University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL

Champaign, IL

57 MLB Alumni

MLB Players Who Attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL — MLB Players Who Attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Carl Lundgren 1902 1909 183 460 72 - 0.157
Jim Cook 1903 1903 8 26 4 - 0.154
Cy Falkenberg 1903 1917 332 771 117 1 0.152
Jake Stahl 1903 1913 981 3425 894 31 0.261
Big Jeff Pfeffer 1905 1911 147 323 66 2 0.204
Claude Rothgeb 1905 1905 7 16 2 - 0.125
Fred Beebe 1906 1916 205 457 72 - 0.158
Ray Demmitt 1909 1919 498 1631 419 8 0.257
Herb Juul 1911 1911 2 2 - - -
Ernie Ovitz 1911 1911 1 - - - -
Jim Breton 1913 1915 109 297 59 - 0.199
Carl Vandagrift 1914 1914 43 136 34 - 0.250
Jack Bradley 1916 1916 2 3 - - -
Red Gunkel 1916 1916 1 - - - -
George Halas 1919 1919 12 22 2 - 0.091
Harry McCurdy 1922 1934 543 1157 326 9 0.282
Dick Reichle 1922 1923 128 385 99 1 0.257
John Happenny 1923 1923 32 86 19 - 0.221
Otto Vogel 1923 1924 111 253 63 2 0.249
Bob Barnes 1924 1924 2 2 - - -
Wally Roettger 1927 1934 599 1949 556 19 0.285
Fred Frink 1934 1934 2 - - - -
Paul Chervinko 1937 1938 42 75 11 - 0.147
Lou Boudreau 1938 1952 1646 6029 1779 68 0.295
Hoot Evers 1941 1956 1142 3801 1055 98 0.278
Moe Franklin 1941 1942 61 164 43 2 0.262
Ray Poat 1942 1949 116 122 14 1 0.115
Boyd Bartley 1943 1943 9 21 1 - 0.048
Joe Astroth 1945 1956 544 1579 401 13 0.254
Lee Pfund 1945 1945 15 22 4 - 0.182
Lou Possehl 1946 1952 16 10 1 - 0.100
Howie Judson 1948 1954 208 150 14 - 0.093
Marv Rotblatt 1948 1951 35 15 - - -
Jack Brittin 1950 1951 6 - - - -
Herb Plews 1956 1959 346 1017 266 4 0.262
Gary Kolb 1960 1969 293 450 94 6 0.209
Em Lindbeck 1960 1960 2 1 - - -
Tom Haller 1961 1972 1294 3935 1011 134 0.257
Ethan Blackaby 1962 1964 15 25 3 - 0.120
Tom Fletcher 1962 1962 1 - - - -
Bobby Klaus 1964 1965 215 590 123 6 0.208
Ken Holtzman 1965 1979 456 607 99 2 0.163
Jeff Innis 1987 1993 288 9 - - -
Donn Pall 1988 1998 328 5 - - -
Darrin Fletcher 1989 2002 1245 3902 1048 124 0.269
Terry Wells 1990 1990 5 7 - - -
Mark Dalesandro 1994 2001 79 129 31 3 0.240
John Ericks 1995 1997 57 36 3 - 0.083
Sean Mulligan 1996 1996 2 1 - - -
Scott Spiezio 1996 2007 1274 3899 996 119 0.255
Larry Sutton 1997 2004 252 572 135 12 0.236
Jason Anderson 2003 2005 32 - - - -
Jimmy Journell 2003 2005 12 - - - -
Chris Basak 2007 2007 5 1 - - -
Kyle Hudson 2011 2011 14 28 4 - 0.143
Chris Robinson 2013 2013 8 12 2 1 0.167
George Huff None None - - - - -

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the major leagues

57 players on this page went from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to the majors. Carl Lundgren (1902) and Chris Robinson (2013) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. Lou Boudreau played the most games of any alumnus, 1646. For power, Tom Haller leads the list with 134 home runs. The best career average among regular hitters is .295, by Lou Boudreau. Ernie Ovitz, Red Gunkel, and Fred Frink show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1940s than in any other decade. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include University of St. Francis, Wabash Valley College, and Western Illinois University. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.