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

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

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

"My greatest career moment was coming back to Pittsburgh and playing against the team I loved growing up. As luck would have it, on a hot Saturday afternoon at Three Rivers Stadium I was awarded a victory against the Pirates." - Jason Rakers on AskJasonRakers.com ('Meet Jason Rakers, the Baseball Player', Source)

University of Pittsburgh "Panthers" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Dick Hoblitzell	1906 - 1908	09-05-1908
Art Griggs	1902 - 1908	05-02-1909
Doc Ralston	1904 - 1910	09-08-1910
Thomas Healy	1914 - 1915	07-03-1915
Ken Crawford	1913 - 1915	09-06-1915
Johnny Miljus ^(Duquesne)	1912 - 1913	10-02-1915
Steve Swetonic	1922 - 1926	04-17-1929
Bob Malloy	1937 - 1942	05-04-1943
Dave Pope	1944 - 1949	07-01-1952
Russ Kemmerer	1949 - 1950	06-27-1954
Doc Medich	1968 - 1970	09-05-1972
Ken Macha	1970 - 1972	09-14-1974
Al Lachowicz	1979 - 1981	09-13-1983
Chris Jelic	1984 - 1985	09-30-1990
Jason Rakers^{(New Mexico)}	1992 - 1993	05-06-1998
Jason Conti	1994 - 1996	06-29-2000
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
University of Pittsburgh M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The University of Pittsburgh baseball program started in 1888 and Dick Hoblitzell was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

When Johnny Miljus made his debut on October 2, 1915, he became the first former Panther pitcher to appear and pitch in a Major League game.

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