All-College Teams (A Rosenblatt Farewell)
June 29, 2010 by Daniel Hirsch · Leave a Comment
Before I begin, I’d like to thank Mike Lynch for this opportunity to contribute to Seamheads. It’s great to be a part of this amazing lineup of contributors.
I live in Omaha, Nebraska, home of Rosenblatt Stadium and the College World Series. The final CWS game to ever be played at Rosenblatt will be either tonight or tomorrow night (depending on tonight’s outcome). I figured that this would be a perfect opportunity to add College data and All-College Teams to The Baseball Gauge .
Prior to compiling the numbers, it was safe to assume that schools such as Southern Cal, Arizona State, Texas, Florida State, and Stanford would dominate the leaderboards. That was no surprise upon viewing the final totals. What I believe is most interesting are the small schools that have only produced a handful of Major Leaguers in their entire history.
St. Joseph’s College in Renssalaer, Indiana has had a baseball team for 75 years, and has probably fielded hundreds of players in that time. Out of all of those players to wear a Puma uniform, just ONE player has ever become a Major Leaguer, Gil Hodges. No one else has ever made a Major League appearance while Hodges was the best first baseman of the 1950’s. There are a number of instances similar to this, for example…
- David Justice / Thomas More College
- Mike Hargrove / NW Oklahoma State University
- Bill White / Hiram College
The following are two lists which show the top schools of All-Time and the top schools up until 1919. Notice the difference between the two and the number of Ivy League schools in the second list. These days, a big deal is made if a player comes from the Ivy League, while it was commonplace for a “College Boy” to come from the Ivy League in the Dead Ball Era.
The Top 20 Schools of All-Time according to Win Shares:
| # | School | Mascot
|
City
|
State
|
Players
|
WS
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
University of Southern California | Trojans
|
Los Angeles
|
CA
|
100
|
4,491.1
|
|
2
|
Arizona State University | Sun Devils
|
Tempe
|
AZ
|
94
|
4,420.6
|
|
3
|
University of Michigan | Wolverines
|
Ann Arbor
|
MI
|
77
|
3,083.3
|
|
4
|
University of California, Los Angeles | Bruins
|
Los Angeles
|
CA
|
67
|
2,863.7
|
|
5
|
Saint Mary’s College of California | Gaels
|
Moraga
|
CA
|
62
|
2,844.0
|
|
6
|
University of Texas at Austin | Longhorns
|
Austin
|
TX
|
101
|
2,709.3
|
|
7
|
University of Notre Dame | Fighting Irish
|
South Bend
|
IN
|
71
|
2,709.2
|
|
8
|
University of California | Golden Bears
|
Berkeley
|
CA
|
55
|
2,033.7
|
|
9
|
Louisiana State University | Tigers
|
Baton Rouge
|
LA
|
62
|
2,028.6
|
|
10
|
Stanford University | Cardinal
|
Palo Alto
|
CA
|
85
|
1,999.5
|
|
11
|
Mississippi State University | Bulldogs
|
Starkville
|
MS
|
42
|
1,954.9
|
|
12
|
University of Alabama | Crimson Tide
|
Tuscaloosa
|
AL
|
62
|
1,928.2
|
|
13
|
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Fighting Illini
|
Champaign
|
IL
|
69
|
1,868.9
|
|
14
|
Fordham University | Rams
|
Bronx
|
NY
|
56
|
1,817.6
|
|
15
|
Oklahoma State University | Cowboys
|
Stillwater
|
OK
|
51
|
1,817.0
|
|
16
|
San Diego State University | Aztecs
|
San Diego
|
CA
|
37
|
1,802.3
|
|
17
|
Georgia Institute of Technology | Yellow Jackets
|
Atlanta
|
GA
|
45
|
1,764.0
|
|
18
|
University of Arizona | Wildcats
|
Tucson
|
AZ
|
67
|
1,741.2
|
|
19
|
University of Tennessee | Volunteers
|
Knoxville
|
TN
|
39
|
1,722.8
|
|
20
|
College of the Holy Cross | Crusaders
|
Worcester
|
MA
|
77
|
1,640.1
|
The Top 20 Schools during the 19th Century and Deadball Era
(1871-1919)
| # | School
|
Mascot
|
City
|
State
|
Players
|
WS
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
College of the Holy Cross | Crusaders
|
Worcester
|
MA
|
45
|
1,093.2
|
|
2
|
University of Pennsylvania | Quakers
|
Philadelphia
|
PA
|
34
|
527.5
|
|
3
|
University of Notre Dame | Fighting Irish
|
South Bend
|
IN
|
33
|
1,458.2
|
|
4
|
Brown University | Bears
|
Providence
|
RI
|
31
|
700.3
|
|
5
|
Saint Mary’s College of California | Gaels
|
Moraga
|
CA
|
26
|
1,378.9
|
|
6
|
Fordham University | Rams
|
Bronx
|
NY
|
26
|
919.9
|
|
7
|
Villanova University | Wildcats
|
Villanova
|
PA
|
25
|
618.6
|
|
8
|
Georgetown University | Hoyas
|
Washington
|
DC
|
24
|
776.0
|
|
9
|
Manhattan College | Jaspers
|
Riverdale
|
NY
|
19
|
283.0
|
|
10
|
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Fighting Illini
|
Champaign
|
IL
|
18
|
501.0
|
|
11
|
Bucknell University | Bison
|
Lewisburg
|
PA
|
18
|
927.0
|
|
12
|
Santa Clara University | Broncos
|
Santa Clara
|
CA
|
16
|
469.3
|
|
13
|
Princeton University | Tigers
|
Princeton
|
NJ
|
15
|
51.6
|
|
14
|
Tufts University | Jumbos
|
Medford
|
MA
|
13
|
30.4
|
|
15
|
University of Michigan | Wolverines
|
Ann Arbor
|
MI
|
13
|
343.4
|
|
16
|
Dartmouth College | Big Green
|
Hanover
|
NH
|
12
|
110.3
|
|
17
|
Yale University | Bulldogs
|
New Haven
|
CT
|
12
|
256.3
|
|
18
|
Boston College | Eagles
|
Chestnut Hill
|
MA
|
12
|
340.0
|
|
19
|
Pennsylvania State University | Nittany Lions
|
State College
|
PA
|
12
|
749.2
|
|
20
|
University of Maryland | Terrapins
|
College Park
|
MD
|
11
|
417.1
|
A special note: This data only includes each player’s stats from their time in the Major Leagues. A few players may have attended a school without playing on the Baseball team but are still included. Raw College data can be found at The Baseball Databank
