University of Oklahoma

MLB Players Who Attended University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma, OK — MLB Players Who Attended University of Oklahoma
Player Name	Debut Year	Final Year	G	AB	H	HR	AVG
Elmer Ponder	1917	1921	69	124	13	-	0.105
Eucal Clanton	1922	1922	1	1	-	-	-
Buster Mills	1934	1946	415	1379	396	14	0.287
Jeff Cross	1942	1948	119	142	23	-	0.162
Dee Sanders	1945	1945	2	-	-	-	-
Dale Mitchell	1946	1956	1127	3984	1244	41	0.312
Les Layton	1948	1948	63	91	21	2	0.231
Rudy Rufer	1949	1950	22	26	2	-	0.077
Bob Stephenson	1955	1955	67	111	27	-	0.243
Eddie Fisher	1959	1973	690	246	30	-	0.122
Don Schwall	1961	1967	176	234	34	-	0.145
George Kernek	1965	1966	30	81	21	-	0.259
Carl Morton	1969	1976	266	551	86	7	0.156
Joe Simpson	1975	1983	607	1397	338	9	0.242
Bob Shirley	1977	1987	434	263	29	-	0.110
Jackson Todd	1977	1981	64	17	1	-	0.059
Keith Drumright	1978	1981	48	141	34	-	0.241
George Frazier	1978	1987	415	21	3	-	0.143
Mickey Hatcher	1979	1990	1130	3377	946	38	0.280
Joe Price	1980	1990	372	171	19	-	0.111
Gene Krug	1981	1981	7	5	2	-	0.400
Nick Capra	1982	1991	45	54	9	1	0.167
Terry Bogener	1982	1982	24	60	13	1	0.217
Roger LaFrancois	1982	1982	8	10	4	-	0.400
Danny Jackson	1983	1997	356	428	54	-	0.126
John Russell	1984	1993	448	1087	245	34	0.225
Ray Hayward	1986	1988	20	5	-	-	-
Bobby Witt	1986	2001	438	64	9	1	0.141
Steve Peters	1987	1988	56	5	-	-	-
Jack Armstrong	1988	1994	153	185	21	-	0.114
DeWayne Vaughn	1988	1988	8	-	-	-	-
Chris Howard	1991	1994	22	32	6	-	0.188
Russ McGinnis	1992	1995	17	38	8	-	0.211
Derrick White	1993	1998	76	116	21	3	0.181
Kevin King	1993	1995	34	-	-	-	-
Greg Norton	1996	2009	1107	2410	600	89	0.249
Matt Ruebel	1996	1998	77	20	3	-	0.150
Steve Connelly	1998	1998	3	-	-	-	-
Ryan Minor	1998	2001	142	317	56	5	0.177
Russ Ortiz	1998	2010	316	507	104	7	0.205
Mark Redman	1999	2008	219	154	8	-	0.052
Darron Cox	1999	1999	15	25	6	1	0.240
Damon Minor	2000	2004	136	285	66	13	0.232
Kevin Olsen	2001	2003	28	15	1	-	0.067
Aaron Looper	2003	2003	6	-	-	-	-
Geoff Geary	2003	2009	287	17	2	-	0.118
Jeff Bajenaru	2004	2006	14	-	-	-	-
Greg Dobbs	2004	2014	959	2097	548	46	0.261
Jason Bartlett	2004	2014	892	3141	849	31	0.270
Kyle Denney	2004	2004	4	-	-	-	-
Val Pascucci	2004	2011	42	73	14	3	0.192
Brian Shackelford	2005	2006	63	1	-	-	-
Reggie Willits	2006	2011	414	844	218	-	0.258
Rocky Cherry	2007	2008	40	1	-	-	-
David Purcey	2008	2013	111	1	-	-	-
Ryan Rohlinger	2008	2011	46	67	9	-	0.134
Chris Jakubauskas	2009	2011	70	5	2	-	0.400
Daniel McCutchen	2009	2014	109	30	2	-	0.067
Garrett Richards	2011	2022	259	20	1	-	0.050
Burch Smith	2013	None	152	10	1	-	0.100

University of Oklahoma in the major leagues

The table lists 60 major league players who played college baseball at University of Oklahoma, in Norman, OK. Debuts run from 1917 (Elmer Ponder) to 2013 (Burch Smith). By games played, the longest career belongs to Mickey Hatcher, with 1130. For power, Greg Norton leads the list with 89 home runs. Dale Mitchell collected the most hits, 1244. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Dale Mitchell has the best average, .312. Rows with no batting line, such as Dee Sanders, DeWayne Vaughn, and Kevin King, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. The 2000s were the busiest decade for debuts from University of Oklahoma. Nearby on the site: University of Tulsa, Western Oklahoma State College, and Bacone College, also in OK. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.