Southern Methodist University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Southern Methodist University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"In days of yore, when all bats were made of wood and saliva wasn’t a foreign substance, Joe 'Goobers' Bratcher (1898-1977) of Grand Saline and Alex Hooks (1906-1993) of Edgewood were running down a dream — the dream of playing in the Major Leagues." - Tom Faulkenberry in Van Zandt News

Southern Methodist University "Mustangs" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Gene Bedford	1916 - 1920	06-25-1925
Jack Knott	1924 - 1926	04-13-1933
Syd Cohen^(Alabama)	1928 - 1929	09-18-1934
Alex Hooks	1926 - 1928	04-17-1935
Bob Finley	1936 - 1937	06-13-1943
Bubba Floyd	1936 - 1939	06-16-1944
Danny Lynch	1947 - 1948	09-14-1948
Rick Herrscher	1955 - 1958	08-01-1962
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Southern Methodist University M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The Southern Methodist University's baseball program started in 1919 and Gene Bedford was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

Southern Methodist University's (SMU) baseball program has had its ups & downs over the years and the program has come & gone, but their fight song has remained a constant:

Here's to the Red and the Blue

We're the Mustangs from SMU

Give a cheer, give a fight

There's victory in sight

And our battle cry will be

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

Spirit's the best in the land

And right to the end we'll stand for the

M-U-S-T-A-N-G-S

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

Did you know that there are eight (8) former Southern Methodist University players who made it to "the show"? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac.

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