The Syracuse University baseball program started in 1870 and John Coleman was their first player to make it to the Major League level.
The Orangemen's baseball program started in 1870 then stopped in 1921. In 1923 they took the field again, but officially stopped playing baseball in 1972 — after nine consecutive decades with at least one former player making the major league level.
Did you know that there are twenty-three former Syracuse University players who made it to the show? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac. There are another five former major league players who attended Syracuse, but did not play: Mike Wilson (debut on June 4, 1921 [played at Lehigh University]), Johnny Gee (debut on September 17, 1939 [played at the University of Michigan]), Bob Usher (April 16, 1946), Rip Coleman (August 15, 1955 [played at Wake Forest University]) & Will Pennyfeather (June 27, 1992).
