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

1975 - 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

Chris Smith

2000 - 2002

06-21-2008

Anthony Claggett

2003 - 2005

04-18-2009

Marc Rzepczynski

2004 - 2007

07-07-2009

Dan Runzler 2005 - 2007 09-04-2009
Joe Kelly 2007 - 2009 06-10-2012

Rob Brantly

2009 - 2010

08-14-2012

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

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).

Did you know that there are sixteen former University of California, Riverside players who made it to the show? Send updates / corrections to Baseball Almanac.

     

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