Comments on: 11 Ivy League-Educated Major League Baseball Players

By: MadMc44

MadMc44 — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:04:01 +0000

Ivy Yale grad was up at the end of 2011 with the Red Sox Ryan Lavarnway. It looks like he might stick in 2012.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:54:00 +0000

There are three young Princeton baseball players currently playing in the major leagues: Chris Young and Will Venable with the Padres and Ross Ohlendorf with the Pirates.

By: Kendra

Kendra — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:20:00 +0000

tiacheryl beat me to it–the first player I thought of was Brad Ausmus.

By: tiacheryl

tiacheryl — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:03:00 +0000

How about Dartmouth educated Brad Ausmus, another good fielding, light hitting catcher?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:41:00 +0000

Jason Szuminski, while not an Ivy League grad (he graduated from MIT), deserves honorable mention here.

By: afj

afj — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:46:00 +0000

You missed one very deserving player: Eddie Grant, Harvard 1906. He played with the Giants and was the only major-leaguer killed in WWI when he led a patrol attempting to rescue the Lost Battalion.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:41:00 +0000

Hughie Jennings, a Hall of Fame shortstop, graduated from Cornell Law School and practiced law during the off-season. (Players earned MUCH less in his day)