CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO MADE IT TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES

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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Fresno State College
"Bulldogs"

Major League Baseball Player Alumni

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

California State University, Fresno
"Bulldogs"

Major League Baseball Player Alumni

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
CSU Fresno MLB Players | Research by Baseball Almanac
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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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