Ohio State University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Ohio State University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"Vic (Janowicz) had to be one of the finest athletes ever to play at Ohio State" - Teammate Walt Klevays "I can't imagine Ohio State ever having a more versatile player (than Vic Janowicz)." - Radio Annoucer Marv Holman

Ohio State University "Buckeyes" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Jud Smith	1888 - 1892	05-21-1893
Effie Norton	1892 - 1896	08-08-1896
Doc Reisling	1893 - 1897	09-10-1904
Rollin Cook	1909 - 1915	07-06-1915
Ollie Welf	1908 - 1916	08-30-1916
Arch Reilly	1910 - 1917	06-01-1917
Rasty Wright	1915 - 1917	06-22-1917
Hal Kime	1920 - 1920	06-19-1920
Pinky Pittinger	1918 - 1920	04-15-1921
Johnny Stuart	1920 - 1922	07-27-1922
Pat McNulty	1920 - 1921	09-05-1922
Hoge Workman	1923 - 1924	06-27-1924
Ollie Klee	1923 - 1925	08-10-1925
Frank McGee	1920 - 1920	09-19-1925
Arlie Tarbert	1925 - 1927	06-18-1927
Marty Karow	1925 - 1927	06-21-1927
Russ Miller	1923 - 1925	09-24-1927
Don Hurst	1924 - 1924	05-13-1928
Glen Stewart	1931 - 1938	06-26-1940
Stan Goletz	1937 - 1941	09-09-1941
John Dagenhard	1936 - 1938	09-28-1943
Don Grate	1944 - 1945	07-06-1945
George Spencer	1947 - 1947	08-17-1950
Fred Taylor	1947 - 1950	09-12-1950
Duke Simpson^{(Notre Dame)}	1948 - 1951	05-06-1953
Vic Janowicz	1949 - 1949	05-31-1953
Moe Savransky	1948 - 1953	04-23-1954
Frank Howard	1956 - 1957	09-10-1958
Galen Cisco	1955 - 1957	06-11-1961
Johnny Edwards	1958 - 1958	06-27-1961
Ron Nischwitz	1957 - 1958	09-04-1961
Joe Sparma	1962 - 1963	05-20-1964
Rick Renick	1964 - 1964	07-11-1968
Russ Nagelson	1964 - 1966	09-11-1968
Fred Scherman	1963 - 1963	04-26-1969
Steve Arlin	1965 - 1966	06-12-1969
Chuck Brinkman	1964 - 1966	07-10-1969
Jim Geddes	1969 - 1970	04-28-1972
Bill Sharp	1970 - 1971	05-26-1973
Barry Bonnell	1972 - 1974	05-04-1977
Mark Dempsey	1977 - 1980	09-04-1982
Dave Burba	1985 - 1987	09-08-1990
Bill Wertz	1986 - 1989	05-22-1993
Scott Klingenbeck	1990 - 1992	06-02-1994
Mike Durant	1989 - 1991	04-03-1996
Nick Swisher	2000 - 2002	09-03-2004
Josh Newman	2001 - 2004	09-12-2007
Scott Lewis	2002 - 2004	09-10-2008
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Ohio State University M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The Ohio State University baseball program started in 1878 and Jud Smith 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 Ohioe State University Hall of Fame.

Did you know that there are forty-eight former Ohio State University players who made it to the show? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac.

Vic Janowicz also played football at Ohio State University (1949-1951) and in 1950 he rushed for nine-hundred sixty-eight yards, scored sixteen TDs, punted (setting two team records) and won the 1950 Heisman Trophy — making him the first Heisman Trophy winner to also play Major League baseball.

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