MLB Players Who Attended University of Houston

University of Houston, TX — MLB Players Who Attended University of Houston
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Tom Paciorek 1970 1987 1392 4121 1162 86 0.282
Gary Weiss 1980 1981 22 19 2 - 0.105
Doug Drabek 1986 1998 412 716 119 2 0.166
Steve Cummings 1989 1990 11 - - - -
Steve Decker 1990 1999 263 688 152 13 0.221
Jeff Banister 1991 1991 1 1 1 - 1.000
Anthony Young 1991 1996 181 94 15 - 0.160
Mike Walker 1992 1992 5 - - - -
Woody Williams 1993 2007 443 540 105 4 0.194
Vaughn Eshelman 1995 1997 83 4 1 - 0.250
Chris Tremie 1995 2004 22 41 6 - 0.146
Matt Beech 1996 1998 53 77 11 - 0.143
Jason McDonald 1997 2000 286 692 167 11 0.241
Scott Sheldon 1997 2001 141 285 67 8 0.235
Ben Weber 2000 2005 228 - - - -
Shane Nance 2002 2004 49 3 1 - 0.333
Ryan Wagner 2003 2007 148 4 1 - 0.250
Jesse Crain 2004 2013 532 1 - - -
Chris Snyder 2004 2013 715 2087 467 77 0.224
Michael Bourn 2006 2016 1361 4784 1272 36 0.266
Rob Johnson 2007 2013 265 736 147 8 0.200
Garrett Mock 2008 2010 55 29 2 - 0.069
Brad Lincoln 2010 2014 101 38 9 - 0.237
Donnie Joseph 2013 2014 7 - - - -

University of Houston in the major leagues

24 players on this page went from University of Houston to the majors. Debuts run from 1970 (Tom Paciorek) to 2013 (Donnie Joseph). Tom Paciorek played the most games of any alumnus, 1392. Michael Bourn collected the most hits, 1272. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Tom Paciorek has the best average, .282. Steve Cummings, Mike Walker, and Ben Weber show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. The 1990s were the busiest decade for debuts from University of Houston. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, University of North Texas, and University of Texas Pan American. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.