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.
"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.)
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# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
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 |
# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
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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.
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