UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES BASEBALL PLAYERS

MLB Players Who Played Collegiately at UCLA | Baseball Almanac

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) alumni who played baseball at the University of California, Los Angeles AND made it to the Major League level. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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University of California at Los Angeles
"Bruins"

Major League Baseball Player Alumni

1. Marv Gudat 1924 - 1928 05-21-1929
2. Bill Brubaker 1929 - 1932 09-08-1932
3. Hal Spindel 1931 - 1938 04-23-1939
4. Dick Conger 1939 - 1939 04-22-1940
5. Bud Stewart 1934 - 1937 04-19-1941
6. Bud Sketchley 1938 - 1941 04-14-1942
7. Bobby Brown (Stanford & Tulane) 1944 - 1944 09-22-1946
8. Jackie Robinson 1940 - 1940 04-15-1947
9. George Elder (Fordham) 1946 - 1947 07-22-1949
10. Glenn Mickens 1949 - 1953 07-19-1953
11. Frank Ernaga 1949 - 1951 05-24-1957

University of California, Los Angeles
"Bruins"

Major League Baseball Player Alumni

12. Randy Schwartz 1963 - 1964 09-08-1965
13. Gail Hopkins (Pepperdine) 1964 - 1964 06-29-1968
14. Rick Kester 1966 - 1967 08-18-1968
15. Bobby Floyd 1963 - 1963 09-18-1968
16. Jim York (Cerritos) 1968 - 1969 09-21-1970
17. Bill Bonham 1969 - 1970 04-07-1971
18. Chris Chambliss 1969 - 1969 05-28-1971
19. Mike Reinbach 1969 - 1969 04-07-1974
20. Luis Gomez 1971 - 1973 04-28-1974
21. Bob Adams 1971 - 1973 07-10-1977
22. Mike Edwards 1973 - 1974 09-10-1977
23. Marshall Edwards 1973 - 1974 04-11-1981
24. Tim Leary 1977 - 1979 04-12-1981
25. Dave Rucker (La Verne) 1976 - 1977 04-21-1981
26. Dave Schmidt 1977 - 1979 05-01-1981
27. Ron Roenicke 1977 - 1977 09-02-1981
28. Floyd Chiffer 1975 - 1978 04-07-1982
29. Don Slaught 1977 - 1977 07-06-1982
1979 - 1980
30. Dave Baker 1975 - 1978 09-12-1982
31. Matt Young 1979 - 1980 04-06-1983
32. Pat Clements 1981 - 1983 04-09-1985
33. Mike Gallego 1979 - 1981 04-11-1985
34. Colin Ward 1981 - 1982 09-21-1985
35. Pat Dodson 1979 - 1980 09-05-1986
36. Shane Mack 1982 - 1984 05-25-1987
37. Eric Nolte 1984 - 1985 08-01-1987
38. Torey Lovullo 1984 - 1987 09-10-1988
39. Alex Sanchez 1985 - 1987 05-23-1989
40. Todd Zeile 1984 - 1986 08-18-1989
41. Bill Haselman 1986 - 1987 09-03-1990
42. Jeff Conine 1985 - 1987 09-16-1990
43. Sean Berry 1985 - 1985 09-17-1990
44. Randy Hennis 1985 - 1987 09-17-1990
45. Tony Scruggs 1986 - 1987 04-08-1991
46. Mike Magnante 1986 - 1988 04-22-1991
47. Rich Amaral (Orange Coast) 1982 - 1983 05-27-1991
48. Eric Karros 1986 - 1988 09-01-1991
49. Bob Hamelin 1987 - 1987 09-12-1993
50. Chris Pritchett 1989 - 1991 09-06-1996
51. Mike Fyhrie 1988 - 1989 09-14-1996
1991 - 1991
52. Ryan McGuire 1991 - 1993 06-05-1997
53. Tim Kubinski 1991 - 1993 07-16-1997
54. Jim Parque 1995 - 1997 05-26-1998
55. Troy Glaus 1995 - 1997 07-31-1998
56. Dave Roberts 1991 - 1994 08-07-1999
57. Adam Melhuse (Santa Clara) 1992 - 1993 06-16-2000
58. Eric Byrnes 1995 - 1998 08-22-2000
59. Tom Jacquez 1995 - 1997 09-09-2000
60. Eric Valent 1996 - 1998 06-08-2001
61. Chase Utley 1999 - 2000 04-04-2003
62. Garrett Atkins 1998 - 2000 08-03-2003
63. Casey Janssen 1998 - 2000 04-27-2006
64. Ben Francisco 2001 - 2002 05-01-2007
65. Josh Roenicke 2004 - 2006 09-13-2008
66. David Huff 2006 - 2006 05-17-2009
67. Wes Whisler 2002 - 2004 06-02-2009
68. Brandon Crawford 2006 - 2008 05-27-2011
69. Trevor Bauer 2009 - 2011 06-28-2012
70. Tyson Brummett 2006 - 2007 10-03-2012
70. Jermaine Curtis 2006 - 2008 04-27-2013
71. Charles Brewer 2007 - 2009 06-10-2013
72. Gerrit Cole 2007 - 2009 06-11-2013
73. Rob Rasmussen 2008 - 2010 05-20-2014
74. Erik Goeddel 2009 - 2010 09-01-2014
75. Matt Grace 2008 - 2010 04-22-2015
76. Cody Decker 2006 - 2009 09-14-2015
77. Trevor Brown 2010 - 2012 09-19-2015
78. Travis Tartamella 2009 - 2009 09-23-2015
79. Pat Valaika 2011 - 2013 09-06-2016
80. Adam Plutko 2011 - 2013 09-24-2016
81. Zack Weiss 2010 - 2013 04-12-2018
82. Kevin Kramer 2011 - 2015 09-05-2018
83. Griffin Canning 2015 - 2017 04-30-2019
84. Tyler Heineman 2010 - 2012 09-04-2019
85. James Kaprielian 2013 - 2015 08-16-2020
86. Cody Poteet 2013 - 2015 05-12-2021
87. Jake Bird 2015 - 2018 06-16-2022
88. Sean Bouchard 2015 - 2017 06-19-2022
89. Garrett Mitchell 2018 - 2020 08-22-2022
90. Michael Toglia 2017 - 2019 08-30-2022
91. Ryan Kreidler 2017 - 2019 09-02-2022
92. Matt McLain 2019 - 2021 05-15-2023
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The UCLA baseball program started in 1920. Marv Gudat was the first former Bruin to make it to the Major League level. Names that appear on the chart above in bold print are in the University of California, Los Angeles Hall of Fame.

Did you know that there were ninety-two former University of California, Los Angeles ballplayers who made it to the major leagues (as well as three major leaguers who went to UCLA, but did not play for the Bruins; Roger Bowman, Ralph Mauriello, and Jerry Owens)? Send updates to Baseball Almanac.

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