University of Virginia, VA

Charlottesville, VA

32 MLB Alumni

MLB Players Who Attended University of Virginia

University of Virginia, VA — MLB Players Who Attended University of Virginia
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Andy Sommerville 1894 1894 1 - - - -
Walter Curley 1899 1899 10 37 4 - 0.108
Dave Wills 1899 1899 24 94 21 - 0.223
Bill Mellor 1902 1902 10 36 13 - 0.361
Nick Carter 1908 1908 14 20 2 - 0.100
Jack Dalton 1910 1916 345 1163 333 4 0.286
Eppa Rixey 1912 1933 694 1522 291 3 0.191
Doug Neff 1914 1915 33 62 10 - 0.161
Mul Holland 1926 1929 13 6 2 - 0.333
Bill Deitrick 1927 1928 57 106 21 - 0.198
Buck Rogers 1935 1935 2 3 - - -
Bill Harman 1941 1941 15 14 1 - 0.071
Mel Roach 1953 1962 227 499 119 7 0.238
Joe Hicks 1959 1963 212 416 92 12 0.221
Mike Cubbage 1974 1981 703 1951 503 34 0.258
Ricky Horton 1984 1990 328 110 12 - 0.109
Bob Malloy 1987 1990 3 - - - -
Doug Johns 1995 1999 116 3 2 - 0.667
Seth Greisinger 1998 2005 42 6 1 - 0.167
Frank Lankford 1998 1998 12 2 - - -
Pat Daneker 1999 1999 3 2 - - -
Brian Buchanan 2000 2004 346 767 198 32 0.258
Javier Lopez 2003 2016 839 12 1 - 0.083
Ryan Zimmerman 2005 2021 1799 6654 1846 284 0.277
Joe Koshansky 2007 2008 35 50 9 3 0.180
Mark Reynolds 2007 2019 1688 5432 1283 298 0.236
Brandon Guyer 2011 2018 518 1291 323 32 0.250
Michael Schwimer 2011 2012 47 1 - - -
Sean Doolittle 2012 2022 464 4 - - -
David Adams 2013 2013 43 140 27 2 0.193
Philip Gosselin 2013 2022 497 1108 281 17 0.254
Kyle Crockett 2014 2018 123 - - - -

University of Virginia in the major leagues

The table lists 32 major league players who played college baseball at University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, VA. The first of them to reach the majors was Andy Sommerville in 1894; the most recent debut belongs to Kyle Crockett, in 2014. By games played, the longest career belongs to Ryan Zimmerman, with 1799. Mark Reynolds hit the most home runs, 298. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Jack Dalton has the best average, .286. Andy Sommerville, Bob Malloy, and Kyle Crockett show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. The 2010s were the busiest decade for debuts from University of Virginia. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Military Institute, and Virginia Normal & Industrial Institute. The school list is built from Lahman's record of where players played college baseball; a player who attended without playing may not appear.