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

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

"The Yankees traded away first baseman Babe Dahlgren and experimented with second baseman Joe Gordon at first. Another rookie, slick-fielding Gerry Priddy, supplanted Gordon at second." - Dick Johnson & Glenn Stout in DiMaggio : An Illustrated Life (1995)
University of Oregon
"Ducks"

Major League Baseball Player Alumnus

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Curt Coleman

1908 - 1911

04-13-1912

Byron Houck

1910 - 1911

05-15-1912

Don Rader

1912 - 1913

07-25-1913

Carson Bigbee

1913 - 1915

08-25-1916

Lyle Bigbee

1912 - 1915

04-15-1920

Gordon Slade

1923 - 1929

04-21-1930

Joe Gordon

1933 - 1935

04-18-1938

Bill Sayles

1936 - 1939

07-17-1939

Wimpy Quinn

1937 - 1941

06-08-1941

Moon Mullen

1936 - 1940

04-18-1944

Barney Koch

1942 - 1943

07-23-1944

Howie Fox

1939 - 1942

09-28-1944

Dick Whitman

1939 - 1942

04-16-1946

Earl Averill

1950 - 1953

04-19-1956

Curt Barclay

1950 - 1951

04-21-1957

Keith Lampard

1964 - 1965

09-15-1969

Terry Ley

1966 - 1966

08-20-1971

Dave Roberts

1970 - 1972

06-07-1972

Don Reynolds

1972 - 1975

04-07-1978

Steve Baker

1975 - 1976

05-25-1978

Ray Smith

1974 - 1976

04-09-1981

Tom Dodd

1977 - 1979

07-25-1986

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

University of Oregon M.L.B. Player Alumnus



The University of Oregon's baseball program started in 1876 and Curt Coleman 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 Oregon Hall of Fame.

The University of Oregon's athletic teams are known as the Ducks and their fight song — Mighty Oregon — is posted below:

Oregon, our Alma Mater
We will guard thee on and on
Let us gather 'round and cheer her
Chant her glory Oregon
Roar the praises of her warriors
Sing the story Oregon
On to victory urge the heroes
Of our mighty Oregon

Go, Ducks, Go!
Fight, Ducks, Fight!
Go!
Fight!

Win, Ducks, Win!

Did you know that there are twenty-two (22) former Oregon players who made it to "the show"? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac.

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