Ohio State, Oregon Players In MLB
In honor of the National Championship game, we take a look at the Major Leaguers who played college baseball at The Ohio State University and the University of Oregon.
Ohio State has a significant advantage in numbers and All-Stars, in part because Oregon didn’t field a baseball team between 1983 and 2009 (on account of being un-American). Though Oregon does have a Hall of Famer.
Here are the top 10 batters and top 10 pitchers for each school.
First Ohio State:
| Rk | Name | Yrs | ASG | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR ▾ | RBI | SB | BB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Howard | 16 | 4 | 864 | 1774 | 245 | 35 | 382 | 1119 | 8 | 782 | .273 | .352 | .499 | .851 |
| 2 | Nick Swisher | 11 | 1 | 791 | 1295 | 298 | 11 | 239 | 778 | 13 | 782 | .251 | .353 | .453 | .806 |
| 3 | Larry Hisle | 14 | 2 | 652 | 1146 | 193 | 32 | 166 | 674 | 128 | 462 | .273 | .347 | .452 | .799 |
| 4 | Don Hurst | 7 | 0 | 510 | 976 | 190 | 28 | 115 | 610 | 41 | 391 | .298 | .375 | .478 | .854 |
| 5 | Johnny Edwards | 14 | 3 | 430 | 1106 | 202 | 32 | 81 | 524 | 15 | 465 | .242 | .311 | .353 | .664 |
| 6 | Barry Bonnell | 10 | 0 | 363 | 833 | 143 | 24 | 56 | 355 | 64 | 229 | .272 | .323 | .389 | .712 |
| 7 | Rick Renick | 5 | 0 | 71 | 122 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 71 | 0 | 63 | .221 | .302 | .373 | .674 |
| 8 | Pat Crawford | 4 | 0 | 75 | 182 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 104 | 4 | 60 | .280 | .344 | .372 | .716 |
| 9 | Bill Sharp | 4 | 0 | 122 | 281 | 52 | 8 | 9 | 95 | 3 | 75 | .255 | .304 | .341 | .644 |
| 10 | Pat McNulty | 5 | 0 | 132 | 238 | 36 | 9 | 6 | 84 | 22 | 98 | .290 | .368 | .378 | .746 |
| School Totals | 250 | 10 | 4543 | 9122 | 1548 | 217 | 1104 | 4789 | 373 | 3768 | .257 | .330 | .406 | .737 |
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| Rk | Name | Yrs | From | To | ASG | W ▾ | L | G | GS | SHO | SV | IP | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Burba | 15 | 1990 | 2004 | 0 | 115 | 87 | 4.49 | 511 | 234 | 1 | 3 | 1777.2 | 1398 |
| 2 | Jake Miller | 9 | 1924 | 1933 | 0 | 60 | 58 | 4.09 | 200 | 139 | 8 | 2 | 1069.2 | 305 |
| 3 | Joe Sparma | 7 | 1964 | 1970 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 3.94 | 183 | 142 | 10 | 0 | 864.2 | 586 |
| 4 | Steve Arlin | 6 | 1969 | 1974 | 0 | 34 | 67 | 4.33 | 141 | 123 | 11 | 1 | 788.2 | 463 |
| 5 | Fred Scherman | 8 | 1969 | 1976 | 0 | 33 | 26 | 3.66 | 346 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 536.1 | 297 |
| 6 | Galen Cisco | 7 | 1961 | 1969 | 0 | 25 | 56 | 4.56 | 192 | 78 | 3 | 2 | 659.0 | 325 |
| 7 | Rasty Wright | 5 | 1917 | 1923 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 4.05 | 109 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 451.0 | 114 |
| 8 | Johnny Stuart | 4 | 1922 | 1925 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 4.76 | 82 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 357.2 | 124 |
| 9 | George Spencer | 8 | 1950 | 1960 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 4.05 | 122 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 251.1 | 82 |
| 10 | Doc Reisling | 4 | 1904 | 1910 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 2.45 | 49 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 311.2 | 100 |
| School Totals | 125 | 1896 | 2014 | 1 | 439 | 478 | 4.30 | 2488 | 946 | 39 | 74 | 8244.1 | 4451 |
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Now Oregon:
| Rk | Name | Yrs | ASG | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR ▾ | RBI | SB | BB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Gordon HOF | 11 | 9 | 914 | 1530 | 264 | 52 | 253 | 975 | 89 | 759 | .268 | .357 | .466 | .822 |
| 2 | Dave Roberts | 10 | 0 | 194 | 483 | 77 | 7 | 49 | 208 | 27 | 128 | .239 | .286 | .357 | .644 |
| 3 | Earl Averill | 7 | 0 | 137 | 249 | 41 | 0 | 44 | 159 | 3 | 162 | .242 | .346 | .409 | .755 |
| 4 | Carson Bigbee | 11 | 0 | 629 | 1205 | 139 | 75 | 17 | 324 | 182 | 344 | .287 | .345 | .369 | .713 |
| 5 | Gordon Slade | 6 | 0 | 147 | 353 | 60 | 11 | 8 | 123 | 12 | 84 | .257 | .307 | .335 | .641 |
| 6 | Howie Fox | 9 | 0 | 29 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 9 | .189 | .214 | .238 | .452 |
| 7 | Dick Whitman | 6 | 0 | 93 | 165 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 67 | 10 | 51 | .259 | .316 | .335 | .652 |
| 8 | Lyle Bigbee | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | .182 | .276 | .247 | .523 |
| 9 | Tom Dodd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .375 | .462 | .837 |
| 10 | Byron Houck | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | .114 | .153 | .166 | .319 |
| School Totals | 95 | 9 | 2278 | 4375 | 674 | 157 | 380 | 1977 | 331 | 1635 | .261 | .330 | .389 | .719 |
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| Rk | Name | Yrs | From | To | ASG | W | L | G | GS | SHO | SV | IP | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Baker | 4 | 1978 | 1983 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 5.13 | 84 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 237.0 | 131 |
| 2 | Curt Barclay | 3 | 1957 | 1959 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 3.48 | 44 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 199.1 | 73 |
| 3 | Lyle Bigbee | 2 | 1920 | 1921 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.96 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 13 |
| 4 | Jim Dickson | 4 | 1963 | 1966 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4.36 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 142.1 | 86 |
| 5 | Howie Fox | 9 | 1944 | 1954 | 0 | 43 | 72 | 4.33 | 248 | 132 | 5 | 6 | 1108.1 | 342 |
| 6 | Byron Houck | 4 | 1912 | 1918 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 3.30 | 118 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 531.1 | 224 |
| 7 | Terry Ley | 1 | 1971 | 1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 |
| 8 | Wimpy Quinn | 1 | 1941 | 1941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 |
| 9 | Bill Sayles | 2 | 1939 | 1943 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5.61 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78.2 | 52 |
| 10 | Greg Terlecky | 1 | 1975 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.45 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 | 13 |
| School Totals | 31 | 1912 | 1983 | 0 | 92 | 131 | 4.22 | 677 | 243 | 8 | 18 | 2394.1 | 943 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Those 10 pitchers happen to be the only 10 Oregon pitchers who have appeared in the big leagues.
The full list of Oregon players is here. The full list of Ohio State players is here.
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