University of Minnesota, MN
Minneapolis, MN
30 MLB Alumni
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.