List of Arizona State University baseball players

Arizona State University (ASU) has graduated a number of athletes. This includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of ASU who are notable for their achievements within athletics, sometimes before or after their time at ASU. Athletes in other sports can be found in the list of Arizona State University athletes; other alumni, including non-playing coaches and athletic administrators, can be found in the list of Arizona State University alumni.

The first recorded sporting event in the history of what was originally the Tempe Normal School was a baseball game played in 1891. ^[1] As of 2024 ^[update] , ASU is second among all NCAA universities with 117 alumni who have played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and has the most inductees into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. ^[2] ASU's contributions to MLB include Barry Bonds, Dustin Pedroia, Reggie Jackson and Rick Monday.

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Baseball

Name	Years played at ASU	Notes	Ref.
Jamie Allen	1977–1979	Played in MLB, 1983	[2]
Gary Allenson	1973–1976	Played in MLB, 1973–1976	[2]
Andrew Aplin	2010–2012		[2]
Joe Arnold	1968	Inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015	[2]
Doug Baker	1982	Played in MLB, 1988–1990	[2]
Chris Bando	1975–1978	Inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2024; played in MLB, 1981–1989	[2]
Sal Bando	1964–1965	Inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013; honored number; played in MLB, 1966–1981	[2]
Eddie Bane	1971–1973	Honored number; played in MLB, 1973, 1975–1976	[2]
Alan Bannister	1970–1972	Honored number; played in MLB, 1974-1985	[2]
Floyd Bannister	1974–1976	Inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008; honored number; played in MLB, 1977–1992	[2]
Austin Barnes	2009–2011	Played in MLB, 2015–	[2]
Tony Barnette	2005–2006	Played in MLB, 2015–2019	[2]
Jake Barrett	2010–2012	Played in MLB, 2016–2019	[2]
Marty Barrett	1979	Played in MLB, 1982–1991	[2]
Chris Beasley	1983–1984	Played in MLB, 1991	[2]
Jim Benedict	1983		[2]
Mike Benjamin	1986–1987	Played in MLB, 1989–2000 and 2002	[2]
Hunter Bishop	2017–2019		[2]
Seth Blair	2008–2010		[2]
Willie Bloomquist	1997–1999	Played in MLB, 2002–2015; ASU baseball head coach since 2022	[2]
Randy Bobb	1967	Played in MLB, 1968–1969	[2]
Barry Bonds	1983–1985	Awarded the ASU Alumni Achievement Award despite not graduating; [3] honored number; played in MLB, 1986–2007	[2]
Ryan Bradley	1995–1997	Played in MLB, 1998	[2]
Hubie Brooks	1977-1978	Honored number; played in MLB, 1980–1994	[2]
Travis Buck	2003–2005	Played in MLB, 2007–2012	[2]
Ryan Burr	2013–2015	Played in MLB, 2018–2022 and 2024	[2]
Kole Calhoun	2009–2010	Played in MLB, 2012–2023	[2]
Mike Colbern	1974–1976	Played in MLB, 1978–1979	[2]
Brooks Conrad	1999-2001	Played in MLB, 2008–2010	[2]
Jim Crawford	1969–1972	Played in MLB, 1973, 1975–1978	[2]
Jacob Cruz	1992–1994	Played in MLB, 1996–2005	[2]
