MLB Players Who Attended Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey

Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey, NJ — 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.