University of Connecticut

MLB Players Who Attended University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut, CT — MLB Players Who Attended University of Connecticut
Player Name	Debut Year	Final Year	G	AB	H	HR	AVG
Walt Dropo	1949	1961	1288	4124	1113	152	0.270
Moe Morhardt	1961	1962	25	34	7	-	0.206
Rollie Sheldon	1961	1966	161	209	20	-	0.096
Gary Waslewski	1967	1972	157	88	4	-	0.045
Charles Nagy	1990	2003	320	19	2	-	0.105
Roberto Hernandez	1991	2007	1010	2	1	-	0.500
Pete Walker	1995	2006	144	1	-	-	-
Jason Grabowski	2002	2005	190	301	59	11	0.196
Jeff Fulchino	2006	2011	163	4	1	-	0.250
Brian Esposito	2007	2010	3	3	-	-	-
Jesse Carlson	2008	2010	162	-	-	-	-
Mike Olt	2012	2015	135	352	59	16	0.168
Bob Schaefer	None	None	-	-	-	-	-

University of Connecticut in the major leagues

13 players on this page went from University of Connecticut to the majors. The first of them to reach the majors was Walt Dropo in 1949; the most recent debut belongs to Mike Olt, in 2012. The games column peaks with Walt Dropo at 1288. The best career average among regular hitters is .270, by Walt Dropo. Jesse Carlson and Bob Schaefer show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 2000s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: University of Connecticut at Avery Point, University of Hartford, and University of New Haven, also in CT. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.