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.
"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.
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# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
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 |
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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 |
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# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
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.
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Mississippi State University has appeared in nine College World Series (1971, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2007 & 2013) and twenty-four NCAA Regionals.