MLB Players Who Attended Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College, PA — MLB Players Who Attended Gettysburg College
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Archie Stimmel 1900 1902 28 77 8 - 0.104
Eddie Plank 1901 1917 630 1607 331 3 0.206
George Winter 1901 1908 223 592 114 1 0.193
Earl Howard 1918 1918 1 - - - -
Rube Yarrison 1922 1924 21 8 1 - 0.125
Stew Bowers 1935 1937 18 5 1 - 0.200
Harry O'Neill 1939 1939 1 - - - -

Gettysburg College in the major leagues

Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA) has 7 alumni in the major league record. The first of them to reach the majors was Archie Stimmel in 1900; the most recent debut belongs to Harry O'Neill, in 1939. The games column peaks with Eddie Plank at 630. The best career average among regular hitters is .206, by Eddie Plank. Earl Howard and Harry O'Neill show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. The 1900s were the busiest decade for debuts from Gettysburg College. Nearby on the site: Grove City College, Hahnemann University, and Haverford College in Pennsylvania, also in PA. College attendance comes from the Lahman database's college-playing records, which list the schools where a player's college baseball career is documented.