James Madison University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

James Madison University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"Billy Sample was the leading player among an outstanding group of performers who made JMU baseball nationally recognized for the first time in the mid-1970s. Sample had a JMU-record career batting of .388 and was a first-team Division II All-American as a second baseman in 1976 when he batted .421. He led JMU to the NCAA Division II Tournament that season and was drafted as a junior by the Texas Rangers." - JMU Sports Hall of Fame

Madison College "Dukes" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Billy Sample	1974 - 1976	09-02-1978
James Madison University "Dukes" James Madison University Logo Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Dana Allison	1986 - 1989	04-09-1991
Mike Hubbard	1990 - 1992	07-13-1995
Larry Mitchell	1990 - 1992	08-11-1996
Rich Croushore	1992 - 1993	05-18-1998
Mike Venafro	1992 - 1995	04-24-1999
Brian McNichol	1993 - 1995	09-07-1999
Scott Forster	1992 - 1994	06-18-2000
Travis Harper	1995 - 1997	08-04-2000
Rich Thompson	1998 - 2000	04-07-2004
Dan Meyer	2002 - 2002	09-14-2004
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
James Madison University M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The James Madison University baseball program started in 1974 and Billy Sample 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 James Madison University Hall of Fame.

The purple and gold Dukes of James Madison are nicknamed in honor of Samuel P. Duke, the second president (1919-1949) of the University.

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