MLB Players Who Attended University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota, MN — MLB Players Who Attended University of Minnesota
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Harry Elliott 1953 1955 92 176 45 2 0.256
Paul Giel 1954 1961 105 55 4 - 0.073
Jerry Kindall 1956 1965 742 2057 439 44 0.213
George Thomas 1957 1971 685 1688 430 46 0.255
Fred Bruckbauer 1961 1961 1 - - - -
Bill Davis 1965 1969 64 105 19 1 0.181
Frank Brosseau 1969 1971 3 - - - -
Bobby Fenwick 1972 1973 41 56 10 - 0.179
Mike Sadek 1973 1981 383 813 184 5 0.226
Dave Winfield 1973 1995 2973 11003 3110 465 0.283
Steve Comer 1978 1984 176 1 - - -
Paul Molitor 1978 1998 2683 10835 3319 234 0.306
Jerry Ujdur 1980 1984 53 - - - -
Brian Denman 1982 1982 9 - - - -
Terry Steinbach 1986 1999 1546 5369 1453 162 0.271
Greg Olson 1989 1993 414 1275 309 20 0.242
Tim McIntosh 1990 1996 71 117 21 2 0.179
Bryan Hickerson 1991 1995 209 74 11 - 0.149
Denny Neagle 1991 2003 398 531 87 5 0.164
J. T. Bruett 1992 1993 73 96 24 - 0.250
Dan Wilson 1992 2005 1299 4186 1097 88 0.262
Brent Gates 1993 1999 685 2329 616 25 0.264
Brian Raabe 1995 1997 17 29 6 - 0.207
Jeff Schmidt 1996 1996 9 - - - -
Kerry Ligtenberg 1997 2005 386 1 - - -
Jim Brower 1999 2007 356 59 12 - 0.203
Robb Quinlan 2003 2010 458 1112 307 25 0.276
Jack Hannahan 2006 2014 614 1650 381 29 0.231
Glen Perkins 2006 2017 409 4 - - -
John Gaub 2011 2011 4 - - - -

University of Minnesota in the major leagues

University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) has 30 alumni in the major league record. Debuts run from 1953 (Harry Elliott) to 2011 (John Gaub). By games played, the longest career belongs to Dave Winfield, with 2973. Paul Molitor collected the most hits, 3319. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Paul Molitor has the best average, .306. Rows with no batting line, such as Fred Bruckbauer, Frank Brosseau, and Jerry Ujdur, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1990s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: University of Minnesota - Morris, University of St. Thomas, and Augsburg College, also in MN. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.