Lehigh University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every Lehigh University alumnus who played baseball at Lehigh University AND made it to the Major League level.
"The name Craig was unlucky with the early Mets. Anderson lost 16 straight with the original 1962 team and 19 in a row over three years. In NL history, the latter streak was rivaled only by teammate Roger Craig's 18 straight defeats in 1963." - Professor Jane Charnin-Aker on BaseballLibrary.com
Lehigh University
"Mountain Hawks"

Major League Baseball Player Alumnus

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Dick Wright (Lafayette)

1913 - 1913

06-30-1915

Sam Fishburn

1912 - 1917

05-30-1919

Babe Twombly

1914 - 1919

04-14-1920

George Lees

1914 - 1917

05-07-1921

Mike Wilson (Syracuse DNP)

1915 - 1921

06-04-1921

Cy Twombly

1916 - 1918

06-25-1921

Bob Adams

1921 - 1925

09-22-1925

Whitey Ock

1931 - 1935

09-29-1935

Craig Anderson

1957 - 1960

06-23-1961

Paul Hartzell

1972 - 1975

04-10-1976

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Lehigh University M.L.B. Player Alumnus


The Lehigh University baseball program started in 1885 and Dick Wright 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 Lehigh University Hall of Fame.

Did you know that there are ten (10) former Lehigh University players who made it to "the show"? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac.

There have also been five (5) other Lehigh University players who were major league ballplayers, but not Mountain Hawks. They were: Charlie Carr (09-15-1898), Ed Larkin (10-02-1909), Snooks Dowd (04-27-1919), Nelson Greene (04-28-1924) & Joe Munson (09-18-1925).
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