University of Florida Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

University of Florida Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"You watch him (David Eckstein) one day, and he doesn't do any one thing special to pop your eyes out, but you watch him every day, and you like him. He's got one speed: all-out." - Baltimore Orioles Manager Mike Hargrove

University of Florida "Gators" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Lance Richbourg	1919 - 1919	07-04-1921
Ned Porter	1924 - 1926	08-07-1926
Johnny Burnett	1926 - 1926	05-07-1927
Hank Boney	1926 - 1927	06-28-1927
Tiny Chaplin	1925 - 1927	04-13-1928
Russ Scarritt	1922 - 1928	04-18-1929
Bill Ferrazzi	1933 - 1935	09-07-1935
Lefty Guise	1930 - 1930	09-03-1940
Bill Ramsey	1939 - 1940	04-19-1945
Al Rosen	1942 - 1942	09-10-1947
Haywood Sullivan	1950 - 1952	09-20-1955
Casey Wise	1952 - 1953	04-16-1957
Nick Testa^(Delaware)	1946 - 1946	04-23-1958
Dale Willis	1955 - 1956	04-14-1963
Dennis Aust	1960 - 1961	09-06-1965
Bill Graham	1955 - 1956	10-02-1966
Ross Baumgarten	1977 - 1977	08-16-1978
Doug Corbett	1971 - 1974	04-10-1980
Roger Holt	1975 - 1977	10-04-1980
Marc Sullivan	1977 - 1979	10-01-1982
Randy O'Neal	1981 - 1981	09-12-1984
Steve Lombardozzi	1980 - 1981	07-12-1985
Rob Murphy	1979 - 1980	09-13-1985
Robby Thompson	1983 - 1983	04-08-1986
Mike Stanley	1982 - 1985	06-24-1986
Jeff Fischer	1984 - 1985	06-19-1987
Scott Lusader	1984 - 1985	09-01-1987
Steve Rosenberg	1985 - 1986	06-04-1988
Dave Eiland^{(South Florida)}	1985 - 1985	08-03-1988
Scott Ruskin	1982 - 1985	04-09-1990
Javier Ortiz	1982 - 1982	06-15-1990
Rod Brewer	1985 - 1987	09-05-1990
Mike Perez	1985 - 1985	09-05-1990
Herb Perry	1988 - 1991	05-03-1994
Jamie McAndrew	1987 - 1989	07-17-1995
Marc Valdes	1991 - 1993	08-28-1995
John Burke	1990 - 1992	08-13-1996
Kevin Polcovich	1991 - 1992	05-17-1997
Robert Dodd	1994 - 1994	05-28-1998
Paul Rigdon	1996 - 1996	05-21-2000
Chan Perry	1993 - 1994	08-05-2000
David Eckstein	1994 - 1997	04-03-2001
Brad Wilkerson	1996 - 1998	07-12-2001
Josh Fogg	1996 - 1998	09-02-2001
Mark Ellis	1996 - 1999	04-09-2002
David Ross	1998 - 1998	06-29-2002
Tim Olson	2000 - 2000	05-30-2004
Ryan Shealy	2000 - 2002	06-14-2005
Darren O'Day	2003 - 2006	03-31-2008
Matt LaPorta	2004 - 2007	05-03-2009
Ryan Sadowski	2002 - 2003	06-28-2009
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
University of Florida M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The University of Florida baseball program started in 1912 and Lance Richbourg 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 University of Florida Hall of Fame.

The Florida Gators play baseball at McKethan Stadium at Perry Field (ranked seventh best college baseball field in the United States by Baseball America) which seats 5,000 fans at capacity, including 2,500 grandstand seats (almost 1,000 with chairbacks) and 2,500 bleacher seats extending down the outfield lines in left-field.

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