MLB Players Who Attended University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee, TN — 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.