University of Houston, TX
Houston, TX
24 MLB Alumni
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.