Miami University of Ohio, OH
Oxford, OH
20 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended Miami University of Ohio
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Alston | 1936 | 1936 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dick Bass | 1939 | 1939 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Brooks Lawrence | 1954 | 1960 | 275 | 319 | 49 | - | 0.154 |
| Jack Kucek | 1974 | 1980 | 59 | - | - | - | - |
| Buddy Schultz | 1975 | 1979 | 169 | 25 | 3 | - | 0.120 |
| Charlie Leibrandt | 1979 | 1993 | 394 | 267 | 32 | - | 0.120 |
| Steve Fireovid | 1981 | 1992 | 31 | 7 | 1 | - | 0.143 |
| Bill Doran | 1982 | 1993 | 1453 | 5131 | 1366 | 84 | 0.266 |
| Bill Long | 1985 | 1991 | 159 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Bill Earley | 1986 | 1986 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Scott Arnold | 1988 | 1988 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Tim Naehring | 1990 | 1997 | 547 | 1872 | 527 | 49 | 0.282 |
| Dave Swartzbaugh | 1995 | 1997 | 15 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Scott Sauerbeck | 1999 | 2006 | 472 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Chris Sexton | 1999 | 2000 | 70 | 159 | 35 | 1 | 0.220 |
| Justin Knoedler | 2004 | 2006 | 14 | 18 | 2 | - | 0.111 |
| Chad Reineke | 2008 | 2011 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | 0.125 |
| Graham Taylor | 2009 | 2009 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| John Ely | 2010 | 2012 | 25 | 30 | 2 | - | 0.067 |
| Adam Eaton | 2012 | 2021 | 915 | 3439 | 950 | 66 | 0.276 |
Miami University of Ohio in the major leagues
Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH) has 20 alumni in the major league record. Walter Alston (1936) and Adam Eaton (2012) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. The games column peaks with Bill Doran at 1453. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Tim Naehring has the best average, .282. Rows with no batting line, such as Jack Kucek, Bill Earley, and Scott Arnold, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1980s than in any other decade. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include Mount Union College, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, and Muskingum College. The school list is built from Lahman's record of where players played college baseball; a player who attended without playing may not appear.