MLB Players Who Attended Florida State University

Florida State University, FL — MLB Players Who Attended Florida State University
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Dick Howser 1961 1968 789 2483 617 16 0.248
Woody Woodward 1963 1971 880 2187 517 1 0.236
Ken Suarez 1966 1973 295 661 150 5 0.227
Randy Brown 1969 1970 18 29 4 - 0.138
Jim Lyttle 1969 1976 391 710 176 9 0.248
Johnny Grubb 1972 1987 1424 4154 1153 99 0.278
Mac Scarce 1972 1978 159 17 - - -
Craig Skok 1973 1979 107 11 2 - 0.182
Ron Cash 1973 1974 34 101 30 - 0.297
Dave Moates 1974 1976 140 312 81 3 0.260
Pat Osburn 1974 1975 12 2 - - -
Rick Langford 1976 1986 265 6 1 - 0.167
Terry Kennedy 1978 1991 1491 4979 1313 113 0.264
Dan O'Brien 1978 1979 13 5 - - -
Craig Eaton 1979 1979 5 - - - -
Carlos Lezcano 1980 1981 49 102 19 3 0.186
Juan Bonilla 1981 1987 429 1462 375 7 0.256
Larry Rothschild 1981 1982 7 - - - -
Mike Fuentes 1983 1984 9 8 2 - 0.250
Jim Weaver 1985 1989 31 31 5 - 0.161
Mark Gilbert 1985 1985 7 22 6 - 0.273
Bruce Tanner 1985 1985 10 - - - -
Mike Loynd 1986 1987 35 - - - -
Jody Reed 1987 1997 1284 4554 1231 27 0.270
Luis Alicea 1988 2002 1341 3971 1031 47 0.260
Jeff Gray 1988 1991 96 1 - - -
Deion Sanders 1989 2001 641 2123 558 39 0.263
Paul Sorrento 1989 1999 1093 3412 876 166 0.257
Rafael Bournigal 1992 1999 365 932 234 4 0.251
Jerry Nielsen 1992 1993 30 - - - -
Bien Figueroa 1992 1992 12 11 2 - 0.182
Richie Lewis 1992 1998 217 10 2 - 0.200
Eduardo Perez 1993 2006 754 1800 445 79 0.247
Marc Ronan 1993 1993 6 12 1 - 0.083
Tim Davis 1994 1997 89 - - - -
Gar Finnvold 1994 1994 8 - - - -
Ken Robinson 1995 1997 29 - - - -
Roger Bailey 1995 1997 93 97 20 1 0.206
Matt Dunbar 1995 1995 8 - - - -
John Wasdin 1995 2007 328 19 3 - 0.158
Paul Wilson 1996 2005 171 184 19 1 0.103
Chris Brock 1997 2002 148 63 12 1 0.190
J. D. Drew 1998 2011 1566 5173 1437 242 0.278
Jonathan Johnson 1998 2003 42 4 - - -
Doug Mientkiewicz 1998 2009 1087 3312 899 66 0.271
Jeff Tam 1998 2003 251 2 1 - 0.500
Randy Choate 2000 2015 672 5 - - -
Kevin Cash 2002 2010 246 641 117 12 0.183
Matt Diaz 2003 2013 736 1881 546 45 0.290
Mickey Lopez 2004 2004 6 4 1 - 0.250
Scott Proctor 2004 2011 307 5 - - -
John-Ford Griffin 2005 2007 13 23 7 2 0.304
Marshall McDougall 2005 2005 18 18 3 - 0.167
Stephen Drew 2006 2017 1268 4403 1109 123 0.252
Daniel Davidson 2009 2009 4 - - - -
Hunter Jones 2009 2010 14 - - - -
Buster Posey 2009 2021 1371 4970 1500 158 0.302
Shane Robinson 2009 2018 461 760 168 7 0.221
Elih Villanueva 2011 2011 1 1 - - -
Barret Browning 2012 2012 22 1 - - -
John Gast 2013 2013 3 5 - - -

Florida State University in the major leagues

Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) has 61 alumni in the major league record. Dick Howser (1961) and John Gast (2013) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. The games column peaks with J. D. Drew at 1566. Buster Posey collected the most hits, 1500. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Buster Posey has the best average, .302. Craig Eaton, Larry Rothschild, and Bruce Tanner show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. The 1990s were the busiest decade for debuts from Florida State University. Nearby on the site: Gulf Coast Community College, Hillsborough Community College, and Indian River Community College, also in FL. The school list is built from Lahman's record of where players played college baseball; a player who attended without playing may not appear.