MLB Players Who Attended University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina, SC — 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.