Eastern Illinois University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

Eastern Illinois University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"There were some years of hard-drinking. But after the hangovers came Christianity. Somewhere during his career, (Kevin) Seitzer became a born-again Christian – the only known born-again in the EIU Hall of Fame." - Eastern Illinois University's (Unofficial) Hall of Fame Website

Eastern Illinois State Normal School "Panthers" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Ray Richmond	1915 - 1920	09-25-1920
Eastern Illinois University "Panthers" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Gary Wagner	1960 - 1962	04-18-1965
Marty Pattin	1962 - 1965	05-14-1968
Bart Zeller	1961 - 1963	05-21-1970
Pat Rooney	1976 - 1978	09-09-1981
Kevin Seitzer	1981 - 1983	09-03-1986
Tim Pyznarski	1979 - 1981	09-14-1986
Stan Royer	1986 - 1988	09-11-1991
Eric Hillman	1985 - 1987	05-18-1992
Tim Bogar	1985 - 1987	04-21-1993
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Eastern Illinois University M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The Eastern Illinois University baseball program started in 1904 and Ray Richmond was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

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