Vanderbilt University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

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

"I know Joey (Cora) looks small, but I saw him with his shirt off in the locker room and he has a great body, very toned and athletic." - Ron Fairly
Vanderbilt University
"Commodores"

Major League Baseball Player Alumnus

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Charlie Moran (Tennessee)

1898 - 1903

09-09-1903

Vin Campbell

1906 - 1908

06-06-1908

Wilson Collins

1909 - 1912

05-12-1913

Doc Cook

1905 - 1913

08-07-1913

Scrappy Moore(Georgia Tech)

1911 - 1912 & 1914 - 1917

06-21-1917

Harvey Hendrick

1917 - 1922

04-20-1923

Slim Embrey

1920 - 1923

10-01-1923

Andy Reese

1924 - 1925

04-15-1927

Mal Moss

1924 - 1929

04-29-1930

Rip Sewell

1930 - 1931

06-14-1932

Mike Willis

1970 - 1972

04-13-1977

Scott Sanderson

1976 - 1977

08-06-1978

Scotti Madison

1977 - 1980

07-06-1985

Joey Cora

1983 - 1985

04-06-1987

Josh Paul

1994 - 1996

09-07-1999

Mark Prior

1999 - 1999

05-22-2002

Matt Kata

1997 - 1999

06-15-2003

Jeremy Sowers

2002 - 2004

06-25-2006

Jensen Lewis

2003 - 2005

07-16-2007

David Price

2005 - 2007

09-14-2008

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Vanderbilt University M.L.B. Player Alumnus



The Vanderbilt University baseball program started in 1886 and Charlie Moran was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

The Vanderbilt Commodores play baseball in Charles Hawkins Field in Nashville Tennessee and in their one-hundred five season history they have been in three NCAA Tournaments, accumalated a three-six (3-6) overall record and in 1980 won their first ever Conference Tournament Title.

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