University of Alabama, AL
Tuscaloosa, AL
60 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended University of Alabama
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Pratt | 1912 | 1924 | 1836 | 6826 | 1996 | 43 | 0.292 |
| Dan Boone | 1919 | 1923 | 42 | 50 | 9 | - | 0.180 |
| Lena Styles | 1919 | 1931 | 77 | 176 | 44 | - | 0.250 |
| Joe Sewell | 1920 | 1933 | 1903 | 7132 | 2226 | 49 | 0.312 |
| Frank Pratt | 1921 | 1921 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Luke Sewell | 1921 | 1942 | 1630 | 5383 | 1393 | 20 | 0.259 |
| Riggs Stephenson | 1921 | 1934 | 1310 | 4508 | 1515 | 63 | 0.336 |
| Ike Boone | 1922 | 1932 | 356 | 1160 | 372 | 26 | 0.321 |
| Verdo Elmore | 1924 | 1924 | 7 | 17 | 3 | - | 0.176 |
| Ernie Wingard | 1924 | 1927 | 156 | 246 | 57 | 7 | 0.232 |
| Andy Cohen | 1926 | 1929 | 262 | 886 | 249 | 14 | 0.281 |
| Red Barnes | 1927 | 1930 | 286 | 836 | 225 | 8 | 0.269 |
| Grant Gillis | 1927 | 1929 | 62 | 196 | 48 | - | 0.245 |
| Jackie Hayes | 1927 | 1940 | 1091 | 4040 | 1069 | 20 | 0.265 |
| Tommy Sewell | 1927 | 1927 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Bruce Connatser | 1931 | 1932 | 35 | 109 | 28 | - | 0.257 |
| Walter Hilcher | 1931 | 1936 | 31 | 21 | 2 | - | 0.095 |
| Max Rosenfeld | 1931 | 1933 | 42 | 57 | 17 | 2 | 0.298 |
| Ray Pepper | 1932 | 1936 | 339 | 1015 | 285 | 14 | 0.281 |
| John Campbell | 1933 | 1933 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Syd Cohen | 1934 | 1937 | 56 | 33 | 5 | - | 0.152 |
| Fred Sington | 1934 | 1939 | 181 | 516 | 140 | 7 | 0.271 |
| Jim Sheehan | 1936 | 1936 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Lee Rogers | 1938 | 1938 | 28 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Jim Tabor | 1938 | 1947 | 1005 | 3788 | 1021 | 104 | 0.270 |
| Skeeter Scalzi | 1939 | 1939 | 11 | 18 | 6 | - | 0.333 |
| LeGrant Scott | 1939 | 1939 | 76 | 232 | 65 | 1 | 0.280 |
| Vic Bradford | 1943 | 1943 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | 0.200 |
| Ken Sears | 1943 | 1946 | 67 | 202 | 57 | 2 | 0.282 |
| Jim Dunn | 1952 | 1952 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Hersh Freeman | 1952 | 1958 | 205 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 0.143 |
| Al Worthington | 1953 | 1969 | 602 | 255 | 35 | 1 | 0.137 |
| Al Lary | 1954 | 1962 | 29 | 8 | 2 | - | 0.250 |
| Frank Lary | 1954 | 1965 | 362 | 734 | 130 | 6 | 0.177 |
| Ed White | 1955 | 1955 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 0.500 |
| Jack Kubiszyn | 1961 | 1962 | 50 | 101 | 19 | 1 | 0.188 |
| Butch Hobson | 1975 | 1982 | 738 | 2556 | 634 | 98 | 0.248 |
| Bobby Sprowl | 1978 | 1981 | 22 | 6 | 1 | - | 0.167 |
| Randy Hunt | 1985 | 1986 | 35 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 0.194 |
| Bryan Kelly | 1986 | 1987 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Dave Magadan | 1986 | 2001 | 1582 | 4159 | 1197 | 42 | 0.288 |
| Craig Shipley | 1986 | 1998 | 582 | 1345 | 364 | 20 | 0.271 |
| Greg Hibbard | 1989 | 1994 | 166 | 65 | 6 | - | 0.092 |
| Mo Sanford | 1991 | 1995 | 27 | 16 | - | - | - |
| Joe Vitiello | 1995 | 2003 | 282 | 693 | 172 | 26 | 0.248 |
| Tim Young | 1998 | 2000 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Frank Menechino | 1999 | 2005 | 450 | 1257 | 302 | 36 | 0.240 |
| Dustan Mohr | 2001 | 2007 | 504 | 1367 | 340 | 49 | 0.249 |
| Lance Cormier | 2004 | 2011 | 290 | 47 | 5 | - | 0.106 |
| Andy Phillips | 2004 | 2008 | 259 | 557 | 139 | 14 | 0.250 |
| Paul Phillips | 2004 | 2010 | 91 | 221 | 58 | 3 | 0.262 |
| Jeremy Brown | 2006 | 2006 | 5 | 10 | 3 | - | 0.300 |
| Taylor Tankersley | 2006 | 2010 | 168 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Tommy Hunter | 2008 | 2023 | 508 | 5 | 1 | - | 0.200 |
| Wade LeBlanc | 2008 | 2021 | 259 | 131 | 30 | - | 0.229 |
| David Robertson | 2008 | None | 881 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Alex Avila | 2009 | 2021 | 1052 | 3060 | 714 | 105 | 0.233 |
| Matt Downs | 2009 | 2012 | 254 | 527 | 121 | 20 | 0.230 |
| Josh Rutledge | 2012 | 2017 | 370 | 1101 | 284 | 20 | 0.258 |
| Jimmy Nelson | 2013 | 2021 | 147 | 191 | 19 | - | 0.099 |
University of Alabama in the major leagues
60 players on this page went from University of Alabama to the majors. Debuts run from 1912 (Del Pratt) to 2013 (Jimmy Nelson). The games column peaks with Joe Sewell at 1903. Alex Avila hit the most home runs, 105. The best career average among regular hitters is .336, by Riggs Stephenson. Rows with no batting line, such as John Campbell, Bryan Kelly, and Tim Young, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. The 1920s were the busiest decade for debuts from University of Alabama. Nearby on the site: University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Mobile, and University of Montevallo, also in AL. College attendance comes from the Lahman database's college-playing records, which list the schools where a player's college baseball career is documented.