Vanderbilt University, TN
Nashville, TN
24 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended Vanderbilt University
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Collins | 1913 | 1914 | 43 | 38 | 10 | - | 0.263 |
| Scrappy Moore | 1917 | 1917 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | 0.125 |
| Slim Embry | 1923 | 1923 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Harvey Hendrick | 1923 | 1934 | 922 | 2910 | 896 | 48 | 0.308 |
| Mal Moss | 1930 | 1930 | 12 | 11 | 3 | - | 0.273 |
| Rip Sewell | 1932 | 1949 | 423 | 750 | 152 | 6 | 0.203 |
| Mike Willis | 1977 | 1981 | 144 | - | - | - | - |
| Scott Sanderson | 1978 | 1996 | 473 | 474 | 46 | 2 | 0.097 |
| Scotti Madison | 1985 | 1989 | 71 | 166 | 27 | 1 | 0.163 |
| Joey Cora | 1987 | 1998 | 1119 | 3734 | 1035 | 30 | 0.277 |
| Josh Paul | 1999 | 2007 | 321 | 713 | 174 | 10 | 0.244 |
| Mark Prior | 2002 | 2006 | 108 | 204 | 41 | 1 | 0.201 |
| Matt Kata | 2003 | 2009 | 278 | 695 | 166 | 12 | 0.239 |
| Jeremy Sowers | 2006 | 2009 | 72 | 4 | 1 | - | 0.250 |
| Jensen Lewis | 2007 | 2010 | 161 | 1 | - | - | - |
| David Price | 2008 | 2022 | 400 | 65 | 8 | - | 0.123 |
| Mike Baxter | 2010 | 2015 | 232 | 417 | 95 | 4 | 0.228 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 2010 | 2018 | 910 | 2980 | 704 | 162 | 0.236 |
| Mike Minor | 2010 | 2022 | 296 | 217 | 25 | 2 | 0.115 |
| Antoan Richardson | 2011 | 2014 | 22 | 20 | 7 | - | 0.350 |
| Ryan Flaherty | 2012 | 2019 | 547 | 1324 | 284 | 37 | 0.215 |
| Josh Zeid | 2013 | 2014 | 48 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Nick Christiani | 2013 | 2014 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sonny Gray | 2013 | None | 342 | 99 | 14 | - | 0.141 |
Vanderbilt University in the major leagues
24 players on this page went from Vanderbilt University to the majors. Debuts run from 1913 (Wilson Collins) to 2013 (Sonny Gray). The games column peaks with Joey Cora at 1119. For power, Pedro Alvarez leads the list with 162 home runs. The best career average among regular hitters is .308, by Harvey Hendrick. Slim Embry and Mike Willis show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 2010s than in any other decade. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include Volunteer State Community College, Walden University, and Washington College. Only schools where a player's college baseball is documented in the Lahman database appear here.