Cerritos College, CA
Norwalk, CA
30 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended Cerritos College
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Wantz | 1965 | 1965 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Lee Bales | 1966 | 1967 | 31 | 43 | 4 | - | 0.093 |
| Al Schmelz | 1967 | 1967 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Paul | 1968 | 1974 | 229 | 148 | 17 | - | 0.115 |
| Scott Reid | 1969 | 1970 | 38 | 68 | 10 | - | 0.147 |
| Jim York | 1970 | 1976 | 174 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0.075 |
| Tommy Moore | 1972 | 1977 | 45 | 5 | 2 | - | 0.400 |
| Bob Apodaca | 1973 | 1977 | 184 | 58 | 10 | - | 0.172 |
| Steve Staggs | 1977 | 1978 | 119 | 369 | 94 | 2 | 0.255 |
| Jerry Maddox | 1978 | 1978 | 7 | 14 | 3 | - | 0.214 |
| Dave Patterson | 1979 | 1979 | 37 | 7 | 1 | - | 0.143 |
| Danny Boone | 1981 | 1990 | 61 | 10 | 3 | - | 0.300 |
| Ed Hodge | 1984 | 1984 | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Tom Nieto | 1984 | 1990 | 251 | 619 | 127 | 5 | 0.205 |
| Jeff Hearron | 1985 | 1986 | 16 | 30 | 6 | - | 0.200 |
| Larry See | 1986 | 1988 | 26 | 43 | 8 | - | 0.186 |
| Luis Medina | 1988 | 1991 | 51 | 150 | 31 | 10 | 0.207 |
| Craig Worthington | 1988 | 1996 | 393 | 1234 | 284 | 33 | 0.230 |
| Mike Benjamin | 1989 | 2002 | 818 | 1926 | 442 | 24 | 0.229 |
| Al Osuna | 1990 | 1996 | 218 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Bret Barberie | 1991 | 1996 | 479 | 1434 | 388 | 16 | 0.271 |
| Brian Hunter | 1991 | 2000 | 699 | 1555 | 364 | 67 | 0.234 |
| Ever Magallanes | 1991 | 1991 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Darrell Sherman | 1993 | 1993 | 37 | 63 | 14 | - | 0.222 |
| Quinn Mack | 1994 | 1994 | 5 | 21 | 5 | - | 0.238 |
| Joel Adamson | 1996 | 1998 | 44 | 10 | 3 | - | 0.300 |
| Dan Naulty | 1996 | 1999 | 130 | - | - | - | - |
| Danny Patterson | 1996 | 2004 | 350 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rod Barajas | 1999 | 2012 | 1114 | 3460 | 812 | 136 | 0.235 |
| Dusty Wathan | 2002 | 2002 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | 0.600 |
Cerritos College in the major leagues
Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA) has 30 alumni in the major league record. Debuts run from 1965 (Dick Wantz) to 2002 (Dusty Wathan). By games played, the longest career belongs to Rod Barajas, with 1114. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Bret Barberie has the best average, .271. Rows with no batting line, such as Dick Wantz, Al Schmelz, and Ed Hodge, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. The 1990s were the busiest decade for debuts from Cerritos College. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include Chabot College, Chaffey College, and Chapman University. The school list is built from Lahman's record of where players played college baseball; a player who attended without playing may not appear.