

Virginia Military Institute Baseball Players (1)

Ryan Glynn

Viterbo University Baseball Players (1) Damian Miller

Wilkes University Baseball Players (1)

Kevin Gryboski

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1st Major League Player

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College World Series

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The college baseball project started in 2003. Since then, Baseball Almanac has added college data to nearly nine-thousand former Major League ballplayer biographies and cross-linked them into the one-hundred fifty plus college specific pages featured on the menu above.

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