University of Chicago Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"Roy Henshaw was a standout pitcher for the Chicago baseball team from 1930-32. Following his playing career, during which he gained All-America recognition, Henshaw spent eight years in Major League Baseball, including a three-year stint with the Chicago Cubs (1933-36). He posted a 13-5 mark for the Cubs in 1935." - University of Chicago Athletics Hall of Fame
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Major League Baseball Player Alumnus

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Henry Adkinson

1893 - 1895

09-25-1895

Henry Clarke

1895 - 1896

06-26-1897

Speed Kelly

1903 - 1904

07-13-1909

Mysterious Walker

1904 - 1907

06-28-1910

Jack Boyle

1910 - 1912

06-28-1912

Stan Baumgartner

1912 - 1914

06-26-1914

Charlie Blackburn

1912 - 1914

04-17-1915

Shorty DesJardien

1913 - 1915

05-20-1916

Roy Henshaw

1930 - 1932

04-15-1933

Art Lopatka

1939 - 1941

09-12-1945

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

University of Chicago M.L.B. Player Alumnus



The University of Chicago's baseball program started in 1892 and Henry Adkinson 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 Chicago Hall of Fame.

Did you know that there are ten former Chicago players who made it to the show? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac.

There is only one University of Chicago player — Roy Henshaw — who made it to the big leagues AND is enshrined in the University of Chicago Baseball Hall of Fame (which inducted its first members in 2003).

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