Bradley University, IL

Peoria, IL

14 MLB Alumni

MLB Players Who Attended Bradley University

Bradley University, IL — MLB Players Who Attended Bradley University
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Lee Handley 1936 1947 968 3356 902 15 0.269
Gene Handley 1946 1947 125 341 86 - 0.252
Bill Tuttle 1952 1963 1270 4268 1105 67 0.259
Jim Robertson 1954 1955 69 155 29 - 0.187
Zach Monroe 1958 1959 24 17 2 - 0.118
Guy Hoffman 1979 1988 138 60 6 - 0.100
Kirby Puckett 1984 1995 1783 7244 2304 207 0.318
Jim Lindeman 1986 1994 351 676 165 21 0.244
Mike Dunne 1987 1992 89 109 11 - 0.101
Brian Shouse 1993 2009 467 - - - -
Roger Smithberg 1993 1994 15 - - - -
Mike Grace 1995 1999 68 73 7 - 0.096
Bryan Rekar 1995 2002 131 55 8 - 0.145
Rob Scahill 2012 2018 124 5 - - -

Bradley University in the major leagues

The table lists 14 major league players who played college baseball at Bradley University, in Peoria, IL. The first of them to reach the majors was Lee Handley in 1936; the most recent debut belongs to Rob Scahill, in 2012. The games column peaks with Kirby Puckett at 1783. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Kirby Puckett has the best average, .318. Rows with no batting line, such as Brian Shouse and Roger Smithberg, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1990s than in any other decade. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include Chicago State University, College of DuPage, and Crane Junior College. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.