University of Wisconsin at Madison, WI

Madison, WI

23 MLB Alumni

MLB Players Who Attended University of Wisconsin at Madison

University of Wisconsin at Madison, WI — MLB Players Who Attended University of Wisconsin at Madison
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
George Davies 1891 1893 46 142 27 - 0.190
Frank Dillon 1899 1904 312 1181 298 1 0.252
Bert Husting 1900 1902 71 183 33 1 0.180
Clay Perry 1908 1908 7 17 2 - 0.118
Fred Liese 1910 1910 5 4 - - -
Bob Allen 1919 1919 9 22 3 - 0.136
Bob Poser 1932 1935 9 7 1 - 0.143
Milt Bocek 1933 1934 30 60 16 1 0.267
Johnny Gerlach 1938 1939 12 27 9 - 0.333
Cy Buker 1945 1945 42 16 3 - 0.188
Red Wilson 1951 1960 602 1765 455 24 0.258
Harvey Kuenn 1952 1966 1833 6913 2092 87 0.303
Thornton Kipper 1953 1955 55 16 2 - 0.125
Hal Raether 1954 1957 2 - - - -
Stu Locklin 1955 1956 25 24 4 - 0.167
John DeMerit 1957 1962 93 132 23 3 0.174
Jim O'Toole 1958 1967 271 538 67 - 0.125
Rick Reichardt 1964 1974 997 3307 864 116 0.261
Greg Mahlberg 1978 1979 8 18 2 1 0.111
Mike Hart 1984 1987 47 105 17 4 0.162
Paul Quantrill 1992 2005 841 67 7 - 0.104
Lance Painter 1993 2003 315 65 10 - 0.154
Rodney Myers 1996 2004 167 18 3 - 0.167

University of Wisconsin at Madison in the major leagues

The table lists 23 major league players who played college baseball at University of Wisconsin at Madison, in Madison, WI. The first of them to reach the majors was George Davies in 1891; the most recent debut belongs to Rodney Myers, in 1996. Harvey Kuenn played the most games of any alumnus, 1833. Rick Reichardt hit the most home runs, 116. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Harvey Kuenn has the best average, .303. Rows with no batting line, such as Hal Raether, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1950s than in any other decade. Other schools in the same state with major league alumni include University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, and University of Wisconsin at Superior. College attendance comes from the Lahman database's college-playing records, which list the schools where a player's college baseball career is documented.