Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every California State University, Fresno alumni who played baseball at the California State University, Fresno AND made it to the Major League level.
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# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
1. | Tex Clevenger | 1951 - 1953 | 04-18-1954 |
2. | Earl Smith | 1947 - 1949 | 04-14-1955 |
3. | Ted Wills | 1953 - 1954 | 05-24-1959 |
4. | Lee Gregory | 1959 - 1959 | 04-17-1964 |
5. | Chuck Nieson | 1961 - 1961 | 09-18-1964 |
6. | Jimy Williams | 1963 - 1964 | 04-26-1966 |
7. | Buzz Stephen | 1964 - 1966 | 09-20-1968 |
8. | Dick Ruthven | 1971 - 1972 | 04-17-1973 |
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# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
9. | Warren Brusstar | 1972 - 1973 | 05-06-1977 |
10. | Rich Bordi | 1978 - 1980 | 07-16-1980 |
11. | Bob Stoddard | 1977 - 1978 | 09-04-1981 |
12. | Ron Johnson (Fullerton) | 1977 - 1978 | 09-12-1982 |
13. | Dan Gladden | 1978 - 1979 | 09-05-1983 |
14. | Terry Pendleton | 1981 - 1982 | 07-18-1984 |
15. | Randy Asadoor | 1981 - 1983 | 09-14-1986 |
16. | Mark Gardner (Fresno City) | 1984 - 1985 | 05-16-1989 |
17. | Pete Dalena | 1981 - 1982 | 07-07-1989 |
18. | Steve Wapnick | 1986 - 1987 | 04-14-1990 |
19. | John Hoover | 1981 - 1984 | 05-23-1990 |
20. | Tom Goodwin | 1987 - 1989 | 09-01-1991 |
21. | Eddie Zosky | 1987 - 1989 | 09-02-1991 |
22. | Eric Fox | 1982 - 1985 | 07-07-1992 |
23. | Steve Hosey | 1987 - 1989 | 08-29-1992 |
24. | Bobby Jones | 1989 - 1991 | 08-14-1993 |
25. | Erik Schullstrom | 1988 - 1990 | 07-18-1994 |
26. | Dean Hartgraves | 1987 - 1987 | 05-03-1995 |
27. | Dennis Springer | 1986 - 1987 | 09-13-1995 |
28. | Brant Brown | 1991 - 1992 | 06-15-1996 |
29. | Steve Soderstrom | 1991 - 1993 | 09-17-1996 |
30. | Shawn Gilbert (Golden West & ASU) | 1986 - 1987 | 06-04-1997 |
31. | Jason Wood (Fresno City) | 1991 - 1991 | 04-01-1998 |
32. | Jeff Weaver | 1995 - 1998 | 04-14-1999 |
33. | Larry Barnes (Bakersfield) | 1995 - 1995 | 04-11-2001 |
34. | Adam Pettyjohn | 1996 - 1998 | 07-16-2001 |
35. | Jared Fernandez | 1993 - 1994 | 09-19-2001 |
36. | Josh Labandeira | 2000 - 2001 | 09-17-2004 |
37. | Matt Garza | 2003 - 2005 | 08-11-2006 |
38. | Casey McGehee | 2001 - 2003 | 09-02-2008 |
39. | Doug Fister | 2005 - 2006 | 08-08-2009 |
40. | Chuckie Fick (Cal State Northridge) | 2005 - 2005 | 05-26-2012 |
41. | Tanner Scheppers | 2006 - 2008 | 06-07-2012 |
42. | Justin Wilson | 2006 - 2008 | 08-20-2012 |
43. | Steve Susdorf | 2005 - 2008 | 07-25-2013 |
44. | Justin Miller (Bakersfield) | 2008 - 2008 | 04-18-2014 |
45. | Danny Muno | 2008 - 2011 | 04-17-2015 |
46. | Aaron Judge | 2011 - 2013 | 08-13-2016 |
47. | Justin Haley | 2011 - 2012 | 04-05-2017 |
48. | Jordan Luplow | 2012 - 2014 | 07-28-2017 |
49. | Austin Wynns | 2010 - 2013 | 06-05-2018 |
50. | Taylor Ward | 2013 - 2015 | 08-14-2018 |
51. | Jimmy Lambert | 2014 - 2016 | 07-25-2020 |
52. | Dylan Lee (Sequoias) | 2015 - 2016 | 10-01-2021 |
# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
CSU Fresno MLB Players | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The California State University, Fresno baseball program started in 1922. Tex Clevenger was the first former Bulldog to make it to the Major League level.
The first Bulldog alumni to make it to the show did not play baseball at all — rather he was a football player; Frenchy Bordagary, who was actually quite a character and his bio on Baseball Library explained why:
"Frenchy fit Casey Stengel's Brooklyn Dodgers like fingers in a glove. Gifted but erratic, he mixed brilliant plays with bonehead ones. He ran when he wanted, failed to slide when he should have, and ignored signs. In 1935, he showed up at spring training with a mustache, a no-no in those days. They made him shave it off, which he blamed for a subsequent slump. With the Cardinals in '38, he led the league with 20 pinch hits in 43 at-bats."
Source: Author Norman L. Macht
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