University of South Carolina, SC
Columbia, SC
47 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended University of South Carolina
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McJames | 1895 | 1901 | 178 | 537 | 87 | - | 0.162 |
| Syd Smith | 1908 | 1915 | 146 | 397 | 98 | 2 | 0.247 |
| Fritz Von Kolnitz | 1914 | 1916 | 115 | 226 | 48 | - | 0.212 |
| Ed Chaplin | 1920 | 1922 | 35 | 76 | 14 | - | 0.184 |
| Sumpter Clarke | 1920 | 1924 | 37 | 110 | 25 | - | 0.227 |
| Roxy Snipes | 1923 | 1923 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Clise Dudley | 1929 | 1933 | 125 | 173 | 32 | 3 | 0.185 |
| Dave Coble | 1939 | 1939 | 15 | 25 | 7 | - | 0.280 |
| Gary Lance | 1977 | 1977 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Garry Hancock | 1978 | 1984 | 273 | 570 | 141 | 12 | 0.247 |
| Hank Small | 1978 | 1978 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Jim Lewis | 1979 | 1985 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Jeff Twitty | 1980 | 1980 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Ed Lynch | 1980 | 1987 | 248 | 237 | 27 | - | 0.114 |
| Randy Martz | 1980 | 1983 | 69 | 79 | 13 | - | 0.165 |
| Mookie Wilson | 1980 | 1991 | 1403 | 5094 | 1397 | 67 | 0.274 |
| Greg Keatley | 1981 | 1981 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Jim Pankovits | 1984 | 1990 | 318 | 567 | 142 | 9 | 0.250 |
| Don Gordon | 1986 | 1988 | 78 | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Cook | 1986 | 1993 | 41 | - | - | - | - |
| Bill Landrum | 1986 | 1993 | 268 | 25 | 2 | - | 0.080 |
| Kent Anderson | 1989 | 1990 | 135 | 366 | 95 | 1 | 0.260 |
| Dave Hollins | 1990 | 2002 | 983 | 3346 | 870 | 112 | 0.260 |
| Brian Williams | 1991 | 2000 | 260 | 85 | 15 | - | 0.176 |
| Tripp Cromer | 1993 | 2003 | 196 | 524 | 118 | 12 | 0.225 |
| Jim Stoops | 1998 | 1998 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| D. T. Cromer | 2000 | 2001 | 85 | 104 | 32 | 7 | 0.308 |
| Adam Everett | 2001 | 2011 | 880 | 2758 | 668 | 40 | 0.242 |
| Brett Jodie | 2001 | 2001 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Brian Roberts | 2001 | 2014 | 1418 | 5531 | 1527 | 97 | 0.276 |
| Drew Meyer | 2006 | 2006 | 5 | 14 | 3 | - | 0.214 |
| Brian Buscher | 2007 | 2009 | 164 | 436 | 116 | 8 | 0.266 |
| Jon Coutlangus | 2007 | 2007 | 64 | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Pearce | 2007 | 2019 | 766 | 2256 | 572 | 91 | 0.254 |
| Billy Buckner | 2007 | 2014 | 44 | 27 | 6 | - | 0.222 |
| Lee Gronkiewicz | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Marcus McBeth | 2007 | 2007 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Kevin Melillo | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Landon Powell | 2009 | 2011 | 123 | 363 | 75 | 10 | 0.207 |
| Justin Smoak | 2010 | 2020 | 1286 | 4153 | 951 | 196 | 0.229 |
| Steven Tolleson | 2010 | 2015 | 182 | 331 | 81 | 6 | 0.245 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | 2011 | 2018 | 688 | 2159 | 578 | 64 | 0.268 |
| James Darnell | 2011 | 2012 | 25 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 0.226 |
| Sam Dyson | 2012 | 2019 | 376 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Heath Hembree | 2013 | None | 358 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Jackie Bradley | 2013 | None | 1182 | 3735 | 839 | 109 | 0.225 |
| Michael Roth | 2013 | 2016 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
University of South Carolina in the major leagues
University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) has 47 alumni in the major league record. James McJames (1895) and Michael Roth (2013) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. Brian Roberts played the most games of any alumnus, 1418. For power, Justin Smoak leads the list with 196 home runs. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Brian Roberts has the best average, .276. Gary Lance, Jim Lewis, and Jeff Twitty show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. The 2000s were the busiest decade for debuts from University of South Carolina. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include University of South Carolina Aiken, University of South Carolina Upstate, and Winthrop University. The school list is built from Lahman's record of where players played college baseball; a player who attended without playing may not appear.