Colin Curtis	2004–2006	Played in MLB, 2010	[2]
Ron Davini	1966–1968		[2]
Alvin Davis	1979–1982	Honored number; played in MLB, 1984–1992	[2]
Ike Davis	2006–2008	Played in MLB, 2010–2016	[2]
Dustin Delucchi	1997–1999		[2]
Mike Devereaux	1984–1985	Played in MLB, 1987–1998	[2]
Ralph Dickenson (Dick)	1969		[2]
John Dolinsek	1968–1969		[2]
Chris Duffy	2001	Played in MLB, 2005–2007 and 2009	[2]
Jeff Duncan	1999–2000	Played in MLB, 2003–2004	[2]
Duffy Dyer	1965–1966	Played in MLB, 1968–1981	[2]
Jake Elmore	2008	Played in MLB, 2012–2019	[2]
Tim Esmay	1986–1987	ASU baseball head coach, 2010–2014	[4] [5]
Mike Esposito	2000–2002	Played in MLB, 2005	[2]
Andre Ethier	2002–2003	Honored number; played in MLB, 2006–2017	[2]
Larry Fritz	1969	Played in MLB, 1975	[2]
Gary Gentry	1967	National Player of the Year, 1967; played in MLB, 1969–1975	[2]
Shawn Gilbert	1984	Played in MLB, 1997–1998 and 2000	[2]
Tuffy Gosewisch	2002–2005	Played in MLB, 2013–2017	[2]
Larry Gura	1967–1969	Honored number; played in MLB, 1970–1985	[2]
Cory Hahn	2011	Paralyzed from the chest down in a game; became a scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks	[6]
R. J. Harrison	1973–1975	Scouting executive with the Tampa Bay Rays	[2] [7]
Eric Helfand	1989–1990	Played in MLB, 1993–1995	[2]
Doug Henry	1983–1985	Played in MLB, 1991–2001	[2]
Hadley Hicks	1957–1958		[8]
Kevin Higgins	1988–1989	Played in MLB, 1993	[2]
Donnie Hill	1981	Played in MLB, 1983–1992	[2]
Stan Holmes	1979–1981		[2]
Bob Horner	1976–1978	Inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006; honored number; played in MLB, 1978–1986 and 1988	[2]
Dave Hudgens	1975–1978	Played in MLB, 1983	[2]
Darrell Jackson	1974–1977	Played in MLB, 1978–1982	[2]
Reggie Jackson	1966	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, National Player of the Year 1966; honored number; played in MLB, 1967–1986	[2]
Mitch Jones	1999–2000	Played in MLB, 2009	[2]
Luke Keaschall	2023		[2]
Ryan Kellogg	2013–2015		[2]
Merrill Kelly	2010	Played in MLB, 2019–	[2]
Mike Kelly	1989–1991	Honored number; played in MLB, 1994–1999	[2]
Ian Kinsler	2002	Played in MLB, 2006–2019	[2]
Jason Kipnis	2008–2009	Played in MLB, 2011–2020	[2]
Lerrin LaGrow	1968–1969	Played in MLB, 1970–1980	[2]
Ken Landreaux	1974–1976	Played in MLB, 1977–1987	[2]
Jeff Larish	2002–2005	Played in MLB, 2008–2010	[2]
Mike Leake	2007–2009	Played in MLB, 2010–2019	[2]
Jim Lentine	1973–1974	Played in MLB, 1978–1980	[2]
Lyle Lin	2017–2019	Taiwanese player	[2]
Jack Lind	1966–1967	Played in MLB, 1974–1975	[2]
Pat Listach	1988	Played in MLB, 1992–1997	[2]
John Littlefield	1974	Played in MLB, 1980–1981	[2]
Paul Lo Duca	1993	Honored number; played in MLB, 1998–2008	[2]
Pete Lovrich	1962	Played in MLB, 1963	[2]
Sean Lowe	1992	Played in MLB, 1997–2003	[2]
Jerry Maddox	1974–1975	Played in MLB, 1978	[2]
Drew Maggi	2009–2010	Played in MLB, 2023	[2]
Deven Marrero	2010–2012	Played in MLB, 2015–2022	[2]
Alec Marsh	2017–2019	Played in MLB, 2023–	[2]
Seth Martinez	2014–2016	Played in MLB, 2021–	[2]
Adam McCreery	2012–2013	Played in MLB, 2018	[2]
