University of Texas at Austin, TX
Austin, TX
107 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended University of Texas at Austin
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Morris | 1908 | 1908 | 23 | 73 | 13 | - | 0.178 |
| Bob Cone | 1915 | 1915 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Massey | 1917 | 1917 | 31 | 91 | 18 | - | 0.198 |
| Bibb Falk | 1920 | 1931 | 1353 | 4652 | 1463 | 69 | 0.314 |
| Howard Fitzgerald | 1922 | 1926 | 48 | 140 | 36 | - | 0.257 |
| Chet Falk | 1925 | 1927 | 45 | 44 | 12 | - | 0.273 |
| Horace Kibbie | 1925 | 1925 | 11 | 41 | 11 | - | 0.268 |
| Heinie Odom | 1925 | 1925 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1.000 |
| Les Cox | 1926 | 1926 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 0.500 |
| Neal Baker | 1927 | 1927 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | 0.167 |
| Howie Williamson | 1928 | 1928 | 10 | 9 | 2 | - | 0.222 |
| Pinky Higgins | 1930 | 1946 | 1802 | 6636 | 1941 | 140 | 0.292 |
| Tom Hughes | 1930 | 1930 | 17 | 59 | 22 | - | 0.373 |
| Ox Eckhardt | 1932 | 1936 | 24 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 0.192 |
| Marty Hopkins | 1934 | 1935 | 136 | 379 | 80 | 4 | 0.211 |
| Pat Ankenman | 1936 | 1944 | 15 | 29 | 7 | - | 0.241 |
| Red Barkley | 1937 | 1943 | 63 | 163 | 43 | - | 0.264 |
| Ernie Koy | 1938 | 1942 | 558 | 1846 | 515 | 36 | 0.279 |
| Dick Midkiff | 1938 | 1938 | 13 | 10 | 2 | - | 0.200 |
| Mel Preibisch | 1940 | 1941 | 16 | 44 | 9 | - | 0.205 |
| Norm Branch | 1941 | 1942 | 37 | 13 | 1 | - | 0.077 |
| Jack Conway | 1941 | 1948 | 128 | 359 | 80 | 1 | 0.223 |
| Tex Hughson | 1941 | 1949 | 225 | 447 | 53 | - | 0.119 |
| Mel Deutsch | 1946 | 1946 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Grady Hatton | 1946 | 1960 | 1312 | 4206 | 1068 | 91 | 0.254 |
| Pete Layden | 1948 | 1948 | 41 | 104 | 26 | - | 0.250 |
| Randy Jackson | 1950 | 1959 | 955 | 3203 | 835 | 103 | 0.261 |
| Murray Wall | 1950 | 1959 | 91 | 46 | 5 | - | 0.109 |
| Tom Hamilton | 1952 | 1953 | 67 | 66 | 13 | - | 0.197 |
| Kal Segrist | 1952 | 1955 | 20 | 32 | 4 | - | 0.125 |
| Charlie Gorin | 1954 | 1955 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Harry Taylor | 1957 | 1957 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 0.250 |
| Howie Reed | 1958 | 1971 | 229 | 91 | 6 | 1 | 0.066 |
| Max Alvis | 1962 | 1970 | 1013 | 3629 | 895 | 111 | 0.247 |
| Wayne Graham | 1963 | 1964 | 30 | 55 | 7 | - | 0.127 |
| Bill Bethea | 1964 | 1964 | 10 | 30 | 5 | - | 0.167 |
| Bart Shirley | 1964 | 1968 | 75 | 162 | 33 | - | 0.204 |
| Chuck Hartenstein | 1965 | 1977 | 188 | 37 | 2 | - | 0.054 |
| Joe Hague | 1968 | 1973 | 430 | 1195 | 286 | 40 | 0.239 |
| Gary Moore | 1970 | 1970 | 7 | 16 | 3 | - | 0.188 |
| Burt Hooton | 1971 | 1985 | 481 | 748 | 92 | 4 | 0.123 |
| Dave Chalk | 1973 | 1981 | 903 | 2910 | 733 | 15 | 0.252 |
| Mike Beard | 1974 | 1977 | 74 | 10 | 1 | - | 0.100 |
| Larry Hardy | 1974 | 1976 | 94 | 12 | - | - | - |
| Jim Gideon | 1975 | 1975 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Ken Pape | 1976 | 1976 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0.217 |
| Bobby Cuellar | 1977 | 1977 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Keith Moreland | 1978 | 1989 | 1306 | 4581 | 1279 | 121 | 0.279 |
| Karl Pagel | 1978 | 1983 | 48 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 0.232 |
| Rich Wortham | 1978 | 1983 | 84 | - | - | - | - |
| Tony Brizzolara | 1979 | 1984 | 44 | 42 | 1 | - | 0.024 |
| Jerry Don Gleaton | 1979 | 1992 | 307 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Bob Kearney | 1979 | 1987 | 479 | 1356 | 316 | 27 | 0.233 |
| Don Kainer | 1980 | 1980 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Ron Gardenhire | 1981 | 1985 | 285 | 710 | 165 | 4 | 0.232 |
| Andre Robertson | 1981 | 1985 | 254 | 724 | 182 | 5 | 0.251 |
| Keith Creel | 1982 | 1987 | 55 | - | - | - | - |
| Ricky Wright | 1982 | 1986 | 57 | 8 | 1 | - | 0.125 |
| Jim Acker | 1983 | 1992 | 467 | 54 | 9 | - | 0.167 |
| Spike Owen | 1983 | 1995 | 1544 | 4930 | 1211 | 46 | 0.246 |
