Missouri Baseball History

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The presence of former Missouri Tiger baseball players in professional baseball continues to grow each year. In 2009, seven players were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. That brings the number of former MU players drafted to 155. Current MU head coach Tim Jamieson has seen 53 players selected in his 15 years as head coach.

1923
Hubert Pruett*-St. Louis Browns

1940
Carl Miles*- Philadelphia Athletics

1949
Don McMillen- New York Giants

1950
Bob "Turkey" Smith*- Boston Red Sox

1952
Junior Wren- Chicago White Sox

1953
Don Boenker- Cleveland Indians

1955
Jerry Schoonmaker*- Washington Nationals

1956
John Grace- Milwaukee Braves
Bob Musgrave- Baltimore Orioles

1957
Jack Davis*- New York Yankees
Charley Duren- Milwaukee Braves
Jay Hankins*- Kansas City Athletics
Kent Kurtz- New York Yankees
Ralph Schultz- Chicago White Sox
Norm Stewart- Baltimore Orioles

1958
Charlie James*- St. Louis Cardinals
Hank Kuhlman- St. Louis Cardinals
Carl Nauert- Chicago Cubs
Ernie Nevers- Kansas City Athletics
Mike Shannon*- St. Louis Cardinals
Sonny Siebert*- Cleveland Indians
Bo Toft- Boston Red Sox

1959
Bob Cooper- Baltimore Orioles
Elmer "Bud" Harbin- Detroit Tigers
John O'Donoghue*- Kansas City Athletics

1960
Gary Starr- Chicago Cubs

1961
Ron Cox- St. Louis Cardinals
Bob Meyers- San Francisco Giants
Gene Orf- Pittsburgh Pirates

1962
George Hulett- Kansas City Athletics

1963
Larry Bohannon- Minnesota Twins
Rich Peterson- New York Mets

1964
Dave Harvey- Minnesota Twins
Dennis Musgraves*- New York Mets
Jim Nelson- Minnesota Twins
Bob Price- Minnesota Twins
Jim Sevcik- Minnesota Twins
John Sevcik*- Minnesota Twins
Keith Weber- New York Mets

1965
Jack Stroud- New York Mets

1966
Dan Rudanovich- Boston Red Sox
Orville Hollrah- Chicago White Sox

1967
Mike McFarland- Boston Red Sox
Gary Lear- Cleveland Indians
Rex Hein- Kansas City Royals
Rich Henninger*- Washington Senators
Bob McDaniel- New York Yankees

1970
Bob Sheetz- Pittsburgh Pirates

1971
Steve Patchin- Los Angeles Dodgers
Terry Periman- Philadelphia Phillies
Bill Todd- Boston Red Sox

1972
Jack Bastable- Oakland Athletics

1973
Steve Pasternak- St. Louis Cardinals
Ben Tensing- Detroit Tigers

1976
Mark Thiel- New York Yankees

1978
Greg Cypret- Houston Astros
Rob Pietroburgo- Seattle Mariners
Jeff Cornell*- Kansas City Royals
Tom Bloemke- Independent

1979
Tim Laudner*- Minnesota Twins
Jim English- Chicago White Sox
Rob Schmidt- Philadelphia Phillies

1980
Lindy Duncan- Texas Rangers
Ron Mathis*- Detroit Tigers
Mike Pfautsch- Minnesota Twins

1981
Scott Collins- Cleveland Indians
Phil Bradley*- Seattle Mariners
Tom Heckman- Oakland Athletics

1982
Kurt Moody- Atlanta Braves
Jim Maddock- Atlanta Braves
Jim Lumpe- Montreal Expos
Dave Gross- Minnesota Twins

1983
John Marquardt- Oakland Athletics
Bill Hance- Texas Rangers
Shane Fairbanks- Houston Astros

1984
Scott Little*- New York Mets
Roger Johnson- Philadelphia Phillies

1985
Paul James- Texas Rangers
Dave Otto*- Oakland Athletics

1986
Nick Rallo- Baltimore Orioles
Bob Faron- St. Louis Cardinals

1987
Marcus Adler- Detroit Tigers
Doug Bock -Kansas City Royals
Larry Pierson- St. Louis Cardinals
Mike Rogers- Texas Rangers
Tony Russo- St. Louis Cardinals

1988
Tim Clark- Cincinnati Reds
Dave Silvestri*- Houston Astros
Dave Slavin- San Francisco Giants

1989
Scott Brown- Pittsburgh Pirates
Mike Parker- Atlanta Braves
Jon Pittenger- Minnesota Twins
Mike Potthoff- Los Angeles Dodgers
Kevin Uhrhan- Boston Red Sox

1990
Scott Black- Houston Astros
Steve Powers- Houston Astros

1991
Darnel Hawkins- Houston Astros

1992
John Dettmer*- Texas Rangers

1993
Chris Wyrick- Detroit Tigers

1994
Jason Meyhoff- Minnesota Twins
David Sanderson- New York Mets
Scott Swift- San Francisco Giants

1996
Tom Buchman- Minnesota Twins

1997
Aaron Akin- Florida Marlins
Aaron Jaworowski- Minnesota Twins
Jeff Terrell- Philadelphia Phillies

1998
Ryan Fry- Kansas City Royals
Jeremy Callier- Anaheim Angels
Griffin Moore- Kansas City Royals
Torre Tyson- Boston Red Sox
Nick Schwieder- Anaheim Angels

1999
Chris George- Houston Astros
Ryan Jamison- Houston Astros
Justin Stine- Toronto Blue Jays

2000
Landon Brandes- St. Louis Cardinals
Ralph McCasland- Montreal Expos
J.R. Warner- Anaheim Angels
Nick Wilfong- San Francisco Giants

2001
Ryan Stegall- Houston Astros
Jon Williams- San Francisco Giants
Pete Sansone- River City Rascals

2002
Jody Roughton- Detroit Tigers
Drew Endicott- Kansas City Royals

2003
Jayce Tingler- Toronto Blue Jays
Justin James- Toronto Blue Jays
Ian Kinsler*- Texas Rangers
Andy Shipman- Boston Red Sox
Derek Roper- St. Louis Cardinals

2004
Danny Hill- Toronto Blue Jays
Garrett Brohsuis- San Fransisco Giants
Cody Ehlers- New York Yankees
Mark Alexander- Los Angeles Dodgers
Lee Laskowski- Mid-Missouri Mavericks
Brad Flanders- Evansville Otters

2005
James Boone- Pittsburgh Pirates
Andrew Johnston- Colorado Rockies
Doug Mathis*- Texas Rangers

2006
Max Scherzer*- Arizona Diamondbacks
Nahtan Culp- San Diego Padres
Brett Reynolds- Arizona Diamonbacks
Hunter Mense- Florida Marlins
Taylor Parker- Chicago Cubs
Travis Wendte- Milwaukee Brewers

2007
Evan Frey- Arizona Diamondbacks
Brock Bond- San Fransisco Giants

2008
Aaron Crow- Washington Nationals
Rick Zagone- Baltimore Orioles
Jacob Priday- Houston Astros
Ryan Lollis- Detroit Tigers
Kurt Calvert- Chicago Cubs
Lee Fischer- Chicago White Sox

2009
Aaron Crow- Kansas City Royals
Kyle Gibson- Minnesota Twins
Trevor Coleman- Seattle Mariners
Kyle Mach- San Francisco Giants
Aaron Senne- Minnesota Twins
Ryan Lollis- San Francisco Giants
Greg Folgia- Cleveland Indians

*-- Played at major league level