Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every Southern Illinois University alumni who played baseball at the Southern Illinois University AND made it to the Major League level.
"What he's (Roy Halladay) feeling, I've lived. You feel like you're on your own (when trying to win a Cy Young Award). You feel like it's you against everybody, even your own team. You feel like you can't take a day off or have an off day because you're not allowed to — and in my case, I wouldn't allow myself to. You feel like you've got to complete every game, every time." - Stieb, Dave. SIUC Hall of Fame Pitcher. Toronto Sun. 4 September 2003.
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# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
1. | Ray Rippelmeyer (SE Missouri) | 1952 - 1953 | 04-14-1962 |
2. | Tom Timmermann | 1960 - 1960 | 06-18-1969 |
3. | Skip Pitlock | 1967 - 1969 | 06-12-1970 |
4. | Jim Panther | 1966 - 1966 | 04-05-1971 |
5. | Rich Hacker | 1967 - 1967 | 07-02-1971 |
6. | Bill Stein (EFSC) | 1969 - 1969 | 09-06-1972 |
7. | Mike Rogodzinski | 1968 - 1969 | 05-04-1973 |
8. | Jim Dwyer | 1970 - 1971 | 06-10-1973 |
9. | Duane Kuiper | 1971 - 1971 | 09-09-1974 |
10. | Joe Wallis | 1972 - 1973 | 09-02-1975 |
11. | Mike Eden | 1971 - 1973 | 08-02-1976 |
12. | Dan Thomas | 1971 - 1973 | 09-02-1976 |
13. | Dewey Robinson | 1975 - 1977 | 04-06-1979 |
14. | Dave Stieb | 1978 - 1978 | 06-29-1979 |
15. | George Vukovich | 1975 - 1977 | 04-13-1980 |
16. | Rickey Keeton | 1976 - 1978 | 05-27-1980 |
17. | Neil Fiala | 1976 - 1977 | 09-03-1981 |
18. | Bill Lyons | 1977 - 1980 | 07-20-1983 |
19. | Jim Adduci | 1978 - 1980 | 09-12-1983 |
20. | Steve Finley | 1984 - 1987 | 04-03-1989 |
21. | Sean Bergman | 1989 - 1991 | 07-07-1993 |
22. | Joe Hall | 1986 - 1988 | 04-05-1994 |
23. | Al Levine | 1990 - 1991 | 06-22-1996 |
24. | Jerry Hairston, Jr. | 1996 - 1997 | 09-11-1998 |
25. | Jason Frasor | 1996 - 1999 | 04-16-2004 |
26. | Clay Zavada | 2004 - 2005 | 05-21-2009 |
27. | Sam Coonrod | 2012 - 2014 | 05-26-2019 |
28. | Colin Holderman | 2015 - 2015 | 05-15-2022 |
# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
SIUC MLB Players | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The Southern Illinois University baseball program started in 1946. Ray Rippelmeyer was the first former Saluki to make it to the Major League level. Names that appear on the chart above in bold print are in the Southern Illinois University Hall of Fame.
The Salukis play their home games at Abe Martin Field — a natural grass paradise set into the countryside and named on April 30, 1972 in honor of Glenn "Abe" Martin, who retired in 1971 after thirty-three years of service, including nineteen as head baseball coach.
Did you know that there are twenty-eight former Southern Illinois University ballplayers who made it to the majors? Send updates to Baseball Almanac.