Youngstown State University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Youngstown State Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"It's like I'm Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sometimes. I go out there and I throw good games and go seven innings, and then I do something like this (2 2/3IP, 7 ER, 9 H, 4W). It's tough." - Brad Hennessey on SFGate.com (Henry Schulman, 08/10/2005)

Youngstown State University "Penguins" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Don Leshnock	1966 - 1968	06-07-1972
Dave Dravecky	1975 - 1978	06-15-1982
Brad Hennessey	1999 - 2001	08-07-2004
Justin Thomas	2004 - 2005	09-01-2008
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Youngstown State University M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The Penguins' baseball program started in 1948 and Don Leshnock was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

Did you know that there are four former Penguins who made it to the show? Send corrections to Baseball Almanac. Names which appear in bold print (above & below) are members of the University's Hall of Fame.

Besides the former players listed above, the Penguins have had several non-playing alumnus make it to the show including: Mike Modak (1945), Andy Kosco (1965), Hank Allen (1966), Ron Allen (1972), George Cappuzzello (1981) & Ken Smith (1981).

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