Brigham Young University

MLB Players Who Attended Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University, UT — MLB Players Who Attended Brigham Young University
Player Name	Debut Year	Final Year	G	AB	H	HR	AVG
Ken Hunt	1961	1961	29	39	7	-	0.179
Jerry Nyman	1968	1970	32	33	3	-	0.091
Doug Howard	1972	1976	97	217	46	1	0.212
Ken Crosby	1975	1976	16	2	1	-	0.500
Dane Iorg	1977	1986	743	1647	455	14	0.276
Jack Morris	1977	1994	568	1	-	-	-
Vance Law	1980	1991	1212	3802	972	71	0.256
Bert Bradley	1983	1983	6	-	-	-	-
Cliff Pastornicky	1983	1983	10	32	4	2	0.125
Rick Aguilera	1985	2000	737	139	28	3	0.201
Wally Joyner	1986	2001	2033	7127	2060	204	0.289
Scott Nielsen	1986	1989	38	-	-	-	-
Cory Snyder	1986	1994	1068	3656	902	149	0.247
Wally Ritchie	1987	1992	147	8	1	-	0.125
Colby Ward	1990	1990	22	-	-	-	-
Gary Cooper	1991	1991	9	16	4	-	0.250
John DeSilva	1993	1995	6	-	-	-	-
Brian Banks	1996	2003	273	495	122	13	0.246
Ryan Hancock	1996	1996	11	1	1	-	1.000
Gary Johnson	2003	2003	5	8	3	-	0.375
Jeremy Guthrie	2004	2017	316	60	6	-	0.100

Brigham Young University in the major leagues

The table lists 21 major league players who played college baseball at Brigham Young University, in Provo, UT. The first of them to reach the majors was Ken Hunt in 1961; the most recent debut belongs to Jeremy Guthrie, in 2004. Wally Joyner played the most games of any alumnus, 2033. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Wally Joyner has the best average, .289. Bert Bradley, Scott Nielsen, and Colby Ward show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1980s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: College of Eastern Utah, Dixie State College of Utah, and Salt Lake Community College, also in UT. College attendance comes from the Lahman database's college-playing records, which list the schools where a player's college baseball career is documented.