MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL PLAYERS

MLB Players Who Played Collegiately at Mississippi State University | Baseball Almanac

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

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"Hard work is the main thing—hard work and dedication. And I think a great part of it is goal setting. You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them. Every goal that I've set, I've been able to achieve. That's been very fulfilling." - Palmeiro, Rafael.

Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
"Bulldogs"

Major League Baseball Player Alumni

1. Willie Mitchell 1905 - 1909 09-22-1909
2. Bunny Hearn (Elon) 1908 - 1909 09-17-1910
3. Rags Faircloth 1911 - 1912 05-06-1919
4. Ray Roberts 1914 - 1919 09-12-1919
5. Monroe Mitchell 1920 - 1922 07-11-1923
6. Hughie Critz 1919 - 1920 05-31-1924
7. Jim Roberts 1912 - 1920 07-27-1924
8. Buddy Myer 1922 - 1924 09-26-1925
9. Jim Lyle 1919 - 1925 10-02-1925
10. Sid Womack (Lousiana State) 1919 - 1919 08-15-1926
11. Cecil Bolton 1924 - 1926 09-21-1928
12. Paul Gregory 1928 - 1930 04-20-1932
13. Ed Chapman 1926 - 1927 08-06-1933

Mississippi State College
"Bulldogs"

Major League Baseball Player Alumni

14. Fred Walters 1935 - 1937 04-17-1945
15. Dave Ferriss 1939 - 1941 04-29-1945
16. Homer Spragins 1940 - 1942 09-13-1947
17. Alex Grammas 1948 - 1949 04-13-1954

Mississippi State University
"Bulldogs"

Mississippi State University

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Major League Baseball Player Alumni

18. Sammy Ellis 1961 - 1961 04-14-1962
19. Bobby Etheridge 1962 - 1963 07-16-1967
20. Del Unser 1964 - 1966 04-10-1968
21. Ken Tatum 1964 - 1966 05-28-1969
22. Jim Howarth 1967 - 1968 09-05-1971
23. Bob Myrick 1971 - 1974 05-28-1976
24. Jack Lazorko (MDCC) 1977 - 1978 06-04-1984
26. Will Clark 1983 - 1985 04-08-1986
26. Bobby Thigpen 1984 - 1985 08-06-1986
27. Rafael Palmeiro 1983 - 1985 09-08-1986
28. Jeff Brantley 1982 - 1985 08-05-1988
29. Pete Young 1987 - 1989 06-05-1992
30. Jon Shave 1987 - 1990 05-15-1993
31. Jay Powell 1991 - 1993 09-10-1995
32. Gary Rath 1992 - 1994 06-02-1998
33. Carlton Loewer 1992 - 1994 06-14-1998
34. Adam Piatt 1995 - 1997 04-24-2000
35. Matt Ginter 1997 - 1999 09-01-2000
36. Eric DuBose 1995 - 1997 09-19-2002
37. Travis Chapman 1997 - 2000 09-09-2003
38. Jon Knott 1998 - 2001 05-30-2004
39. Brandon Medders 2000 - 2001 06-20-2005
40. Jonathan Papelbon 2003 - 2003 07-31-2005
41. Paul Maholm 2001 - 2003 08-30-2005
42. Craig Tatum 2003 - 2004 07-21-2009
43. Mitch Moreland 2005 - 2007 07-29-2010
44. Alan Johnson 2003 - 2005 04-17-2011
45. Tyler Moore 2008 - 2008 04-29-2012
46. Kendall Graveman 2010 - 2013 09-05-2014
47. Jacob Lindgren 2012 - 2014 05-25-2015
48. Ed Easley 2005 - 2007 05-29-2015
49. Chad Girodo 2010 - 2013 04-22-2016
50. Chris Stratton 2010 - 2012 05-30-2016
51. Adam Frazier 2011 - 2013 06-24-2016
52. Jonathan Holder 2012 - 2014 09-02-2016
53. Hunter Renfroe 2011 - 2013 09-21-2016
54. Brandon Woodruff 2012 - 2014 08-04-2017
55. Dakota Hudson 2014 - 2016 07-28-2018
56. Nate Lowe 2016 - 2016 04-29-2019
57. Brent Rooker 2015 - 2017 09-04-2020
58. Jack Kruger (Orange Coast) 2016 - 2016 05-06-2021
59. Jacob Robson 2013 - 2016 08-12-2021
60. Konnor Pilkington 2016 - 2018 04-15-2022
61. Graham Ashcraft (UAB) 2017 - 2017 05-22-2022
62. Ethan Small 2016 - 2019 05-30-2022
63. J.P. France (Tulane) 2018 - 2018 05-06-2023
64. Jordan Westburg 2018 - 2020 06-26-2023
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The Mississippi State University baseball program started in 1892. Willie Mitchell was the first former Bulldog to make it to the Major Leagues. Names that appear in bold print are in the Mississippi State University Hall of Fame.

Did you know that there were sixty-four former Mississippi State University ballplayers who made it to the majors? Send updates to Baseball Almanac.

Mississippi State University has appeared in nine College World Series (1971, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2007 & 2013) and twenty-four NCAA Regionals.