Duke University, NC

Durham, NC

34 MLB Alumni

MLB Players Who Attended Duke University

Duke University, NC — MLB Players Who Attended Duke University
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Wade Lefler 1924 1924 6 9 5 - 0.556
Billy Werber 1930 1942 1295 5024 1363 78 0.271
Tim McKeithan 1932 1934 10 7 1 - 0.143
Bobby Coombs 1933 1943 30 7 2 - 0.286
Mort Flohr 1934 1934 15 12 4 - 0.333
Pete Naktenis 1936 1939 10 5 1 - 0.200
Ken Weafer 1936 1936 1 1 - - -
Wayne Ambler 1937 1939 271 782 175 - 0.224
Ace Parker 1937 1938 94 207 37 2 0.179
Hal Wagner 1937 1949 672 1849 458 15 0.248
Dave Smith 1938 1939 22 12 - - -
Eric Tipton 1939 1945 501 1626 439 22 0.270
Crash Davis 1940 1942 148 444 102 2 0.230
Eddie Shokes 1941 1946 32 84 10 - 0.119
Frank Seward 1943 1944 26 28 2 - 0.071
Claude Corbitt 1945 1949 215 630 153 1 0.243
Lee Griffeth 1946 1946 10 1 - - -
Bill McCahan 1946 1949 57 96 20 - 0.208
Brandy Davis 1952 1953 67 134 25 - 0.187
Dick Groat 1952 1967 1929 7484 2138 39 0.286
Footer Johnson 1958 1958 8 5 - - -
Al Spangler 1959 1971 912 2267 594 21 0.262
Ron Davis 1962 1969 295 853 199 10 0.233
John Poff 1979 1980 31 87 19 1 0.218
Bob Brower 1986 1989 256 582 141 17 0.242
Mike Trombley 1992 2002 509 2 - - -
John Courtright 1995 1995 1 - - - -
Quinton McCracken 1995 2006 999 2462 675 21 0.274
Ryan Jackson 1998 2002 226 452 108 7 0.239
Scott Schoeneweis 1999 2010 577 8 2 - 0.250
Chris Capuano 2003 2016 321 371 46 1 0.124
Dan Otero 2012 2019 358 1 - - -
Nate Freiman 2013 2014 116 277 71 9 0.256
Marcus Stroman 2014 None 277 89 9 1 0.101

Duke University in the major leagues

34 players on this page went from Duke University to the majors. Wade Lefler (1924) and Marcus Stroman (2014) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. By games played, the longest career belongs to Dick Groat, with 1929. Billy Werber hit the most home runs, 78. The best career average among regular hitters is .286, by Dick Groat. John Courtright show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. The 1930s were the busiest decade for debuts from Duke University. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include Durham State Normal School for Negroes, East Carolina University, and Elon 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.