Wilkes University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"Kevin Gryboski was a good pitcher. Like him or not, and it’s obvious many didn’t, he was effective in his 221 career games with the Atlanta Braves. Traded to the Braves before the 2002 season for a lower-level minor leaguer who amounted to nothing, Gryboski was simply an older AAA that had never got his chance. Well, he got his chance here at the Pitching Factory and gave the Braves several solid seasons as a situational middle reliever." - Sportswriter Bill Shanks on The Atlanta Baseball Show (07/22/2005, 'Bullpen shakeup all about Braves' depth, Source)

Wilkes University
"Colonels"

Major League Baseball Player Alumnus

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Kevin Gryboski

1992 - 1995

04-13-2002

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Viterbo University M.L.B. Player Alumnus



The Wilkes University baseball program started in 1946 and Kevin Gryboski was their first — and only — player to date to make it to the Major League level.

The Wilkes University Hall of Fame opened in 1993 and Kevin Gryboski was added to the list of inductees in 2005.

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