UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO MADE IT TO A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every University of Richmond alumni who played baseball at the University of Richmond AND made it to the Major League level.

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"Known throughout the baseball community as 'The Mayor' — for his infectious positive personality and success on the diamond — Sean Casey has quickly established himself as one of the major league's premier hitters." - University of Richmond Hall of Fame. Sean Casey Biography. Spiders Hall of Fame.

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1. Tom Miller 1915 - 1918 07-29-1918

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2. Bucky Jacobs 1935 - 1937 06-27-1937
3. Herb Hash 1935 - 1937 04-19-1940
4. Porter Vaughan 1938 - 1940 06-16-1940
5. Jack Sanford 1938 - 1939 08-24-1940
6. Lou Ciola 1941 - 1943 07-25-1943
7. Lew Burdette 1946 - 1946 09-26-1950
8. Renie Martin 1974 - 1977 05-09-1979
9. Andy Allanson 1981 - 1983 04-07-1986
10. Brian Jordan 1986 - 1988 04-08-1992
11. Sean Casey 1993 - 1995 09-12-1997
12. Mike Smith 1997 - 2000 04-26-2002
13. Mark Budzinski 1992 - 1995 08-03-2003
14. Tim Stauffer 2001 - 2003 05-11-2005
15. Joe Mahoney 2005 - 2007 07-07-2012
16. Vinny Capra 2017 - 2018 05-01-2022
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The University of Richmond baseball program started in 1894. Tom Miller was the first former Spider to make it to the Major League level. On September 23, 1914, Clarence Berger became the first of two (Vern Morgan) non-players to make it to the big leagues.

The first Richmond Spider to be enshrined into their school Hall of Fame was Bucky Jacobs, a three-year pitcher for the Washington Senators. He might be known as a major league ballplayer here, but according to his Hall of Fame entry he was also an incredibly good basketball player:

"Bucky" Jacobs (deceased) was a two-sport standout during the mid 1930's. A former captain and All-State forward on Richmond's 1936-37 basketball team, he is best remembered for his exploits on the baseball diamond. He posted a lifetime 19-1 record with an 18-game win streak and three no-hitters; all current Richmond records. Bucky holds Richmond's record for single game (20) strikeouts and also held the record for most strikeouts in a season (98) until it was broken in 1994.

He played in 20 basketball games in 1936, had 60 field goals, 46 free throws, scored 166 points and averaged 8.3 points a game. In 1936-37 he was named to the First Team all-state.

Source: RichmondSpiders.com (Hall of Fame Website).

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