Miami University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

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Major League Baseball Player Alumnus

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Eddie Morgan

1932 - 1932

04-14-1936

Walter Alston

1933 - 1935

09-27-1936

Dick Bass

1928 - 1930

09-21-1939

John Douglas

1936 - 1941

04-21-1945

Brooks Lawrence

1948 - 1948

06-24-1954

Jack Baldschun

1955 - 1955

04-28-1961

Jack Kucek

1972 - 1974

08-08-1974

Buddy Schultz

1970 - 1972

09-03-1975

Charlie Leibrandt

1975 - 1978

09-17-1979

Steve Fireovid

1976 - 1978

09-06-1981

Bill Doran

1977 - 1979

09-06-1982

Bill Long

1979 - 1981

07-21-1985

Bill Earley

1975 - 1978

09-22-1986

Scott Arnold

1981 - 1984

04-07-1988

Tim Naehring

1986 - 1988

07-15-1990

Dave Swartzbaugh

1987 - 1989

09-03-1995

Scott Sauerbeck

1991 - 1994

04-05-1999

Chris Sexton

1990 - 1993

05-03-1999

Justin Knoedler

2001 - 2001

10-03-2004

Chad Reineke

2002 - 2004

08-16-2008

Name [Click for M.L. Stats]

Dates Played

Debut / Box

Miami University M.L.B. Player Alumnus



Miami University's baseball program started in 1809 and Eddie Morgan 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 Miami University Hall of Fame.

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Chris Sexton was one of only two players in Miami University history to win the MAC Player of the Year Award twice AND in 1991 & 1993 he also earned Verizon Academic All-District honors.