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

University of Southern California

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

"He (Mark McGwire) consistently hits the ball four-hundred seventy-five, five-hundred feet and if he catches one, who knows, six-hundred feet. It's ridiculous." - Former Slugger Dave Parker

University of Southern California "Trojans" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Fay Thomas	1924 - 1925	06-27-1927
Red Badgro	1925 - 1927	06-20-1929
Jesse Hill	1930 - 1930	04-17-1935
Rod Dedeaux	1933 - 1935	09-28-1935
Joe Gonzales	1935 - 1937	08-25-1937
Johnny Berardino	1937 - 1937	04-22-1939
Bruce Konopka	1940 - 1942	06-07-1942
Jack Brewer	1938 - 1940	07-15-1944
Merl Combs	1940 - 1941	09-12-1947
Wally Hood, Jr.	1948 - 1948	09-23-1949
Hank Workman	1946 - 1948	09-04-1950
Archie Wilson^(California)	1946 - 1946	09-18-1951
Jim Brideweser	1947 - 1949	09-29-1951
Gail Henley	1948 - 1948	04-13-1954
Rudy Regalado	1949 - 1950	04-13-1954
Al Silvera	1955 - 1955	06-12-1955
Buddy Pritchard	1955 - 1956	04-21-1957
Barry Latman	1955 - 1955	09-10-1957
Bob Lillis	1950 - 1951	08-17-1958
Johnny James	1952 - 1952	09-06-1958
Ron Fairly	1958 - 1958	09-09-1958
Kent Hadley	1954 - 1956	09-14-1958
Ralph Mauriello^(UCLA)	DNP	09-13-1958
Jim McAnany	1955 - 1955	09-19-1958
Len Gabrielson	1959 - 1959	09-09-1960
Ron Stillwell	1959 - 1961	07-03-1961
Tom Satriano	1960 - 1961	07-23-1961
Dan Ardell	1961 - 1961	09-14-1961
Don Buford	1958 - 1959	09-14-1963
Johnny Werhas	1957 - 1959	04-14-1964
Rex Johnston	1958 - 1959	04-15-1964
Rene Lachemann	1963 - 1963	05-04-1965
Bill Heath	1958 - 1960	10-03-1965
Gary Sutherland	1964 - 1964	09-17-1966
Tom Seaver	1965 - 1965	04-13-1967
Mike Adamson	1967 - 1967	07-01-1967
Gary Holman	1963 - 1963	06-26-1968
Marcel Lachemann	1960 - 1962	06-04-1969
Bill Lee	1966 - 1968	06-25-1969
Ray Lamb	1964 - 1966	08-01-1969
Oscar Brown	1966 - 1966	09-03-1969
Wally Wolf	1961 - 1961	09-27-1969
Tom House	1967 - 1967	06-23-1971
Dave Kingman	1969 - 1970	07-30-1971
Jim Barr	1968 - 1970	07-31-1971
Brent Strom	1968 - 1970	07-31-1972
Steve Busby	1970 - 1971	09-08-1972
Fred Lynn	1971 - 1973	09-05-1974
Roy Smalley	1972 - 1973	04-30-1975
Eric Raich	1970 - 1971	05-24-1975
Pete Redfern	1973 - 1975	05-15-1976
Ed Putman	1972 - 1974	09-07-1976
Rich Dauer	1973 - 1974	09-11-1976
Steve Kemp	1973 - 1975	04-07-1977
Dennis Littlejohn	1973 - 1975	07-09-1978
Randy Scarbery	1971 - 1973	04-16-1979
Bill Bordley	1977 - 1978	06-30-1980
Bobby Mitchell	1974 - 1977	09-01-1980
Dave Engle	1977 - 1978	04-14-1981
Chris Smith	1976 - 1978	05-14-1981
Tim Tolman	1976 - 1978	09-09-1981
Dave Hostetler	1977 - 1978	09-15-1981
Jeff Schattinger	1976 - 1978	09-21-1981
Dave Van Gorder	1976 - 1978	06-15-1982
Bob Skube	1977 - 1979	09-17-1982
Mike Couchee^{(San Diego)}	1979 - 1980	04-05-1983
Dave Leeper	1979 - 1981	09-10-1984
Stu Pederson^(Pacific)	1980 - 1981	09-08-1985
Mark McGwire	1982 - 1984	08-22-1986
Randy Johnson	1983 - 1985	09-15-1988
Jeff Wetherby	1985 - 1985	06-07-1989
Bret Barberie	1988 - 1988	06-16-1991
Brad Brink	1984 - 1986	05-17-1992
Bret Boone	1988 - 1990	08-19-1992
John Cummings	1989 - 1990	04-10-1993
Damon Buford	1988 - 1990	05-04-1993
Jeff Cirillo	1988 - 1991	05-11-1994
Mark Smith	1989 - 1991	05-14-1994
Mike Robertson	1989 - 1991	09-06-1996
Aaron Boone	1992 - 1994	06-20-1997
Bobby Hughes	1992 - 1992	04-02-1998
Geoff Jenkins	1993 - 1995	04-24-1998
Gabe Alvarez	1993 - 1995	06-22-1998
Jacque Jones	1994 - 1996	06-09-1999
Brian Cooper	1995 - 1995	09-07-1999
Seth Etherton	1995 - 1998	05-26-2000
Chad Moeller	1994 - 1996	06-20-2000
Eric Munson	1997 - 1999	07-18-2000
Barry Zito^{(UC Santa Barbara)}	1999 - 1999	07-22-2000
Morgan Ensberg	1995 - 1998	09-20-2000
Randy Flores	1994 - 1997	04-23-2002
Jason Lane	1998 - 1999	05-10-2002
Mark Prior	2000 - 2001	05-22-2002
Steve Smyth	1999 - 1999	08-06-2002
Justin Lehr^{(UC Santa Barbara)}	1999 - 1999	06-20-2004
J.P. Howell^(Texas)	2002 - 2002	06-11-2005
Ron Flores	2000 - 2000	06-17-2005
Anthony Reyes	2000 - 2003	08-09-2005
Brian Bannister	2000 - 2003	04-05-2006
Matt Chico	2002 - 2002	04-04-2007
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
USC M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The University of Southern California baseball program started in 1889 and Fay Thomas was their first player to make it to the Major League level.

Did you know that there are ninety-nine former USC players who made it to the show? Send corrections to Baseball Almanac.

Through 2003 the University of Southern California has appeared in the second most College World Series (twenty-one) and won the most College World Series games (seventy).

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