Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every Florida Gulf Coast University alumni who played baseball at Florida Gulf Coast University AND made it to the Major League level.
"I loved that closer role, the idea that every day you come to the ballpark, you could pitch, but also that aggressive mindset that a closer has. The thing I'm doing late in my career is no matter what pitch I'm throwing — fastball, slider or splitter — I throw it with intent and aggressiveness. If you throw a pitch aggressively and you get beat, that's just baseball. It's taken some time to learn that, but I never want to have the thought of 'I hope I throw a strike' or 'I hope I don’t walk a guy.' I know my stuff is good enough, so I'm just letting it go." - Casey Coleman in The News Press (Andrew Sodergren, Former Mariner, Florida Gulf Coast University star Casey Coleman contemplated retirement before signing with Mets, 04/08/2019)
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# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
1. | Casey Coleman | 2006 - 2008 | 08-02-2010 |
2. | Chris Sale | 2008 - 2010 | 08-06-2010 |
3. | Richard Bleier | 2006 - 2008 | 05-30-2016 |
4. | Jacob Barnes | 2009 - 2011 | 06-03-2016 |
5. | Jake Noll | 2014 - 2016 | 03-30-2019 |
6. | Devin Smeltzer | 2015 - 2015 | 05-28-2019 |
7. | Kutter Crawford | 2017 - 2017 | 09-05-2021 |
# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
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The Florida Gulf Coast University baseball program started in 1991. Casey Coleman was the first former Eagle to make it to the Major League level. Six-of-the-seven are big league pitchers, do you know which one was the first positional player? [Answer]
Other notable alumni who went to Florida Gulf Coast University include; Matt Caldwell (Politician), Ross Chastain (NASCAR Drive), Brandon Goodwin (NBA Player), and Derek Lamely (PGA Golfer).
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