North Carolina State University, NC
Raleigh, NC
35 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended North Carolina State University
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Robertson | 1912 | 1922 | 804 | 2830 | 812 | 47 | 0.287 |
| Bill Evans | 1916 | 1919 | 28 | 40 | 4 | - | 0.100 |
| Dick Burrus | 1919 | 1928 | 560 | 1760 | 513 | 11 | 0.291 |
| Joe DeBerry | 1920 | 1921 | 20 | 20 | 3 | - | 0.150 |
| George Murray | 1922 | 1933 | 110 | 137 | 24 | 1 | 0.175 |
| Buck Redfern | 1928 | 1929 | 107 | 307 | 67 | - | 0.218 |
| Dutch Holland | 1932 | 1934 | 102 | 315 | 86 | 3 | 0.273 |
| Bill Outen | 1933 | 1933 | 93 | 153 | 38 | 4 | 0.248 |
| Stu Flythe | 1936 | 1936 | 17 | 15 | 4 | - | 0.267 |
| Johnny Lanning | 1936 | 1947 | 278 | 322 | 47 | 1 | 0.146 |
| Jimmy Brown | 1937 | 1946 | 890 | 3512 | 980 | 9 | 0.279 |
| Mike Caldwell | 1971 | 1984 | 476 | 216 | 34 | - | 0.157 |
| Tommy Smith | 1973 | 1977 | 121 | 271 | 63 | 4 | 0.232 |
| Tim Stoddard | 1975 | 1989 | 485 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0.100 |
| Louie Meadows | 1986 | 1990 | 102 | 127 | 22 | 5 | 0.173 |
| Dan Plesac | 1986 | 2003 | 1064 | 15 | 1 | - | 0.067 |
| Tracy Woodson | 1987 | 1993 | 215 | 506 | 125 | 5 | 0.247 |
| Greg Briley | 1988 | 1993 | 598 | 1518 | 384 | 29 | 0.253 |
| Doug Davis | 1988 | 1992 | 7 | 13 | 1 | - | 0.077 |
| Doug Strange | 1989 | 1998 | 707 | 1859 | 434 | 31 | 0.233 |
| Jeff Hartsock | 1992 | 1992 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Jim McNamara | 1992 | 1993 | 34 | 81 | 17 | 1 | 0.210 |
| Brian Bark | 1995 | 1995 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Jeff Pierce | 1995 | 1995 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| Corey Lee | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Andy Barkett | 2001 | 2001 | 17 | 46 | 14 | 1 | 0.304 |
| Joey Devine | 2005 | 2011 | 93 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Chad Orvella | 2005 | 2007 | 69 | - | - | - | - |
| Colt Morton | 2007 | 2008 | 10 | 16 | 1 | - | 0.062 |
| Aaron Bates | 2009 | 2009 | 5 | 11 | 4 | - | 0.364 |
| Matt Mangini | 2010 | 2010 | 11 | 38 | 8 | - | 0.211 |
| Andrew Brackman | 2011 | 2011 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Eric Surkamp | 2011 | 2016 | 52 | 9 | 1 | - | 0.111 |
| Andrew Taylor | 2012 | 2012 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Jonathan Diaz | 2013 | 2015 | 35 | 55 | 8 | - | 0.145 |
North Carolina State University in the major leagues
35 players on this page went from North Carolina State University to the majors. Debuts run from 1912 (Dave Robertson) to 2013 (Jonathan Diaz). Dan Plesac played the most games of any alumnus, 1064. For power, Dave Robertson leads the list with 47 home runs. Jimmy Brown collected the most hits, 980. The best career average among regular hitters is .291, by Dick Burrus. Rows with no batting line, such as Brian Bark, Jeff Pierce, and Corey Lee, 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. Nearby on the site: Pfeiffer University, Pitt Community College, and Rutherford College, also in NC. The school list is built from Lahman's record of where players played college baseball; a player who attended without playing may not appear.