Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumni who played baseball at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette AND made it to the Major League level.
"When Alvin Dark took over as Oakland's manager this spring, he said he had a model for the job. It was not John McGraw, Miller Huggins, Casey Stengel, or any other successful field boss. 'The past few years,' announced Dark with a straight face, 'I've tried to think of how Jesus Christ would handle ballplayers.' Two months into the season, the obstreperous A's think Dark is anything but a baseball messiah. 'The guy's a quack,' say some players." - Time Magazine. Alvin Dark: Dugout Disciple. 3 June 1974.
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1. | Al Dark (Louisiana State) | 1944 - 1945 | 07-14-1946 |
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2. | Ron Guidry | 1969 - 1970 | 07-27-1975 |
3. | Jose Alvarez | 1977 - 1978 | 10-01-1981 |
4. | Xavier Hernandez | 1984 - 1986 | 06-04-1989 |
5. | Chris Howard (Oklahoma) | 1988 - 1988 | 09-15-1991 |
6. | Donne Wall | 1988 - 1989 | 09-02-1995 |
7. | Gary Haught | 1991 - 1992 | 07-16-1997 |
8. | Paul Bako | 1991 - 1993 | 04-30-1998 |
9. | B.J. Ryan | 1997 - 1998 | 07-28-1999 |
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10. | Scott Dohmann | 1999 - 2000 | 05-15-2004 |
11. | Jonathan Lucroy | 2005 - 2007 | 05-21-2010 |
12. | Chad Beck | 2006 - 2006 | 09-13-2011 |
13. | Danny Farquhar | 2006 - 2008 | 09-13-2011 |
14. | Hogan Harris | 2016 - 2018 | 04-14-2023 |
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The University of Louisiana at Lafayette baseball program started in 1903. Al Dark was the first former Ragin' Cajun to make it to the Major League level.
When B.J. Ryan was selected to the 2004 All-Star Game he became the first Ragin' Cajun to appear in the Midsummer Classic since Ron Guidry had made his appearance in the 1983 All-Star Game.
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