Texas Christian University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Texas Christian University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"It (being an All-Star) was a very, very intense emotional experience. I was so thankful to have John Wetteland with me at the time, because I don't think I would have had the guts to have walked through the clubhouse door on my own. John was great, he kind of broke the ice and introduced me to everyone. It was just a wonderful, thrilling experience and it was really emotionally draining as well, because I was one of the big stories there so I had to tell my autobiographical journey to every reporter there and it was just non-stop. It was wonderful being out there for the All-Century Team and seeing Ted Williams go out there in the golf cart and throw out the first pitch, I just didn't feel worthy being out there with those legends of the game." - Jeff Zimmerman on Slam Baseball (April 26, 2000)

Texas Christian University "Horned Frogs" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Louis Drucke	1909 - 1909	09-25-1909
Ona Dodd	1909 - 1911	07-26-1912
Claude Cooper	1910 - 1912	04-14-1913
Jim Haislip	1911 - 1911	08-27-1913
Pete Donohue	1920 - 1921	07-01-1921
Astyanax Douglass	1919 - 1920	07-30-1921
Boob Fowler	1920 - 1920	05-06-1923
Leo Tankersley	1923 - 1925	07-02-1925
Ray Wolf	1925 - 1927	07-27-1927
Tex Carleton	1923 - 1925	04-17-1932
Harry Kinzy	1932 - 1934	06-08-1934
Dutch Meyer	1935 - 1937	06-23-1937
Jim Busby	1947 - 1948	04-23-1950
Randy Jackson^(Texas)	1945 - 1945	05-02-1950
Carl Warwick	1956 - 1957	04-11-1961
Tommy Gramly	1966 - 1966	04-18-1968
Chuck Machemehl	1967 - 1968	04-06-1971
Jeff Newman	1968 - 1970	06-30-1976
John Briscoe	1987 - 1988	04-18-1991
Freddie Benavides	1985 - 1987	05-14-1991
Tim Mauser	1986 - 1988	07-07-1991
Chris Eddy	1991 - 1992	04-26-1995
Glenn Dishman	1992 - 1993	06-22-1995
Jeff Zimmerman	1992 - 1993	04-13-1999
Scott Atchison	1995 - 1998	07-31-2004
Lance Broadway	2005 - 2005	09-07-2007
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Texas Christian University M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The Texas Christian University baseball program started in 1896 and Louis Drucke 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 Texas Christian University Hall of Fame.

Have you ever wondered about what certain pitchers think about certain hitters? In a recent interview that appeared in Slam Baseball on April 26, 2000, the interviewer asked TCU alumnus Jeff Zimmerman who was the toughest hitter he ever faced he replied:

"Last year it was Roberto Alomar. He adjusted phenomenally to all three of my pitches and he was a very tough out, he was a smart hitter and he had a plan up there and he just wasn't up there hacking and he would hit according to the situation and I really struggled with him last year." - Jeff Zimmerman

Did you know that there are twenty-six former Texas Christian University players who made it to the show? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac.

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