Duke University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Duke University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"I am using the exact same grip as him (Esteban Loaiza). With a combination of him and (Mark) Buehrle, I think I can really use them to my advantage." - Scott Schoeneweis in the Arizona Daily Star

Trinity College "Blue Devils" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Wade Lefler	1916 - 1917	04-16-1924
Duke University "Blue Devils" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Billy Werber	1928 - 1930	06-25-1930
Tim McKeithan	1930 - 1932	07-21-1932
Bobby Coombs	1931 - 1933	06-08-1933
Mort Flohr	1932 - 1934	06-08-1934
Chubby Dean	1935 - 1936	04-14-1936
Ken Weafer	1934 - 1935	05-29-1936
Pete Naktenis	1934 - 1936	06-13-1936
Ace Parker	1935 - 1936	04-24-1937
Wayne Ambler	1935 - 1937	06-04-1937
Hal Wagner	1936 - 1937	10-03-1937
Dave Smith	1936 - 1938	06-16-1938
Eric Tipton	1937 - 1939	06-09-1939
Crash Davis	1938 - 1940	06-15-1940
Eddie Shokes	1939 - 1941	06-09-1941
Frank Seward	1941 - 1941	09-28-1943
Claude Corbitt	1935 - 1936	09-23-1945
Lee Griffeth	1944 - 1946	06-25-1946
Bill McCahan	1940 - 1942	09-15-1946
Brandy Davis	1950 - 1950	04-15-1952
Dick Groat	1951 - 1952	06-19-1952
Footer Johnson	1951 - 1952	06-15-1958
Al Spangler	1953 - 1954	09-16-1959
Ron Davis	1961 - 1961	08-01-1962
John Poff	1971 - 1974	09-08-1979
Bob Brower	1979 - 1982	09-03-1986
Mike Trombley	1987 - 1989	08-19-1992
John Courtright	1989 - 1991	05-06-1995
Quinton McCracken	1989 - 1992	09-17-1995
Ryan Jackson	1991 - 1994	03-31-1998
Scott Schoeneweis	1993 - 1996	04-07-1999
Chris Capuano	1997 - 1999	05-04-2003
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Duke University M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The Duke University baseball program started in 1889 and Wade Lefler was their first player to make it to the Major League level. Names that appear on the chart above in bold print are in the Duke University Hall of Fame.

"Mr. College Baseball" (known in the major leagues as Jack Coombs) was the head coach of Duke University (1929-1952) for twenty-four (24) years and during that time won three (3) NCAA District titles, four (4) Southern Conference and seven (7) North Carolina Championships. He retired from coaching when he was seventy (70) years old and finished with a 381-171-3 record.

Did you know that there are thirty-two (32) former Duke University players who made it to "the show"? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac.

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