University of Tennessee, TN
Knoxville, TN
41 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended University of Tennessee
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| War Sanders | 1903 | 1904 | 12 | 21 | 1 | - | 0.048 |
| Bill McAllester | 1913 | 1913 | 49 | 85 | 13 | - | 0.153 |
| Mark Stewart | 1913 | 1913 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Hank DeBerry | 1916 | 1930 | 648 | 1850 | 494 | 11 | 0.267 |
| Red Massey | 1918 | 1918 | 66 | 203 | 59 | - | 0.291 |
| Frank Callaway | 1921 | 1922 | 43 | 98 | 25 | - | 0.255 |
| Hunter Lane | 1924 | 1924 | 7 | 15 | 1 | - | 0.067 |
| Ben Cantwell | 1927 | 1937 | 340 | 503 | 116 | - | 0.231 |
| Tommy Bridges | 1930 | 1946 | 424 | 1003 | 181 | - | 0.180 |
| Bernie Walter | 1930 | 1930 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Pat McGlothin | 1949 | 1950 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Ed Bailey | 1953 | 1966 | 1212 | 3581 | 915 | 155 | 0.256 |
| Don Williams | 1958 | 1962 | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | 0.250 |
| Joe McClain | 1961 | 1962 | 43 | 75 | 15 | - | 0.200 |
| Sam Ewing | 1973 | 1978 | 167 | 361 | 92 | 6 | 0.255 |
| Phil Garner | 1973 | 1988 | 1860 | 6136 | 1594 | 109 | 0.260 |
| Rick Honeycutt | 1977 | 1997 | 801 | 182 | 24 | - | 0.132 |
| Mike Smithson | 1982 | 1989 | 240 | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Searcy | 1988 | 1992 | 70 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Rich DeLucia | 1990 | 1999 | 320 | 14 | 3 | - | 0.214 |
| Rich Rodriguez | 1990 | 2003 | 610 | 28 | 3 | - | 0.107 |
| Greg McMichael | 1993 | 2000 | 453 | 15 | 2 | - | 0.133 |
| Joe Randa | 1995 | 2006 | 1522 | 5428 | 1543 | 123 | 0.284 |
| Alan Cockrell | 1996 | 1996 | 9 | 8 | 2 | - | 0.250 |
| Mike Difelice | 1996 | 2008 | 550 | 1558 | 368 | 28 | 0.236 |
| Bronson Heflin | 1996 | 1996 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Todd Helton | 1997 | 2013 | 2247 | 7962 | 2519 | 369 | 0.316 |
| Bubba Trammell | 1997 | 2003 | 584 | 1798 | 469 | 82 | 0.261 |
| Mike Lincoln | 1999 | 2010 | 263 | 15 | 1 | - | 0.067 |
| Augie Ojeda | 2000 | 2010 | 502 | 1062 | 249 | 7 | 0.234 |
| R. A. Dickey | 2001 | 2017 | 402 | 267 | 45 | - | 0.169 |
| Luke Hudson | 2002 | 2007 | 60 | 41 | 10 | - | 0.244 |
| Chris Burke | 2004 | 2009 | 477 | 1267 | 303 | 23 | 0.239 |
| Jordan De Jong | 2007 | 2007 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Chase Headley | 2007 | 2018 | 1436 | 5088 | 1337 | 130 | 0.263 |
| Luke Hochevar | 2007 | 2016 | 280 | 16 | 1 | - | 0.062 |
| Julio Borbon | 2009 | 2016 | 294 | 802 | 219 | 8 | 0.273 |
| J. P. Arencibia | 2010 | 2015 | 467 | 1573 | 333 | 80 | 0.212 |
| Josh Lindblom | 2011 | 2021 | 134 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Yan Gomes | 2012 | None | 1118 | 3756 | 923 | 137 | 0.246 |
| Deunte Heath | 2012 | 2013 | 8 | - | - | - | - |
University of Tennessee in the major leagues
41 players on this page went from University of Tennessee to the majors. The first of them to reach the majors was War Sanders in 1903; the most recent debut belongs to Deunte Heath, in 2012. The games column peaks with Todd Helton at 2247. The best career average among regular hitters is .316, by Todd Helton. Rows with no batting line, such as Bernie Walter, Mike Smithson, and Bronson Heflin, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. The 1990s were the busiest decade for debuts from University of Tennessee. Nearby on the site: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and University of the South, also in TN. The school list is built from Lahman's record of where players played college baseball; a player who attended without playing may not appear.