University of California, Riverside Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

University of California, Riverside Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"I wasn't really trying to do too much. You can't help but swing quick against a guy like Troy Percival, he throws so darn hard. I kept telling myself, 'Calm down, calm down, keep your front side in and just hit the ball in the outfield somewhere.'" - Gregg Zaun on WashingtonPost.com

University of California, Riverside "Highlanders" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
John Lowenstein	1966 - 1968	09-02-1970
Bobby Clark	1974 - 1974	08-21-1979
Kim Allen	1973 - 1975	09-02-1980
Eric Show	1976 - 1978	09-02-1981
Steven Lubratich	1976 - 1977	09-27-1981
Curt Wardle	1981 - 1981	08-30-1984
Rick Rodriguez	1981 - 1981	09-17-1986
Calvin Jones	1982 - 1983	06-14-1991
Troy Percival	1987 - 1990	04-26-1995
Joe Strong	1984 - 1984	05-11-2000
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
UC Riverside M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The University of California, Riverside baseball program started in 1958 and John Lowenstein 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 University of California, Riverside Hall of Fame.

Riverside Sports Complex
Photo by Al Smithson (June 2003).

The Riverside Highlanders play their home games at the Riverside Sports Complex, an absolutely beautiful park set in the Box Spring Mountains (photo above).

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