University of Pennsylvania, PA
Philadelphia, PA
34 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended University of Pennsylvania
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Wagenhorst | 1888 | 1888 | 2 | 8 | 1 | - | 0.125 |
| Sumner Bowman | 1890 | 1891 | 25 | 94 | 25 | - | 0.266 |
| Tom Cahill | 1891 | 1891 | 119 | 430 | 109 | 3 | 0.253 |
| Jack Darragh | 1891 | 1891 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 0.500 |
| Mark McGrillis | 1892 | 1892 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Andy Boswell | 1895 | 1895 | 12 | 30 | 7 | - | 0.233 |
| Dan Coogan | 1895 | 1895 | 26 | 77 | 17 | - | 0.221 |
| Billy Goeckel | 1899 | 1899 | 37 | 141 | 37 | - | 0.262 |
| Roy Thomas | 1899 | 1911 | 1470 | 5296 | 1537 | 7 | 0.290 |
| Ralph Caldwell | 1904 | 1905 | 13 | 33 | 8 | - | 0.242 |
| Frank Leary | 1907 | 1907 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Si Pauxtis | 1909 | 1909 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | 0.125 |
| Steve Yerkes | 1909 | 1916 | 711 | 2521 | 676 | 6 | 0.268 |
| Toots Shultz | 1911 | 1912 | 28 | 29 | 7 | - | 0.241 |
| Harry Imlay | 1913 | 1913 | 9 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Pi Schwert | 1914 | 1915 | 12 | 24 | 5 | - | 0.208 |
| Ad Swigler | 1917 | 1917 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Walter Bernhardt | 1918 | 1918 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Joe Berry | 1921 | 1922 | 15 | 6 | 2 | - | 0.333 |
| Bill Warwick | 1921 | 1926 | 23 | 56 | 17 | 1 | 0.304 |
| Walt Huntzinger | 1923 | 1926 | 60 | 36 | 6 | - | 0.167 |
| Doc Farrell | 1925 | 1935 | 591 | 1799 | 467 | 10 | 0.260 |
| Overton Tremper | 1927 | 1928 | 36 | 91 | 20 | - | 0.220 |
| Gene Connell | 1931 | 1931 | 6 | 12 | 3 | - | 0.250 |
| Walt Masters | 1931 | 1939 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Jim Peterson | 1931 | 1937 | 41 | 29 | 5 | - | 0.172 |
| John Jackson | 1933 | 1933 | 10 | 21 | 3 | - | 0.143 |
| Red Kellett | 1934 | 1934 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Bert Kuczynski | 1943 | 1943 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Jerry McCarthy | 1948 | 1948 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 0.333 |
| Grover Powell | 1963 | 1963 | 20 | 10 | 2 | - | 0.200 |
| Steve Adkins | 1990 | 1990 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Doug Glanville | 1996 | 2004 | 1115 | 3964 | 1100 | 59 | 0.277 |
| Mark DeRosa | 1998 | 2013 | 1241 | 3633 | 975 | 100 | 0.268 |
University of Pennsylvania in the major leagues
34 players on this page went from University of Pennsylvania to the majors. The first of them to reach the majors was Woody Wagenhorst in 1888; the most recent debut belongs to Mark DeRosa, in 1998. The games column peaks with Roy Thomas at 1470. For power, Mark DeRosa leads the list with 100 home runs. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Roy Thomas has the best average, .290. Rows with no batting line, such as Walter Bernhardt and Steve Adkins, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. The 1890s were the busiest decade for debuts from University of Pennsylvania. Nearby on the site: University of Pittsburgh, University of Scranton, and Ursinus College, also in PA. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.