West Virginia University, WV
Morgantown, WV
22 MLB Alumni
MLB Players Who Attended West Virginia University
| Player Name | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Hewitt | 1895 | 1895 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | 0.167 |
| Charlie Hickman | 1897 | 1908 | 1081 | 3982 | 1176 | 59 | 0.295 |
| Ed Kenna | 1902 | 1902 | 2 | 8 | 1 | - | 0.125 |
| Gene Curtis | 1903 | 1903 | 5 | 19 | 8 | - | 0.421 |
| Bull Smith | 1904 | 1906 | 14 | 43 | 6 | - | 0.140 |
| Buck Washer | 1905 | 1905 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Larry McClure | 1910 | 1910 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Frank Barron | 1914 | 1914 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Skeeter Shelton | 1915 | 1915 | 10 | 40 | 1 | - | 0.025 |
| John Woods | 1924 | 1924 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Babe Barna | 1937 | 1943 | 207 | 664 | 154 | 12 | 0.232 |
| George Freese | 1953 | 1961 | 61 | 187 | 48 | 3 | 0.257 |
| Jim Heise | 1957 | 1957 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Paul Popovich | 1964 | 1975 | 682 | 1732 | 403 | 14 | 0.233 |
| Bucky Guth | 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Darrell Whitmore | 1993 | 1995 | 112 | 330 | 67 | 5 | 0.203 |
| Joe Hudson | 1995 | 1998 | 102 | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Kline | 1997 | 2007 | 796 | 14 | 2 | - | 0.143 |
| Scott Seabol | 2001 | 2005 | 60 | 106 | 23 | 1 | 0.217 |
| Dustin Nippert | 2005 | 2010 | 119 | 9 | 1 | - | 0.111 |
| David Carpenter | 2011 | 2019 | 223 | 5 | 1 | - | 0.200 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 2013 | 2020 | 847 | 2693 | 659 | 121 | 0.245 |
West Virginia University in the major leagues
West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) has 22 alumni in the major league record. Jake Hewitt (1895) and Jedd Gyorko (2013) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. Charlie Hickman played the most games of any alumnus, 1081. Jedd Gyorko hit the most home runs, 121. The best career average among regular hitters is .295, by Charlie Hickman. Rows with no batting line, such as Frank Barron, John Woods, and Joe Hudson, are players who did not bat in the majors, most of them pitchers. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1900s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: West Virginia Wesleyan College, Bethany College, and Bluefield State College, also in WV. The school list is built from Lahman's record of where players played college baseball; a player who attended without playing may not appear.