Rider University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"In 1920, (Art) Nehf won a career-high 21 games. From 1921 through 1924 he helped the Giants to four consecutive pennants. Following a 20-10 season in 1921, he lost his first two World Series starts (the Giants scored a mere one run - unearned - in those games), but defeated the Yankees 1-0 in the final game. In the 1922 WS rematch, Nehf again won the decisive contest. He pitched another 1-0 shutout against the Yankees in Game Three of the 1923 Series. In the 1924 Series opener, he beat the Senators' Walter Johnson in 12 innings, but Nehf lost Game Six 2-1. Washington took the title the following day." - Historian John L. Evers (BaseballLibrary.com, Art Nehf Entry)

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology "Fightin' Engineers" Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Official Logo Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Les Backman	1907 - 1910	07-03-1909
Art Nehf	1911 - 1914	08-13-1915
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball program started in 1874 and Les Backman was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

The Fightin' Engineers were once part of Rose Polytechnic Institute which changed its name to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1971. Both Backman and Nehf played when the school was called Rose Polytechnic Institute and both are enshrined in the school's athletic hall of fame.

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