University of California - Riverside, CA

University of California - Riverside in the major leagues

17 players on this page went from University of California - Riverside to the majors. John Lowenstein (1970) and Joe Kelly (2012) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. By games played, the longest career belongs to John Lowenstein, with 1368. The best career average among regular hitters is .253, by John Lowenstein. Rows with no batting line, such as Curt Wardle, Rick Rodriguez, and Calvin Jones, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. 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 California - San Diego, University of California - Santa Barbara, and University of La Verne. College attendance comes from the Lahman database's college-playing records, which list the schools where a player's college baseball career is documented.