Pennsylvania State University

MLB Players Who Attended Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University, PA — MLB Players Who Attended Pennsylvania State University
Player Name	Debut Year	Final Year	G	AB	H	HR	AVG
John Ward	1878	1894	1827	7656	2107	26	0.275
Mark Baldwin	1887	1893	348	1155	188	10	0.163
Robert Gibson	1890	1890	4	17	3	-	0.176
Bill Stuart	1895	1899	20	80	19	-	0.237
Charlie Atherton	1899	1899	65	242	60	-	0.248
Bud Sharpe	1905	1910	165	625	139	-	0.222
Irish McIlveen	1906	1909	53	177	38	-	0.215
Birdie Cree	1908	1915	742	2603	761	11	0.292
Bob Coulson	1908	1914	197	692	163	1	0.236
Ed Klepfer	1911	1919	98	125	6	-	0.048
George Hesselbacher	1916	1916	6	8	1	-	0.125
Hinkey Haines	1923	1923	28	25	4	-	0.160
Pip Koehler	1925	1925	12	2	-	-	-
Myles Thomas	1926	1930	108	146	35	-	0.240
Phil Page	1928	1934	31	18	3	-	0.167
Danny Musser	1932	1932	1	2	1	-	0.500
Russ Van Atta	1933	1939	208	206	47	2	0.228
William Ford	1936	1936	1	-	-	-	-
Joe Tepsic	1946	1946	15	5	-	-	-
Cal Emery	1963	1963	16	19	3	-	0.158
Jim Farr	1982	1982	5	-	-	-	-
Joel Johnston	1991	1995	59	6	2	-	0.333
Nate Bump	2003	2005	113	10	1	-	0.100
David Aardsma	2004	2015	331	4	-	-	-

Pennsylvania State University in the major leagues

The table lists 24 major league players who played college baseball at Pennsylvania State University, in State College, PA. Debuts run from 1878 (John Ward) to 2004 (David Aardsma). John Ward played the most games of any alumnus, 1827. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Birdie Cree has the best average, .292. Rows with no batting line, such as William Ford and Jim Farr, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1900s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: Philadelphia University, Point Park University, and Robert Morris University, also in PA. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.