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

Juniata College Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"A spitballer who was among those permitted to continue to use the outlawed pitch after 1919, he was a clever baseball man and respected teacher. Called Dixie because of his usually misspelled and mispronounced name, (Allen) Sothoron managed in the minors and coached for both St. Louis teams, briefly taking over as Browns manager in 1933." - Jack Kavanagh in BaseballLibrary.com

Juniata College "Eagles" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Hank Ritter^(Albright)	1910 - 1910	08-03-1912
Allen Sothoron^(Albright)	1912 - 1912	09-17-1914
Pete Bigler	1911 - 1912	05-06-1917
Joe Shaute^(Mansfield)	1922 - 1922	07-06-1922
Pat Malone	1921 - 1921	04-12-1928
Jake Eisenhart	1941 - 1944	06-10-1944
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Juniata College M.L.B. Player Alumnus

Juniata College's baseball program started in 1904 and Hank Ritter 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 Juniata College Hall of Fame.

The lyrics to the Juniata College fight song, "Fight on J.C.", is posted below and one must wonder how many times Eagles' hall of famer Jake "Hank" Eisenhart heard it:

Thru mud or dust, Thru grime or grit,
Fight on, J.C., fight on!
In heat or cold, in rain or snow,
Fight on, J.C., fight on!

(Chorus)
Go down the line and take it thru,
You'll win the game, we're backing you,
Fight on, J.C., fight on!

You're on the field to play the game,
Fight on, J.C., fight on!
You're there in Juniata's name
Fight on, J.C., fight on!

(Repeat Chorus)

Did you know that there are six former Juniata College players who made it to "the show"? Send corrections to Baseball Almanac.

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