Georgia Institute of Technology, GA
Atlanta, GA
52 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended Georgia Institute of Technology
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weldon Henley | 1903 | 1907 | 99 | 261 | 48 | - | 0.184 |
| Tommy McMillan | 1908 | 1912 | 297 | 991 | 207 | - | 0.209 |
| Ed Lafitte | 1909 | 1915 | 108 | 245 | 54 | 2 | 0.220 |
| Claud Derrick | 1910 | 1914 | 113 | 326 | 79 | 1 | 0.242 |
| Del Pratt | 1912 | 1924 | 1836 | 6826 | 1996 | 43 | 0.292 |
| Erskine Mayer | 1912 | 1919 | 245 | 453 | 84 | 2 | 0.185 |
| Bill Calhoun | 1913 | 1913 | 6 | 13 | 1 | - | 0.077 |
| Scrappy Moore | 1917 | 1917 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | 0.125 |
| Bobby Reeves | 1926 | 1931 | 502 | 1598 | 402 | 8 | 0.252 |
| Ed Crowley | 1928 | 1928 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tom Angley | 1929 | 1929 | 5 | 16 | 4 | - | 0.250 |
| Red Barron | 1929 | 1929 | 10 | 21 | 4 | - | 0.190 |
| Joe Palmisano | 1931 | 1931 | 19 | 44 | 10 | - | 0.227 |
| Frank Waddey | 1931 | 1931 | 14 | 22 | 6 | - | 0.273 |
| Bill Strickland | 1937 | 1937 | 9 | 6 | 1 | - | 0.167 |
| Lew Carpenter | 1943 | 1943 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Jim Hearn | 1947 | 1959 | 403 | 548 | 77 | 9 | 0.141 |
| Ray Blemker | 1960 | 1960 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Bob Tillman | 1962 | 1970 | 775 | 2329 | 540 | 79 | 0.232 |
| Kevin Brown | 1986 | 2005 | 490 | 495 | 64 | 2 | 0.129 |
| Scott Jordan | 1988 | 1988 | 7 | 9 | 1 | - | 0.111 |
| Jim Poole | 1990 | 2000 | 431 | 8 | 1 | - | 0.125 |
| Frank Bolick | 1993 | 1998 | 116 | 258 | 52 | 5 | 0.202 |
| Darren Bragg | 1994 | 2004 | 916 | 2461 | 627 | 46 | 0.255 |
| Riccardo Ingram | 1994 | 1995 | 16 | 31 | 6 | - | 0.194 |
| Doug Creek | 1995 | 2005 | 279 | 5 | 1 | - | 0.200 |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 1996 | 2009 | 1434 | 5586 | 1747 | 229 | 0.313 |
| Marc Pisciotta | 1997 | 1999 | 75 | 4 | 1 | - | 0.250 |
| Brad Rigby | 1997 | 2000 | 73 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Jason Varitek | 1997 | 2011 | 1546 | 5099 | 1307 | 193 | 0.256 |
| Mike Jerzembeck | 1998 | 1998 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Jay Payton | 1998 | 2010 | 1259 | 4154 | 1157 | 119 | 0.279 |
| David Newhan | 1999 | 2008 | 413 | 986 | 249 | 23 | 0.253 |
| Kris Wilson | 2000 | 2006 | 95 | 3 | 1 | - | 0.333 |
| Marlon Byrd | 2002 | 2016 | 1573 | 5579 | 1534 | 159 | 0.275 |
| Dave Elder | 2002 | 2003 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Cory Vance | 2002 | 2003 | 11 | 8 | 2 | - | 0.250 |
| Mark Teixeira | 2003 | 2016 | 1862 | 6936 | 1862 | 409 | 0.268 |
| Matt Murton | 2005 | 2009 | 346 | 952 | 272 | 29 | 0.286 |
| Kevin Cameron | 2007 | 2009 | 69 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Micah Owings | 2007 | 2012 | 183 | 205 | 58 | 9 | 0.283 |
| Eric Patterson | 2007 | 2011 | 226 | 508 | 110 | 10 | 0.217 |
| Brandon Boggs | 2008 | 2011 | 130 | 326 | 68 | 10 | 0.209 |
| Jason Perry | 2008 | 2008 | 4 | 17 | 2 | - | 0.118 |
| Tyler Greene | 2009 | 2013 | 288 | 675 | 151 | 17 | 0.224 |
| Matt Wieters | 2009 | 2020 | 1167 | 3994 | 996 | 146 | 0.249 |
| Mike Nickeas | 2010 | 2013 | 74 | 172 | 31 | 2 | 0.180 |
| Blake Wood | 2010 | 2018 | 270 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Charlie Blackmon | 2011 | None | 1624 | 6165 | 1805 | 227 | 0.293 |
| Brandon Cumpton | 2013 | 2018 | 23 | 26 | 2 | - | 0.077 |
| Derek Dietrich | 2013 | 2020 | 746 | 2191 | 536 | 84 | 0.245 |
| Buck Farmer | 2014 | None | 417 | 4 | 1 | - | 0.250 |
Georgia Institute of Technology in the major leagues
The table lists 52 major league players who played college baseball at Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, GA. Debuts run from 1903 (Weldon Henley) to 2014 (Buck Farmer). Mark Teixeira played the most games of any alumnus, 1862. Del Pratt collected the most hits, 1996. The best career average among regular hitters is .313, by Nomar Garciaparra. Lew Carpenter, Ray Blemker, and Mike Jerzembeck show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 2000s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: Georgia Perimeter College, Georgia Southern University, and Georgia Southwestern State University, also in GA. The school list is built from Lahman's record of where players played college baseball; a player who attended without playing may not appear.