MLB Players Who Attended Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University, OH — MLB Players Who Attended Bowling Green State University
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
John Knox 1972 1975 124 219 60 - 0.274
Danny Godby 1974 1974 13 13 2 - 0.154
Doug Bair 1976 1990 584 52 5 1 0.096
Kip Young 1978 1979 27 - - - -
Jeff Jones 1980 1984 112 - - - -
Larry Owen 1981 1988 171 352 68 8 0.193
Orel Hershiser 1983 2000 521 810 163 - 0.201
Roger McDowell 1985 1996 725 72 16 - 0.222
Larry Arndt 1989 1989 2 6 1 - 0.167
Scott Taylor 1992 1993 20 - - - -
Brian Koelling 1993 1993 7 15 1 - 0.067
Andy Tracy 2000 2009 149 277 64 13 0.231
Burke Badenhop 2008 2015 418 33 3 - 0.091
Nolan Reimold 2009 2016 480 1378 339 56 0.246

Bowling Green State University in the major leagues

The table lists 14 major league players who played college baseball at Bowling Green State University, in Bowling Green, OH. John Knox (1972) and Nolan Reimold (2009) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. Roger McDowell played the most games of any alumnus, 725. Nolan Reimold hit the most home runs, 56. The best career average among regular hitters is .246, by Nolan Reimold. Rows with no batting line, such as Kip Young, Jeff Jones, and Scott Taylor, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. The 1980s were the busiest decade for debuts from Bowling Green State University. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include Capital University, Case Institute of Applied Sciences, and Case Western Reserve University. College attendance comes from the Lahman database's college-playing records, which list the schools where a player's college baseball career is documented.