University of Texas at Arlington Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

University of Texas at Arlington

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

"I kept changing speeds. All my pitches were working, so there's no reason to stick to just one. You mix up the hitter by mixing pitches." - Mark Lowe in The Seattle Times (Bob Finnigan, 07/30/2006)

University of Texas at Arlington "Mavericks" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Dave Owen	1977 - 1979	09-06-1983
Steve Foster	1987 - 1988	08-22-1991
John Lackey	1998 - 1998	06-24-2002
Dan Ortmeier	2002 - 2002	09-05-2005
Mark Lowe	2002 - 2004	07-07-2006
Hunter Pence	2003 - 2004	04-28-2007
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
University of Texas at Arlington M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The University of Texas at Arlington baseball program started in 1969 and Dave Owen was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

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On July 5, 1984, Dave Owen became the first Maverick to hit a major league home run when he went deep for the first time in his career during the third inning off Chicago Cubs hurler Bill Laskey.

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