Oddibe McDowell	1983–1984	Honored number; 1988 Olympian representing the Netherlands; played in MLB, 1985–1994	[2] [9]
Cody McKay	1993–1996	Played in MLB, 2002 and 2004	[2]
Luis Medina	1984–1985	Played in MLB, 1988–1991	[2]
Lemmie Miller	1980–1981	Played in MLB, 1984	[2]
Blas Minor	1987–1988	Played in MLB, 1992–1997	[2]
Gabe Molina	1996	Played in MLB, 1999–2003	[2]
Rick Monday	1965	National Player of the Year, 1965; honored number; played in MLB, 1966–1984	[2]
Paul Moskau	1973	Played in MLB, 1977–1983	[2]
Ricky Nelson	1979–1981	Played in MLB, 1983–1986	[2]
Chris Nyman	1975–1977	Played in MLB, 1982–1983	[2]
Jim Otten	1972–1973	Played in MLB, 1974–1981	[2]
Bob Pate	1975–1976	Played in MLB, 1980–1981	[2]
Dustin Pedroia	2002–2004	Honored number; played in MLB, 2006–2019	[2]
Lee Pelekoudas	1970–1972	Interim general manager of the Seattle Mariners, 2008	[2] [10]
Jeff Pentland	1966–1968		[11]
Ricky Peters	1974–1977	Played in MLB, 1979–1981, 1983 and 1986	[2]
Ken Phelps	1975–1976	Played in MLB, 1980–1990	[2]
John Poloni	1973–1975	Played in MLB, 1977	[2]
Paul Powell	1968–1969	Played in MLB, 1971, 1973 and 1975	[2]
Trent Pratt	1999–2000	Head baseball coach at Brigham Young University	[2] [12]
Gary Rajsich	1974–1976	Played in MLB, 1982–1985	[2]
Lenny Randle	1968–1970	Played in MLB, 1971–1982	[2]
Scott Reid	1967	Played in MLB, 1969–1970	[2]
Brady Rodgers	2010–2012	Played in MLB, 2016 and 2019	[2]
Ron Romanick	1980	Played in MLB, 1984–1986	[2]
Andrew Romine	2005–2007	Played in MLB, 2010–2021	[2]
Kevin Romine	1981–1982	Honored number; played in MLB, 1985–1991	[2]
Paul Runge	1961–1962	Umpire	[2]
Dennis Sarfate	2000	Played in MLB, 2006–2009	[2]
Al Schmelz	1963, 1965	Played in MLB, 1967	[2]
Mike Schwabe	1987	Played in MLB, 1989–1990	[2]
Brian Serven	2014–2016	Played in MLB, 2022–2024	[2]
Sterling Slaughter	1961	Played in MLB, 1964	[2]
Tim Smith	2007		[2]
Jack Smitheran	1964–1966	Coached UC Riverside Highlanders baseball from 1974 to 2004	[2] [13]
Eric Sogard	2005–2007	Played in MLB, 2010–2021	[2]
Tim Spehr	1987–1988	Played in MLB, 1991–1999	[2]
Josh Spence	2009	Played in MLB, 2011–2012	[2]
Todd Steverson	1990–1992	Played in MLB, 1995–1996	[2]
Mel Stocker	2000–2001	Played in MLB, 2007	[2]
Craig Swan	1969–1972	Played in MLB, 1973–1984	[2]
Jon Switzer	1999–2001	Played in MLB, 2003, 2005–2007 and 2009	[2]
Spencer Torkelson	2018–2020	Played in MLB, 2022–present	[2]
Jim Umbarger	1972–1974	Played in MLB, 1975–1978	[2]
Jason Urquidez	2004–2005		[2]
Ed Vande Berg	1979–1980	Played in MLB, 1982–1988	[2]
Fernando Viña	1990	Played in MLB, 1993–2004	[2]
Don Wakamatsu	1982–1985	Played in MLB, 1991	[2]
Brett Wallace	2006–2008	Played in MLB, 2010–2013 and 2015	[2]
Alika Williams	2018–2020	Played in MLB, 2023–present	[2]
Trevor Williams	2011–2013	Played in MLB, 2016–2024	[2]
Antone Williamson	1992–1994	Played in MLB, 1997	[2]
Bump Wills	1971–1974	Played in MLB, 1977–1982	[2]
Gage Workman	2018–2020	Played in MLB, 2025–	[2] [14]

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