April 8, 2011

More than 325 Former Division I Players in Big Leagues 

In looking at the active rosters and disabled lists of the 30 Major League teams on April 8, there are 328 who played Division I baseball. That represents more than 40% of the 750 major leaguers.

There are 125 Division I schools which have at least one alum in the major leagues. Long Beach State leads the way with 11 big-leaguers, followed by Arizona State (including Mike Leake, pictured) and Miami (Fla.) with nine. There are eight major leaguers from California and Stanford.

San Diego leads the major league teams with 17 Division I players on its active roster and DL. Pittsburgh has 16, while Oakland and Toronto both have 15. Kansas City has the lowest number with five.

There are links to lists divided by school and by Major League teams.

Major Leaguers by School     A through K     L through P     Q through Z

Division I Players in the American League

Division I Players in the National League

(photo courtesy of ASU Media Relations Office)