University of Arizona, AZ

Tucson, AZ

68 MLB Alumni

MLB Players Who Attended University of Arizona

University of Arizona, AZ — MLB Players Who Attended University of Arizona
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Hank Leiber 1933 1942 813 2805 808 101 0.288
Hal Warnock 1935 1935 6 7 2 - 0.286
Walt Kellner 1952 1953 3 1 - - -
Don Lee 1957 1966 244 226 37 1 0.164
Don Gile 1959 1962 58 120 18 3 0.150
Gene Leek 1959 1962 77 249 55 6 0.221
Carl Thomas 1960 1960 5 3 1 - 0.333
Charlie Shoemaker 1961 1964 28 89 23 - 0.258
Dan Schneider 1963 1969 119 29 5 - 0.172
Dave Baldwin 1966 1973 176 15 1 - 0.067
Eddie Leon 1968 1975 601 1862 440 24 0.236
Mike Paul 1968 1974 229 148 17 - 0.115
Steve Barber 1970 1971 25 7 - - -
Rich Hinton 1971 1979 116 7 1 - 0.143
Ron Theobald 1971 1972 251 779 193 2 0.248
Tim Plodinec 1972 1972 1 - - - -
Leon Hooten 1974 1974 6 - - - -
Ron Hassey 1978 1991 1192 3440 914 71 0.266
Dave Rajsich 1978 1980 55 - - - -
Dave Stegman 1978 1984 172 320 66 8 0.206
Craig Chamberlain 1979 1980 15 - - - -
Brad Mills 1980 1983 106 168 43 1 0.256
Terry Francona 1981 1990 708 1731 474 16 0.274
John Moses 1982 1992 769 1723 438 11 0.254
Greg Bargar 1983 1986 33 9 1 - 0.111
Craig Lefferts 1983 1994 697 132 16 1 0.121
Jim Scranton 1984 1985 8 6 - - -
Jack Howell 1985 1999 941 2639 632 108 0.239
Casey Candaele 1986 1997 754 1934 483 11 0.250
Dwight Taylor 1986 1986 4 2 - - -
Ed Vosberg 1986 2002 266 2 - - -
Jack Daugherty 1987 1993 355 759 194 10 0.256
Tommy Hinzo 1987 1989 85 274 68 3 0.248
Joe Magrane 1987 1996 196 280 39 4 0.139
Tommy Barrett 1988 1992 54 84 17 - 0.202
Kevin Blankenship 1988 1990 8 11 - - -
Chip Hale 1989 1997 333 575 159 7 0.277
Lance Dickson 1990 1990 3 3 - - -
Scott Erickson 1990 2006 390 35 4 - 0.114
Dave Rohde 1990 1992 93 146 23 - 0.158
Gil Heredia 1991 2001 267 89 19 - 0.213
Kenny Lofton 1991 2007 2103 8120 2428 130 0.299
Kevin Ward 1991 1992 125 254 55 5 0.217
J. T. Snow 1992 2008 1716 5641 1509 189 0.268
Trevor Hoffman 1993 2010 1035 34 4 - 0.118
Jason Bates 1995 1998 319 677 162 12 0.239
George Arias 1996 1999 173 480 114 14 0.237
Damon Mashore 1996 1998 185 482 120 8 0.249
Jason Thompson 1996 1996 13 49 11 2 0.224
Willie Morales 2000 2000 3 11 3 - 0.273
Ben Diggins 2002 2002 5 7 1 - 0.143
Josh Pearce 2002 2004 13 4 1 - 0.250
Alan Zinter 2002 2004 67 78 13 3 0.167
Colin Porter 2003 2004 47 67 17 1 0.254
Brian Anderson 2005 2009 355 799 181 22 0.227
Shelley Duncan 2007 2013 330 885 200 43 0.226
Jon Meloan 2007 2009 13 - - - -
Nick Hundley 2008 2019 974 3097 766 93 0.247
Mark Worrell 2008 2011 8 2 1 1 0.500
Trevor Crowe 2009 2013 265 818 196 4 0.240
Mark Melancon 2009 2022 732 - - - -
Brad Mills 2009 2015 21 4 - - -
Ryan Perry 2009 2012 156 - - - -
Daniel Schlereth 2009 2012 94 - - - -
Jordan Brown 2010 2013 40 102 23 - 0.225
Jason Donald 2010 2012 170 552 142 7 0.257
Cory Burns 2012 2013 27 1 - - -
Preston Guilmet 2013 2021 29 - - - -

University of Arizona in the major leagues

University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) has 68 alumni in the major league record. The first of them to reach the majors was Hank Leiber in 1933; the most recent debut belongs to Preston Guilmet, in 2013. Kenny Lofton played the most games of any alumnus, 2103. J. T. Snow hit the most home runs, 189. The best career average among regular hitters is .299, by Kenny Lofton. Tim Plodinec, Leon Hooten, and Dave Rajsich show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. The 1980s were the busiest decade for debuts from University of Arizona. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include Yavapai College, Arizona State University, and Arizona Western College. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.