University of Colorado Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

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

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

"At 76, former Red Sox outfielder Carroll Hardy is in stellar health, but he knows his obituary is all but set in stone. The only man ever to pinch hit for Ted Williams. 'I'm kind of excited by it,' says Hardy, a glint in his eye. 'I think it's funny.'" - Sports Writer Stan Grossfield in the Boston Globe (12/20/2009, 'His Splendid Moment', Source)

University of Colorado "Buffaloes" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Cobe Jones	1925 - 1928	09-27-1928
Carroll Hardy	1952 - 1955	04-15-1958
John Stearns	1971 - 1973	09-22-1974
Jay Howell	1974 - 1976	08-10-1980
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
University of Colorado M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The University of Colorado baseball program started in 1923 and Cobe Jones was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

On May 18, 1958, Carroll Hardy became the first former Buffaloes player to hit a major league home run - an eleventh inning walk off courtesy of Billy Pierce.

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