MLB Players Who Attended University of Kansas

University of Kansas, KS — MLB Players Who Attended University of Kansas
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Dale Gear 1896 1901 69 238 57 - 0.239
Bob Edmondson 1906 1908 29 83 16 - 0.193
Ferrell Anderson 1946 1953 97 234 61 2 0.261
Bob Allison 1958 1970 1541 5032 1281 256 0.255
Larry Miller 1964 1966 48 39 10 - 0.256
Chuck Dobson 1966 1975 203 411 63 - 0.153
Steve Renko 1969 1983 462 531 114 6 0.215
Skip James 1977 1978 51 36 6 - 0.167
Roger Slagle 1979 1979 1 - - - -
Steve Jeltz 1983 1990 727 1749 367 5 0.210
Clay Christiansen 1984 1984 24 - - - -
Curt Schmidt 1995 1995 11 - - - -
Scott Taylor 1995 1995 3 - - - -
Jeff Berblinger 1997 1997 7 5 - - -
Les Walrond 2003 2008 23 3 - - -
Tom Gorzelanny 2005 2016 314 217 20 - 0.092
John Nelson 2006 2006 8 5 - - -
Travis Metcalf 2007 2008 80 217 54 11 0.249
Mike Zagurski 2007 2018 91 - - - -
Sam Freeman 2012 2020 271 3 - - -

University of Kansas in the major leagues

20 players on this page went from University of Kansas to the majors. Dale Gear (1896) and Sam Freeman (2012) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. By games played, the longest career belongs to Bob Allison, with 1541. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Bob Allison has the best average, .255. Rows with no batting line, such as Roger Slagle, Clay Christiansen, and Curt Schmidt, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 2000s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: Washburn University, Western University, and Wichita State University, also in KS. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.