Mississippi State University

MLB Players Who Attended Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University, MS — MLB Players Who Attended Mississippi State University
Player Name	Debut Year	Final Year	G	AB	H	HR	AVG
Willie Mitchell	1909	1919	279	530	69	-	0.130
Bunny Hearn	1910	1920	66	133	24	1	0.180
Rags Faircloth	1919	1919	2	-	-	-	-
Monroe Mitchell	1923	1923	10	12	3	-	0.250
Hughie Critz	1924	1935	1478	5930	1591	38	0.268
Jim Roberts	1924	1925	12	7	1	-	0.143
Buddy Myer	1925	1941	1923	7038	2131	38	0.303
Sid Womack	1926	1926	1	3	-	-	-
Cecil Bolton	1928	1928	4	13	2	-	0.154
Paul Gregory	1932	1933	56	73	8	-	0.110
Ed Chapman	1933	1933	6	3	-	-	-
Dave Ferriss	1945	1950	194	372	93	1	0.250
Fred Walters	1945	1945	40	93	16	-	0.172
Homer Spragins	1947	1947	4	-	-	-	-
Alex Grammas	1954	1963	913	2073	512	12	0.247
Sammy Ellis	1962	1969	231	299	31	-	0.104
Bobby Etheridge	1967	1969	96	246	60	2	0.244
Del Unser	1968	1982	1799	5215	1344	87	0.258
Ken Tatum	1969	1974	176	45	11	4	0.244
Jim Howarth	1971	1974	152	226	49	1	0.217
Bob Myrick	1976	1978	82	16	2	-	0.125
Jack Lazorko	1984	1988	69	-	-	-	-
Will Clark	1986	2000	1976	7173	2176	284	0.303
Rafael Palmeiro	1986	2005	2831	10472	3020	569	0.288
Bobby Thigpen	1986	1994	448	1	-	-	-
Jeff Brantley	1988	2001	615	68	8	-	0.118
Pete Young	1992	1993	17	1	-	-	-
Jon Shave	1993	1999	79	160	46	1	0.287
Jay Powell	1995	2005	513	12	2	-	0.167
Carlton Loewer	1998	2003	48	62	8	-	0.129
Gary Rath	1998	1999	8	-	-	-	-
Matt Ginter	2000	2008	96	14	3	-	0.214
Adam Piatt	2000	2003	212	521	129	16	0.248
Eric DuBose	2002	2006	52	2	-	-	-
Travis Chapman	2003	2003	1	1	-	-	-
Jon Knott	2004	2007	19	31	6	1	0.194
Paul Maholm	2005	2014	273	478	52	2	0.109
Brandon Medders	2005	2010	210	5	-	-	-
Jonathan Papelbon	2005	2016	689	-	-	-	-
Craig Tatum	2009	2011	100	269	60	1	0.223
Mitch Moreland	2010	2021	1260	4071	1020	186	0.251
Tyler Moore	2012	2017	381	788	180	30	0.228
Kendall Graveman	2014	None	299	5	-	-	-
Buck Showalter	None	None	-	-	-	-	-

Mississippi State University in the major leagues

44 players on this page went from Mississippi State University to the majors. Debuts run from 1909 (Willie Mitchell) to 2014 (Kendall Graveman). By games played, the longest career belongs to Rafael Palmeiro, with 2831. The best career average among regular hitters is .303, by Will Clark. Rows with no batting line, such as Rags Faircloth, Homer Spragins, and Jack Lazorko, 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: Northwest Mississippi Community College, Pearl River Community College, and Piney Woods College, also in MS. College attendance comes from the Lahman database's college-playing records, which list the schools where a player's college baseball career is documented.