Auburn University, AL

Auburn, AL

45 MLB Alumni

MLB Players Who Attended Auburn University

Auburn University, AL — MLB Players Who Attended Auburn University
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Red Smith 1911 1919 1117 3907 1087 27 0.278
Ernie Manning 1914 1914 7 4 - - -
Ivy Griffin 1919 1921 185 638 164 - 0.257
Sam Barnes 1921 1921 7 11 2 - 0.182
George Grant 1923 1931 115 104 14 - 0.135
Charlie Gibson 1924 1924 12 15 2 - 0.133
Ed Sherling 1924 1924 4 2 1 - 0.500
Ben Sankey 1929 1931 72 169 36 - 0.213
Johnny Watwood 1929 1939 469 1423 403 5 0.283
Sol Carter 1931 1931 2 - - - -
Ray Prim 1933 1946 117 100 18 - 0.180
Jimmy Outlaw 1937 1949 650 1974 529 6 0.268
Jim Hitchcock 1938 1938 28 76 13 - 0.171
Billy Hitchcock 1942 1953 703 2249 547 5 0.243
Willard Nixon 1950 1958 239 459 111 2 0.242
Jim Pyburn 1955 1957 158 294 56 3 0.190
Coot Veal 1958 1963 247 611 141 1 0.231
Alan Koch 1963 1964 43 35 10 - 0.286
Andy Merchant 1975 1976 3 6 2 - 0.333
Jack Baker 1976 1977 14 26 3 1 0.115
Joe Beckwith 1979 1986 229 19 1 - 0.053
Terry Leach 1981 1993 376 72 7 - 0.097
Pat Keedy 1985 1989 29 59 12 3 0.203
Bill Latham 1985 1986 14 3 1 - 0.333
Bo Jackson 1986 1994 694 2393 598 141 0.250
Gregg Olson 1988 2001 622 4 1 1 0.250
Stu Tate 1989 1989 2 - - - -
Frank Thomas 1990 2008 2322 8199 2468 521 0.301
Stacy Jones 1991 1996 6 - - - -
Scott Sullivan 1995 2004 559 48 4 - 0.083
Mark Bellhorn 1997 2007 731 2107 484 69 0.230
Tim Hudson 1999 2015 489 613 98 4 0.160
Josh Hancock 2002 2007 102 24 2 - 0.083
David Ross 2002 2016 883 2280 521 106 0.229
Chris Bootcheck 2003 2013 91 2 - - -
Bryan Hebson 2003 2003 2 - - - -
Gabe Gross 2004 2010 657 1461 349 40 0.239
Colter Bean 2005 2007 6 - - - -
Levale Speigner 2007 2008 26 4 - - -
Justin Christian 2008 2012 76 143 29 - 0.203
Tug Hulett 2008 2009 45 67 13 1 0.194
Steven Register 2008 2009 11 - - - -
Clete Thomas 2008 2013 249 709 165 13 0.233
Josh Donaldson 2010 2023 1384 5022 1310 279 0.261
Evan Crawford 2012 2012 10 - - - -

Auburn University in the major leagues

Auburn University (Auburn, AL) has 45 alumni in the major league record. Red Smith (1911) and Evan Crawford (2012) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. The games column peaks with Frank Thomas at 2322. The best career average among regular hitters is .301, by Frank Thomas. Sol Carter, Stu Tate, and Stacy Jones show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 2000s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: Auburn University at Montgomery, Bevill State Community College, and Birmingham-Southern College, 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.