Colleges that Graduate the Most Players to the Majors (Update 2/23/10)

by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Feb 22, 2010 11:54 AM EST Comment 13 comments

As I have found out from our great readers, the Databank dataset is not close to having all the colleges and players matched up. As two separate readers pointed out, they numbers are off, by about 50% less, when compared to the lists at Baseball-reference and the Baseball Almanac. I really don't understand the difference between the Databank dataset and the Baseball-reference because they are both run by the same people.

So to clear up the problem, I have put all three groups together in a spreadsheet for people to reference with all the totals from each of the three sources. Also, here is an all-time list of the top 20 from Baseball Almanac and how the other 2 compare:

	Baseball Almanac		Baseball Reference		Databank Dataset
University	Rank	Number	Rank	Number	Rank	Number
University of Southern California	1	99	1	100	7	42
University of Texas at Austin	2	98	2	95	3	51
Arizona State University	3	92	3	90	1	65
Stanford University	4	80	4	82	2	54
University of Michigan	5	77	6	72	18	25
College of the Holy Cross	6	76	5	77	none	N/A
University of Illinois	7	70	7	69	48	13
University of Arizona	8	68	11	60	5	47
University of California, Los Angeles	9	67	9	63	4	49
University of Alabama	10	62	13	58	20	22
Louisiana State University	11	62	12	59	17	26
University of Oklahoma	12	61	14	57	10	34
Florida State University	13	59	17	55	6	44
Saint Mary's College of California	14	58	10	62	91	8
University of Notre Dame	15	57	8	67	65	10
Fordham University	16	56	15	56	236	3
Santa Clara University	17	55	15	56	58	11
University of Pennsylvania	18	53	18	53	135	6
University of California	18	53	19	50	20	22
University of Florida	20	52	19	50	10	34

Notes:

The Databank data is effectively useless. They have no one from Holy Cross in witch the other 2 have in the top 6. Now I find out that some work I have previously done is now worthless.
More northern schools now make the list than the previous one.

I will keep the original article after the jump (I hope MGL doesn't lose his cookies) for reference.

Since my move to Wichita, I have taken back up ultimate frisbee. The team meets at the new indoor practice facility for the Wichita State baseball and softball teams. Inside it shows all the players that are All-Americans and a list of players to make it to the majors. This got me thinking of which universities have the most talent get to the majors. The following is a list of all universities that have 10 more players that made it to the bigs. I didn't really want to look at how good they were, as a couple of studs could really move a team up. Also this list is for players born after 1965. An all-time list is after the jump.

Rank	College	Number
1	Stanford	37
2	UCLA	23
3	Arizona	22
3	Florida State	22
3	Arizona State	22
6	Florida	20
7	Louisiana State	19
7	Georgia Tech	19
9	Texas	19
10	Oklahoma State	18

Rank	College	Number
11	Oklahoma	17
11	Clemson	17
11	Miami (FL)	17
14	USC	16
15	Pepperdine	15
15	Nebraska	15
15	Cal St. Fullerton	15
18	Auburn	14
18	Fresno State	14
18	Alabama	14
18	Texas Tech	14
18	South Carolina	14
18	Michigan	14
18	Rice	14
25	Houston	13
25	Tennessee	13
27	North Carolina	12
27	Wichita State	12
27	Mississippi	12
30	South Alabama	11
30	Cal State Fullerton	11
32	Creighton	10
32	Nevada	10
32	Washington State	10
32	San Diego State	10
32	Texas A&M	10
32	Georgia	10

Notes:

Not many schools list in the North, with Michigan being the leader with 18
Wichita St. holds up decently

All time list (many of the same names)

Rank	College	Number
1	Arizona State	65
2	Stanford	54
3	Texas	51
4	UCLA	49
5	Arizona	47
6	Florida State	44
7	USC	42
8	Miami (FL)	36
9	Cal St. Fullerton	36
10	Florida	34

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I never would have guessed we (WSU) are 32nd.

That’s surprisingly high. Where can I find a list?

Also, is Ian Kinsler considered ASU, Missouri or both?

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by philkid3 on Feb 22, 2010 12:03 PM EST reply actions

I used the colleges list in the databank dataset.

You want me to send you the all time list?

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by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Feb 22, 2010 12:05 PM EST up reply actions

Missouri on Kinsler

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by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Feb 22, 2010 12:06 PM EST up reply actions

B-ref disagrees

Their “schools” page has Arizona St with 90 players in the majors and Stanford with 82. I’m not going to check each school, but it’s a fun link. Why the discrepency?

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by Poseur on Feb 22, 2010 1:02 PM EST up reply actions