Temple University, PA

Philadelphia, PA

10 MLB Alumni

MLB Players Who Attended Temple University

Temple University, PA — MLB Players Who Attended Temple University
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Bill Patton 1935 1935 9 10 3 - 0.300
Harry Shuman 1942 1944 30 3 - - -
Andy Tomasic 1949 1949 2 1 - - -
Dick Gernert 1952 1962 835 2493 632 103 0.254
Purnal Goldy 1962 1963 29 78 18 3 0.231
Joe Kerrigan 1976 1980 131 10 - - -
Pete Filson 1982 1990 148 - - - -
John Marzano 1987 1998 301 794 191 11 0.241
Jeff Manto 1990 2000 289 713 164 31 0.230
Bobby Higginson 1995 2005 1362 4910 1336 187 0.272

Temple University in the major leagues

The table lists 10 major league players who played college baseball at Temple University, in Philadelphia, PA. Bill Patton (1935) and Bobby Higginson (1995) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. The games column peaks with Bobby Higginson at 1362. The best career average among regular hitters is .272, by Bobby Higginson. Pete Filson show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1940s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: Thiel College, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Pittsburgh, also in PA. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.