Yale University, CT

New Haven, CT

26 MLB Alumni

MLB Players Who Attended Yale University

Yale University, CT — MLB Players Who Attended Yale University
Player Name Debut Year Final Year G AB H HR AVG
Al Nevin 1873 1873 13 55 11 - 0.200
George Knight 1875 1875 1 4 - - -
Sam Childs 1883 1883 1 4 - - -
Al Hubbard 1883 1883 2 6 2 - 0.333
Jack Jones 1883 1883 19 67 14 - 0.209
Edgar Smith 1883 1883 30 115 25 - 0.217
Bill Hutchison 1884 1897 384 1350 291 12 0.216
Bill Vinton 1884 1885 37 134 15 - 0.112
Yale Murphy 1894 1897 131 475 114 - 0.240
Jimmy O'Rourke 1908 1908 34 108 25 - 0.231
Barney Reilly 1909 1909 12 25 5 - 0.200
Pete Falsey 1914 1914 3 1 - - -
Spencer Pumpelly 1925 1925 1 - - - -
Bruce Caldwell 1928 1932 25 38 7 - 0.184
Johnny Broaca 1934 1939 121 254 23 - 0.091
Eddie Collins 1939 1942 132 274 66 - 0.241
Joe Wood 1944 1944 3 2 - - -
Sam Mele 1947 1956 1046 3437 916 80 0.267
Frank Quinn 1949 1950 9 6 1 - 0.167
Dick Manville 1950 1952 12 2 1 - 0.500
Dick Tettelbach 1955 1957 29 80 12 1 0.150
Bob Davis 1958 1960 29 10 2 - 0.200
Ken MacKenzie 1960 1965 129 36 4 - 0.111
Ron Darling 1983 1995 402 526 76 2 0.144
Craig Breslow 2005 2017 576 4 - - -
Ryan Lavarnway 2011 2021 165 447 97 9 0.217

Yale University in the major leagues

Yale University (New Haven, CT) has 26 alumni in the major league record. Al Nevin (1873) and Ryan Lavarnway (2011) mark the earliest and latest debuts on the list. The games column peaks with Sam Mele at 1046. Among alumni with long careers at the plate, Sam Mele has the best average, .267. Spencer Pumpelly show dashes in the batting columns because the table lists hitting only. More of the school's major leaguers debuted in the 1880s than in any other decade. Nearby on the site: Central Connecticut State University, Eastern Connecticut State University, and Fairfield University, also in CT. The school list is built from Lahman's record of where players played college baseball; a player who attended without playing may not appear.