University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

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

"When Alvin Dark took over as Oakland's manager this spring, he said he had a model for the job. It was not John McGraw, Miller Huggins, Casey Stengel, or any other successful field boss. 'The past few years,' announced Dark with a straight face, 'I've tried to think of how Jesus Christ would handle ballplayers.' Two months into the season, the obstreperous A's think Dark is anything but a baseball messiah. 'The guy's a quack,' say some players." - Time Magazine (Alvin Dark: Dugout Disciple, 06/03/1974)

Southwestern Louisiana Institutue "Ragin' Cajuns" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Al Dark^{(Louisiana State)}	1944 - 1945	07-14-1946
University of Southwestern Louisiana "Ragin' Cajuns" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Ron Guidry	1969 - 1970	07-27-1975
Jose Alvarez	1977 - 1978	10-01-1981
Xavier Hernandez	1984 - 1986	06-04-1989
Chris Howard^(Oklahoma)	1988 - 1988	09-15-1991
Donne Wall	1988 - 1989	09-02-1995
Gary Haught	1991 - 1992	07-16-1997
Paul Bako	1991 - 1993	04-30-1998
B.J. Ryan	1997 - 1998	07-28-1999
University of Louisiana at Lafayette "Ragin' Cajuns" University of Louisiana at Lafayette Official Logo Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Scott Dohmann	1999 - 2000	05-15-2004
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
University of Louisiana at Lafayette M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette baseball program started in 1903 and Al Dark 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 Louisiana at Lafayette Hall of Fame.

When B.J. Ryan was selected to the 2004 All-Star Game he became the first Ragin' Cajun to appear in the Midsummer Classic since Ron Guidry appeared in the 1983 All-Star Game

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