Doc Fenton Member since Feb 2007 46682 posts

| re: LSU Baseball Hall of Fame (Posted on 3/1/13 at 10:32 pm to nolaTiger24)
I just stumbled across this webpage tonight: LINK. EDIT: Schools with 40+ MLB players... Arizona State, 101 Auburn, 46 Baylor, 40 Brown, 39* (tonight's opponent) CS-Fresno, 42 CS-Long Beach, 40 Clemson, 47 Holy Cross, 76 FSU, 61 Fordham, 56 Georgia Tech, 48 LSU, 67 Miss. State, 45 Ohio State, 52 Okie State, 56 St. Mary's, 58 Santa Clara, 56 Stanford, 83 Texas A&M, 51 Alabama, 63 Arizona, 69 Arkansas, 42 Cal-Berkeley, 56 UCLA, 69 Florida, 54 Illinois, 71 Miami-FL, 49 Michigan, 77 North Carolina, 56 Notre Dame, 60 Oklahoma, 63 UPenn, 53 South Carolina, 43 Southern Cal, 106 Tennessee, 42 Texas, 101 Villanova, 48 Top Ten MLB-Player-Producing Schools (players making MLB debut since 1989, i.e. the last 24 seasons, in parentheses) 1. Southern Cal, 106 (37) 2. Arizona State, 101 (45) 2. Texas, 101 (32) 4. Stanford, 83 (47) 5. Michigan, 77 (20) 6. Holy Cross, 76 (0) 7. Illinois, 71 (11) 8. Arizona, 69 (29) 8. UCLA, 69 (31) 10. LSU, 67 (47) --------------------- Alabama, 63 (17) Oklahoma, 63 (27) FSU, 61 (34) Notre Dame, 60 (15) St. Mary's, 58 (3) Okie State, 56 (30) North Carolina, 56 (22) Cal-Berkeley, 56 (22) Santa Clara, 56 (9) Fordham, 56 (2) Florida, 54 (25) UPenn, 53 (3) Ohio State, 52 (11) Texas A&M, 51 (26) Miami-FL, 49 (37) Georgia Tech, 48 (25) Villanova, 48 (6) Clemson, 47 (24) Auburn, 46 (19) Miss. State, 45 (17) South Carolina, 43 (20) Arkansas, 42 (23) Tennessee, 42 (20) CS-Fresno, 42 (27) CS-Long Beach, 40 (34) Baylor, 40 (13) Brown, 39 (0) Pre-Bertman MLB Baseball Players from LSU: Joe Adcock, 1B/OF, 17 (1950-1966) [managed one season with the Indians in 1967 before being replaced by Alvin Dark] Alvin Dark, SS/IF/OF, 14 (1946, 1948-1960) [managed for 13 seasons with 5 MLB teams between 1961 and 1977, including a 1962 pennant with the Giants and a 1974 WS title with the Athletics] Connie Ryan, 2B/3B/SS/1B, 12 (1942-1944, 1946-1954) [managed Braves in 1975 & Ranger in 1977; was a coach on the 1957 Braves WS champs] Bama Rowell, 2B/3B/OF, 6 (1939-1941, 1946-1948) Red Swanson, P, 3 (1955-1957) Dave Madison, P, 3 (1950, 1952-1953) Mike Miley, SS, 2 (1975-1976) [died in an auto accident at age 23 on January 6, 1977] Mark Freeman, P, 2 (1959-1960) Walker Cress, P, 2 (1948-1949) Al Baird, 2B/SS, 2 (1917, 1919) Randy Wiles, P, 1 (1977) Joe Moock, 3B, 1 (1967) Buddy Blair, 3B, 1 (1942) Al Flair, 1B, 1 (1941) Sid Womack, C, 1 (1926) Jack Wallace, C, 1 (1915) Orie Kerlin, C, 1 (1915) John Mercer, 1B, 1 (1912) Roland Howell*, P, 1 (1912) See also the " Foundation Era All-Alex Box Team" for LSU baseball courtesy of LSUSports.net. There have been an additional 48 former LSU players who have debuted in the Majors since 1987.
This post was edited on 3/2 at 9:52 am
|