University of Kentucky, KY

Lexington, KY

29 MLB Alumni

MLB Players Who Attended University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky, KY — MLB Players Who Attended University of Kentucky
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Jim Park 1915 1917 42 32 6 - 0.188
Tom Grubbs 1920 1920 1 1 - - -
Irv Jeffries 1930 1934 175 495 116 8 0.234
Cotton Nash 1967 1970 13 16 3 - 0.188
Doug Flynn 1975 1985 1308 3853 918 7 0.238
Marv Foley 1978 1984 203 419 94 12 0.224
Derek Bryant 1979 1979 39 106 19 - 0.179
Jeff Keener 1982 1983 23 - - - -
Jeff Parrett 1986 1996 491 38 4 - 0.105
Paul Kilgus 1987 1993 163 46 4 - 0.087
Jack Savage 1987 1990 20 - - - -
Jim Leyritz 1990 2000 903 2527 667 90 0.264
Terry Shumpert 1990 2003 854 1969 497 49 0.252
Rod Bolton 1993 1995 17 - - - -
Steve Dixon 1993 1994 6 - - - -
Larry Luebbers 1993 2000 36 40 8 - 0.200
Rod Henderson 1994 1998 5 1 - - -
Mark Thompson 1994 2000 94 104 16 1 0.154
William VanLandingham 1994 1997 84 164 20 1 0.122
Jeff Abbott 1997 2001 233 596 157 18 0.263
Scott Downs 2000 2014 619 45 3 - 0.067
Brandon Webb 2003 2009 199 391 44 - 0.113
Joe Blanton 2004 2017 427 216 23 - 0.106
Andy Green 2004 2009 140 230 46 2 0.200
Jason Kipnis 2011 2020 1165 4404 1147 126 0.260
Collin Cowgill 2011 2016 317 689 161 12 0.234
Chris Rusin 2012 2020 192 122 24 1 0.197
Andrew Albers 2013 2021 31 1 1 - 1.000
James Paxton 2013 2024 177 12 - - -

University of Kentucky in the major leagues

The table lists 29 major league players who played college baseball at University of Kentucky, in Lexington, KY. Debuts run from 1915 (Jim Park) to 2013 (James Paxton). By games played, the longest career belongs to Doug Flynn, with 1308. Jason Kipnis hit the most home runs, 126. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Jim Leyritz has the best average, .264. Jeff Keener, Jack Savage, and Rod Bolton show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1990s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: University of Louisville, West Kentucky Community and Technical College, and Western Kentucky University, also in KY. College attendance comes from the Lahman database's college-playing records, which list the schools where a player's college baseball career is documented.