UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO BASEBALL PLAYERS

MLB Players Who Played Collegiately at the University of San Diego | Baseball Almanac

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

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"The best thing for Kevin Reese is to play every day (why he was sent back down to the minors). I liked his approach here. He did a good job, but he needs to play." - New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre (Syndicated. New York Post. 5 July 2006.)

University of San Diego
"Toreros"

Major League Baseball Player Alumni

1. Kerry Dineen 1971 - 1973 06-14-1975
2. John Wathan 1968 - 1970 05-26-1976
3. Jeff Grotewold 1984 - 1986 04-12-1992
4. Mike Saipe 1992 - 1994 06-25-1998
5. Brady Clark 1992 - 1995 09-03-2000
6. Bart Miadich 1996 - 1997 09-02-2001
7. Kevin Reese 1997 - 2000 06-26-2005
8. Dan Giese 1996 - 1998 09-08-2007
9. Freddy Sandoval 2002 - 2004 09-08-2008
10. Brian Matusz 2006 - 2008 08-04-2009
11. Mike McCoy 2002 - 2002 09-09-2009
12. Josh Butler 2004 - 2006 09-21-2009
13. Anthony Slama 2006 - 2007 07-21-2010
14. A.J. Griffin 2007 - 2010 06-24-2012
15. Zach Walters 2008 - 2010 09-06-2013
16. Kris Bryant 2011 - 2013 04-17-2015
17. Sammy Solis 2008 - 2010 04-30-2015
18. James Pazos 2011 - 2012 09-05-2015
19. Paul Sewald 2009 - 2012 04-08-2017
20. Dylan Covey 2011 - 2013 04-14-2017
21. P.J. Conlon 2013 - 2015 05-07-2018
22. Connor Joe 2012 - 2014 03-28-2019
23. Riley Adams 2015 - 2017 06-08-2021
24. Chris Murphy 2017 - 2019 06-07-2023
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The University of San Diego baseball program started in 1958. Kerry Dineen was the first former Torero to make it to the Major League level.

On August 25, 1977, John Wathan became the first San Diego Toreros former player to hit a major league home run when he went deep in te third inning off Milwaukee Brewers hurler Sam Hinds.

Did you know that there were twenty-four former University of San Diego ballplayers who made it to the majors? Send updates to Baseball Almanac.