Mesa State College Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"I feel for Brendan (Donnelly). But knowing what kind of person he is, he'll probably be back sooner than you think. There's usually a time limit on those, but knowing his personality day in and day out, he's probably going to move it up a little bit. He may set the record." - Mike Timlin on Boston.com (Donnelly needs surgery, 08/01/2007, Amalie Benjamin)

Mesa College
"Mavericks"

In Chronological Order

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Jim Brenneman

1960 - 1961

07-09-1965

Barry Lersch

1964 - 1964

04-08-1969

Ozzie Osborn

1965 - 1967

04-26-1975

Randy Ready

1980 - 1980

09-04-1983

Darrel Akerfelds (Arkansas)

1983 - 1983

08-01-1986

Mesa State College
"Mavericks"

In Chronological Order

Brendan Donnelly

1992 - 1992

04-09-2002

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Mesa State College MLB Player Alumnus



The Mesa State College baseball program started in 1946 and James Brenneman was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

On September 22, 1983, Randy Ready stepped to the plate in the eighth inning and went deep off Cleveland Indians hurler Lary Sorensen making Ready the first former Maverick to hit a Major League home run.

Did you know that there are six former Mesa State College players who made it to the show? Send corrections to Baseball Almanac.