MLB Players Who Attended Northeastern University

Northeastern University, MA — MLB Players Who Attended Northeastern University
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Joe Callahan 1939 1940 10 9 - - -
George Yankowski 1942 1949 18 31 5 - 0.161
Carlos Peña 2001 2014 1493 4949 1146 286 0.232
Mike Glavine 2003 2003 6 7 1 - 0.143
Luke Carlin 2008 2012 56 140 25 3 0.179
Adam Ottavino 2010 None 728 24 2 - 0.083

Northeastern University in the major leagues

Northeastern University (Boston, MA) has 6 alumni in the major league record. The first of them to reach the majors was Joe Callahan in 1939; the most recent debut belongs to Adam Ottavino, in 2010. By games played, the longest career belongs to Carlos Peña, with 1493. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Carlos Peña has the best average, .232. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 2000s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: Northern Essex Community College, Quinsigamond Community College, and Springfield College, also in MA. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.