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

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

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

"He (J.J. Putz) looks a lot more confident and a lot more aggressive. That stems from the fact that he's throwing with better stuff and better location. It's a nice combination." - Mariners pitching Coach Bryan Price (March 18, 2003)

University of Michigan "Wolverines" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Frank Bliss	1872 - 1872	06-20-1878
Fleet Walker	1882 - 1882	05-01-1884
Welday Walker	1883 - 1884	07-15-1884
John Hibbard	1885 - 1887	07-31-1884
Frank Sexton^(Brown)	1895 - 1895	06-21-1895
Frank Bowerman	1892 - 1892	08-24-1895
Red Killefer^(Purdue)	1904 - 1907	09-16-1907
Bert Sincock	1906 - 1908	06-25-1908
Chick Lathers	1909 - 1909	05-01-1910
Fred Blanding	1909 - 1910	09-15-1910
Doc Lavan	1913 - 1913	06-22-1913
Jack Enzenroth	1908 - 1910	05-01-1914
George Sisler	1913 - 1915	06-28-1915
Mike Knode^(Maryland)	1918 - 1920	06-28-1920
Bob Glenn	1918 - 1919	07-27-1920
John Perrin	1920 - 1921	07-11-1921
Slicker Parks	1919 - 1920	07-11-1921
Ernie Vick	1921 - 1922	06-29-1922
Ray Knode^(Maryland)	1922 - 1922	06-30-1923
Jack Blott	1922 - 1924	07-30-1924
Charlie Gehringer	1923 - 1923	09-22-1924
Pete Appleton	1924 - 1926	09-14-1927
Hal Elliott	1922 - 1922	04-19-1929
Bud Morse^(California)	1927 - 1927	09-14-1929
Bill McAfee	1928 - 1929	05-12-1930
Ted Petoskey	1932 - 1934	09-09-1934
Whitey Wistert	1932 - 1934	09-11-1934
Johnny Gee^{(Syracuse DNP)}	1935 - 1937	09-17-1939
Elmer Gedeon	1938 - 1939	09-18-1939
Dick Wakefield	1941 - 1941	06-26-1941
Don Lund	1943 - 1945	07-03-1945
Steve Boros	1956 - 1957	06-19-1957
Don Eaddy	1952 - 1955	04-24-1959
Dick LeMay	1957 - 1957	06-13-1961
Bill Freehan	1961 - 1961	09-26-1961
Mike Joyce	1961 - 1961	07-02-1962
John Herrnstein	1957 - 1958	09-15-1962
Fritz Fisher	1961 - 1963	04-19-1964
Bill Roman	1958 - 1960	09-30-1964
Dave Campbell	1962 - 1964	09-17-1967
Ted Sizemore	1964 - 1966	04-07-1969
Bill Zepp	1965 - 1967	08-12-1969
Bob Reed	1965 - 1966	09-05-1969
Elliott Maddox	1968 - 1968	04-07-1970
Danny Fife	1969 - 1971	08-18-1973
Tom Lundstedt	1969 - 1970	08-31-1973
Geoff Zahn	1966 - 1967	09-02-1973
Leon Roberts	1970 - 1972	09-03-1974
Glenn Redmon	1967 - 1969	09-08-1974
Jim Burton	1969 - 1971	06-10-1975
Lary Sorensen	1974 - 1976	06-07-1977
Steve Howe	1977 - 1979	04-11-1980
Rick Leach	1976 - 1979	04-30-1981
Steve Ontiveros	1980 - 1982	06-14-1985
Barry Larkin	1983 - 1985	08-13-1986
Jim Paciorek	1979 - 1982	04-09-1987
Chris Sabo	1981 - 1983	04-04-1988
Hal Morris	1984 - 1986	07-29-1988
Gary Wayne	1983 - 1984	04-07-1989
Jim Abbott	1986 - 1988	04-08-1989
Scott Kamieniecki	1983 - 1986	06-18-1991
Mike Ignasiak	1985 - 1988	08-22-1991
Ross Powell	1987 - 1989	09-05-1993
Mike Matheny	1989 - 1991	04-07-1994
Dennis Konuszewski	1990 - 1992	08-04-1995
Heath Murray	1992 - 1994	05-24-1997
Kirt Ojala	1988 - 1990	08-18-1997
Brian Simmons	1993 - 1995	09-21-1998
Kelly Dransfeldt	1994 - 1996	05-01-1999
J.J. Putz	1997 - 2000	08-11-2003
Rich Hill	2000 - 2002	06-15-2005
Jake Fox	2001 - 2003	07-19-2007
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
University of Michigan M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The University of Michigan's baseball program started in 1866 and Frank Bliss 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 Michigan Hall of Fame.

Did you know that there are seventy-two former Michigan players who made it to "the show"? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac.

Scott Kamieniecki (1983-1986) and Gary Wayne (1983-1984), who were the first two Alumni pitchers in a Varsity versus Alumni game played on September 21, 2003, were also the starting pitchers for the Michigan Wolverines during the 1984 College World Series, the last time a Michigan or Big Ten team reached Omaha.

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