Texas Christian University, TX
Fort Worth, TX
35 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended Texas Christian University
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Drucke | 1909 | 1912 | 54 | 101 | 18 | 1 | 0.178 |
| Ona Dodd | 1912 | 1912 | 5 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Claude Cooper | 1913 | 1917 | 373 | 1089 | 283 | 4 | 0.260 |
| Jim Haislip | 1913 | 1913 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pete Donohue | 1921 | 1932 | 346 | 732 | 180 | 6 | 0.246 |
| Astyanax Douglass | 1921 | 1925 | 11 | 24 | 4 | - | 0.167 |
| Boob Fowler | 1923 | 1926 | 78 | 175 | 57 | 1 | 0.326 |
| Leo Tankersley | 1925 | 1925 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Ray Wolf | 1927 | 1927 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tex Carleton | 1932 | 1940 | 298 | 540 | 100 | 6 | 0.185 |
| Harry Kinzy | 1934 | 1934 | 13 | 10 | 3 | - | 0.300 |
| Dutch Meyer | 1937 | 1946 | 286 | 994 | 262 | 10 | 0.264 |
| Randy Jackson | 1950 | 1959 | 955 | 3203 | 835 | 103 | 0.261 |
| Jim Busby | 1950 | 1962 | 1352 | 4250 | 1113 | 48 | 0.262 |
| Carl Warwick | 1961 | 1966 | 530 | 1462 | 363 | 31 | 0.248 |
| Tommy Gramly | 1968 | 1968 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Chuck Machemehl | 1971 | 1971 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | 0.500 |
| Jeff Newman | 1976 | 1984 | 735 | 2123 | 475 | 63 | 0.224 |
| Freddie Benavides | 1991 | 1994 | 219 | 534 | 135 | 4 | 0.253 |
| John Briscoe | 1991 | 1996 | 102 | - | - | - | - |
| Tim Mauser | 1991 | 1995 | 79 | 14 | 1 | - | 0.071 |
| Glenn Dishman | 1995 | 1997 | 33 | 30 | 6 | - | 0.200 |
| Chris Eddy | 1995 | 1995 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Jeff Zimmerman | 1999 | 2001 | 196 | - | - | - | - |
| Scott Atchison | 2004 | 2015 | 300 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Lance Broadway | 2007 | 2009 | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| Geno Espineli | 2008 | 2008 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| German Duran | 2008 | 2008 | 60 | 143 | 33 | 3 | 0.231 |
| Jake Arrieta | 2010 | 2021 | 289 | 382 | 63 | 6 | 0.165 |
| Andrew Cashner | 2010 | 2019 | 315 | 203 | 32 | 1 | 0.158 |
| Sam Demel | 2010 | 2012 | 72 | - | - | - | - |
| Chad Huffman | 2010 | 2017 | 21 | 32 | 7 | - | 0.219 |
| Matt Carpenter | 2011 | 2024 | 1511 | 4856 | 1257 | 179 | 0.259 |
| Bryan Holaday | 2012 | 2021 | 303 | 733 | 173 | 10 | 0.236 |
| Brandon Finnegan | 2014 | 2018 | 70 | 69 | 6 | - | 0.087 |
Texas Christian University in the major leagues
The table lists 35 major league players who played college baseball at Texas Christian University, in Fort Worth, TX. Debuts run from 1909 (Louis Drucke) to 2014 (Brandon Finnegan). Matt Carpenter played the most games of any alumnus, 1511. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Jim Busby has the best average, .262. Tommy Gramly, John Briscoe, and Chris Eddy show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. The 2010s were the busiest decade for debuts from Texas Christian University. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include Texas College, Texas State University, and Texas Tech University. College attendance comes from the Lahman database's college-playing records, which list the schools where a player's college baseball career is documented.