| Roger Clemens | 1984 | 2007 | 709 | 179 | 31 | - | 0.173 |
| Calvin Schiraldi | 1984 | 1991 | 235 | 108 | 12 | 2 | 0.111 |
| Jeff Hearron | 1985 | 1986 | 16 | 30 | 6 | - | 0.200 |
| Tony Arnold | 1986 | 1987 | 38 | - | - | - | - |
| Bruce Ruffin | 1986 | 1997 | 469 | 295 | 24 | - | 0.081 |
| Greg Swindell | 1986 | 2002 | 665 | 245 | 46 | - | 0.188 |
| Mike Brumley | 1987 | 1995 | 295 | 635 | 131 | 3 | 0.206 |
| Mike Capel | 1988 | 1991 | 49 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Dennis Cook | 1988 | 2002 | 669 | 110 | 29 | 2 | 0.264 |
| Billy Bates | 1989 | 1990 | 29 | 48 | 6 | - | 0.125 |
| Scott Coolbaugh | 1989 | 1994 | 167 | 432 | 93 | 8 | 0.215 |
| Rusty Richards | 1989 | 1990 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Rick Parker | 1990 | 1996 | 163 | 225 | 55 | 2 | 0.244 |
| Jose Tolentino | 1991 | 1991 | 44 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 0.259 |
| Kirk Dressendorfer | 1991 | 1991 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Petkovsek | 1991 | 2001 | 390 | 87 | 14 | - | 0.161 |
| Shane Reynolds | 1992 | 2004 | 306 | 546 | 77 | 5 | 0.141 |
| Todd Haney | 1992 | 1998 | 101 | 205 | 50 | 3 | 0.244 |
| Scott Fredrickson | 1993 | 1993 | 25 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Tim Belk | 1996 | 1996 | 7 | 15 | 3 | - | 0.200 |
| Brooks Kieschnick | 1996 | 2004 | 260 | 306 | 76 | 16 | 0.248 |
| Shane Halter | 1997 | 2004 | 690 | 1899 | 468 | 45 | 0.246 |
| Stephen Larkin | 1998 | 1998 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 0.333 |
| Calvin Murray | 1999 | 2004 | 288 | 633 | 146 | 8 | 0.231 |
| J. D. Smart | 1999 | 2001 | 44 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Jose Flores | 2002 | 2004 | 16 | 7 | 1 | - | 0.143 |
| Steve Randolph | 2003 | 2007 | 111 | 15 | 5 | - | 0.333 |
| Scott Dunn | 2004 | 2006 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Brad Halsey | 2004 | 2006 | 88 | 50 | 4 | - | 0.080 |
| Phil Seibel | 2004 | 2004 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| J. P. Howell | 2005 | 2017 | 547 | 13 | 2 | - | 0.154 |
| Omar Quintanilla | 2005 | 2014 | 402 | 1035 | 228 | 8 | 0.220 |
| Huston Street | 2005 | 2017 | 668 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Brandon Fahey | 2006 | 2008 | 189 | 411 | 92 | 2 | 0.224 |
| Curtis Thigpen | 2007 | 2008 | 57 | 118 | 27 | 1 | 0.229 |
| Michael Hollimon | 2008 | 2008 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0.261 |
| Geno Espineli | 2008 | 2008 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| Taylor Teagarden | 2008 | 2015 | 180 | 510 | 103 | 21 | 0.202 |
| Drew Stubbs | 2009 | 2017 | 911 | 2834 | 687 | 92 | 0.242 |
| James Russell | 2010 | 2016 | 394 | 16 | 1 | - | 0.062 |
| Brandon Belt | 2011 | None | 1413 | 4729 | 1232 | 194 | 0.261 |
| Chance Ruffin | 2011 | 2013 | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| Jordan Danks | 2012 | 2015 | 184 | 348 | 78 | 8 | 0.224 |
| Josh Prince | 2013 | 2013 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | 0.125 |
| Cameron Rupp | 2013 | 2017 | 296 | 1027 | 240 | 39 | 0.234 |
| Brandon Workman | 2013 | 2021 | 238 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Corey Knebel | 2014 | 2022 | 312 | 2 | - | - | - |
University of Texas at Austin in the major leagues
The table lists 107 major league players who played college baseball at University of Texas at Austin, in Austin, TX. Walter Morris (1908) and Corey Knebel (2014) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. Pinky Higgins played the most games of any alumnus, 1802. Brandon Belt hit the most home runs, 194. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Bibb Falk has the best average, .314. Bob Cone, Jim Gideon, and Bobby Cuellar show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1980s than in any other decade. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include University of Texas at El Paso, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, and Vernon College. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.