Arizona State Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every Arizona State University alumnus who played baseball at Arizona State University AND made it to the Major League level.

"I've never met a guy who competed so well every single pitch. It isn't baseball pretty. But I want that 'ugly' he (Willie Bloomquist) brings everyday. Nobody fights any harder than him." - Arizona State Coach Pat Murphy
Arizona State University
"Sun Devils"

Major League Baseball Player Alumnus

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

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Pete Lovrich

1962 - 1962

04-26-1963

Sterling Slaughter

1961 - 1963

04-19-1964

Sal Bando

1964 - 1965

09-03-1966

Rick Monday

1965 - 1965

09-03-1966

Reggie Jackson

1966 - 1966

06-09-1967

Al Schmelz

1963 - 1965

09-07-1967

Randy Bobb

1967 - 1967

08-15-1968

Duffy Dyer

1965 - 1966

09-21-1968

Gary Gentry

1967 - 1967

04-10-1969

Fred Rico

1963 - 1964

09-01-1969

Scott Reid

1967 - 1967

09-10-1969

Larry Gura

1967 - 1969

04-30-1970

Lerrin LaGrow

1968 - 1969

07-28-1970

Paul Powell

1968 - 1969

04-07-1971

Len Randle

1968 - 1970

06-16-1971

Jim Crawford

1969 - 1972

04-06-1973

Eddie Bane

1971 - 1973

07-04-1973

Craig Swan

1969 - 1972

09-03-1973

Alan Bannister

1970 - 1972

07-13-1974

Jim Otten

1972 - 1973

07-31-1974

Jack Lind

1966 - 1967

09-10-1974

Jim Umbarger

1972 - 1974

04-08-1975

Larry Fritz

1969 - 1969

05-30-1975

Bump Wills

1972 - 1974

04-07-1977

Floyd Bannister

1974 - 1976

04-19-1977

Paul Moskau (Azusa)

1973 - 1973

06-21-1977

Ken Landreaux

1974 - 1976

09-11-1977

John Poloni

1973 - 1975

09-16-1977

Jerry Maddox

1974 - 1975

06-03-1978

Darrell Jackson

1974 - 1977

06-16-1978

Bob Horner

1976 - 1978

06-16-1978

Mike Colbern

1974 - 1976

07-18-1978

Jim Lentine (La Verne)

1973 - 1974

09-03-1978

Gary Allenson

1973 - 1976

04-08-1979

Rick Peters

1974 - 1977

09-08-1979

Bob Pate

1976 - 1977

06-02-1980

John Littlefield (Azusa)

1974 - 1974

06-08-1980

Hubie Brooks

1977 - 1978

09-04-1980

Ken Phelps

1975 - 1976

09-20-1980

Chris Bando

1975 - 1978

08-13-1981

Ed Vande Berg

1979 - 1980

04-07-1982

Gary Rajsich

1974 - 1976

04-09-1982

Chris Nyman

1975 - 1977

07-28-1982

Marty Barrett

1979 - 1979

09-06-1982

Jamie Allen

1977 - 1979

05-01-1983

Ricky Nelson

1979 - 1981

05-17-1983

Donnie Hill

1981 - 1981

07-25-1983

Dave Hudgens

1975 - 1978

09-04-1983

Ron Romanick

1980 - 1980

04-05-1984

Alvin Davis

1979 - 1982

04-11-1984

Lemmie Miller

1980 - 1981

05-22-1984

Doug Baker

1982 - 1982

07-02-1984

Oddibe McDowell

1983 - 1984

05-19-1985

Kevin Romine

1981 - 1982

09-05-1985

Barry Bonds

1983 - 1985

05-30-1986

Mike Devereaux

1984 - 1985

09-02-1987

Luis Medina

1984 - 1985

09-02-1988

Mike Schwabe

1987 - 1987

05-27-1989

Mike Benjamin

1986 - 1987

07-07-1989

Don Wakamatsu

1982 - 1985

05-22-1991

Doug Henry

1983 - 1985

07-15-1991

Tim Spehr

1987 - 1988

07-18-1991

Chris Beasley

1983 - 1984

07-20-1991

Pat Listach

1988 - 1988

04-08-1992

Blas Minor

1987 - 1988

07-28-1992

Fernando Viņa

1990 - 1990

04-10-1993

Kevin Higgins

1988 - 1989

05-29-1993

Eric Helfand (Nebraska)

1990 - 1990

09-04-1993

Mike Kelly

1989 - 1991

04-05-1994

Todd Steverson

1990 - 1992

04-28-1995

Jacob Cruz

1992 - 1994

07-18-1996

Antone Williamson

1992 - 1994

05-31-1997

Shawn Gilbert (CSU Fresno)

1984 - 1984

06-04-1997

Sean Lowe

1992 - 1992

08-29-1997

Paul Lo Duca

1993 - 1993

06-21-1998

Ryan Bradley

1995 - 1997

08-22-1998

Gabe Molina

1996 - 1996

05-01-1999

Willie Bloomquist

1997 - 1999

09-01-2002

Cody McKay

1993 - 1996

09-22-2002

Jeff Duncan (Iowa State)

1999 - 2000

05-20-2003

Jon Switzer

1999 - 2001

08-02-2003

Chris Duffy

2001 - 2001

04-07-2005

Mike Esposito

2000 - 2002

09-21-2005

Ian Kinsler (Missouri)

2002 - 2002

04-03-2006

Andre Ethier

2002 - 2003

05-02-2006

Dustin Pedroia

2002 - 2004

08-22-2006

Dennis Sarfate (Chandler-Gilbert)

2000 - 2002

09-03-2006

Mel Stocker

2000 - 2001

09-01-2007

Travis Buck

2003 - 2005

04-02-2007

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

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Arizona State University M.L.B. Player Alumnus



The Arizona State University baseball program started in 1907 and Pete Lovrich was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

Did you know that there are eighty-nine former Arizona State University players who made it to the show? Send corrections to Baseball Almanac.

ASU has been called Tempe Normal School, Tempe State Teacher's College, Arizona State Teacher's College & Arizona State Collegel; however, their first player to break into the big leagues played baseball when the school was called Arizona State University.