Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every Ohio University alumni who played baseball at Ohio University AND made it to the Major League level.
"Mike Schmidt is the best player in the National League today. There's no question about that. He honestly doesn't realize how much ability he has. All he has to do is get the most out of those abilities on a daily basis because, believe me, he can play. He can do it all and he's just starting to want to more and more." - Pete Rose
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# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
1. | Wiley Piatt | 1893 - 1897 | 04-22-1898 |
2. | Doc Gessler | 1902 - 1902 | 04-23-1903 |
3. | Doc Reisling (Ohio State) | 1898 - 1904 | 09-10-1904 |
4. | George Kahler | 1908 - 1908 | 08-13-1910 |
5. | Ernie Kish | 1939 - 1942 | 07-29-1945 |
6. | Dick Kimble | 1934 - 1939 | 08-20-1945 |
7. | Frank Baumholtz | 1938 - 1941 | 04-15-1947 |
8. | Mel Clark | 1945 - 1947 | 09-11-1951 |
9. | Ken Landenberger | 1947 - 1952 | 09-20-1952 |
10. | Dick Murphy | 1950 - 1954 | 06-13-1954 |
11. | Roy Wright | 1954 - 1955 | 09-30-1956 |
12. | Jake Jacobs | 1956 - 1959 | 09-13-1960 |
13. | Dave Wickersham | 1954 - 1955 | 09-18-1960 |
14. | Joe Nossek | 1959 - 1961 | 04-18-1964 |
15. | Jim French | 1960 - 1963 | 09-12-1965 |
16. | Terry Harmon | 1964 - 1966 | 07-23-1967 |
17. | Tom Fisher | 1961 - 1962 | 09-20-1967 |
18. | Tom Murphy | 1965 - 1966 | 06-13-1968 |
19. | Rich McKinney | 1967 - 1968 | 06-26-1970 |
20. | Mike Schmidt | 1969 - 1971 | 09-12-1972 |
21. | John Morlan | 1966 - 1969 | 07-20-1973 |
22. | Steve Swisher | 1970 - 1973 | 06-14-1974 |
23. | Dave Tobik | 1972 - 1974 | 08-26-1978 |
24. | Bob Brenly | 1973 - 1976 | 08-14-1981 |
25. | Adam Russell | 2003 - 2004 | 06-17-2008 |
26. | Marc Krauss | 2007 - 2009 | 06-21-2013 |
# | MLB Player Name | Dates Played | Debut | Box |
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The Ohio University baseball program started in 1892, George Kahler was the first former Bobcat to make it to the Major League level. Names that appear on the chart above in bold print are in the Ohio University Hall of Fame.
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The Ohio University Bobcats spent just over thirty-eight seasons playing in the well-worn bleachers of Trautwein Field. In 1998, the Bobcats baseball team moved to a new home called Bob Wren Stadium. Their website wrote, "If a team's stadium is worth a run or two by itself, the Bobcats should never trail at home this year."