Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey, NJ
New Brunswick, NJ
19 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Harkins | 1884 | 1888 | 173 | 631 | 144 | 2 | 0.228 |
| Sandy Piez | 1914 | 1914 | 37 | 8 | 3 | - | 0.375 |
| Walt French | 1923 | 1929 | 397 | 981 | 297 | 2 | 0.303 |
| Hilly Flitcraft | 1942 | 1942 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Hardy Peterson | 1955 | 1959 | 66 | 161 | 44 | 3 | 0.273 |
| Jeff Torborg | 1964 | 1973 | 574 | 1391 | 297 | 8 | 0.214 |
| Bud Anderson | 1982 | 1983 | 64 | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Boris | 1982 | 1982 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Bob Macdonald | 1990 | 1996 | 197 | - | - | - | - |
| Eric Young | 1992 | 2006 | 1730 | 6119 | 1731 | 79 | 0.283 |
| Angel Echevarria | 1996 | 2002 | 328 | 543 | 152 | 21 | 0.280 |
| Darrin Winston | 1997 | 1998 | 34 | 3 | 1 | - | 0.333 |
| David DeJesus | 2003 | 2015 | 1472 | 5220 | 1434 | 99 | 0.275 |
| Peter Zoccolillo | 2003 | 2003 | 20 | 37 | 4 | - | 0.108 |
| Val Majewski | 2004 | 2004 | 9 | 13 | 2 | - | 0.154 |
| Jason Bergmann | 2005 | 2010 | 156 | 90 | 6 | - | 0.067 |
| Jack Egbert | 2009 | 2012 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Jeff Frazier | 2010 | 2010 | 9 | 23 | 5 | - | 0.217 |
| Todd Frazier | 2011 | 2021 | 1244 | 4392 | 1059 | 218 | 0.241 |
Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey in the major leagues
19 players on this page went from Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey to the majors. John Harkins (1884) and Todd Frazier (2011) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. Eric Young played the most games of any alumnus, 1730. For power, Todd Frazier leads the list with 218 home runs. The best career average among regular hitters is .283, by Eric Young. Rows with no batting line, such as Hilly Flitcraft, Bud Anderson, and Paul Boris, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. The 2000s were the busiest decade for debuts from Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include Seton Hall University, St. Peter's College, and Upsala College. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.