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sturg1dj
06-17-2009, 02:35 PM
here is an old list of MLB players with college degrees. As you can see some are missing and some have retired.

from four-year colleges:
Player Team College Degree
Steve Finley D'backs Southern Illinois Physiology
Dave Roberts Dodgers UCLA History
Darren Dreifort Dodgers Wichita State Liberal arts
Jeff Cirillo Padres USC Communications
Jon Knott Padres Mississippi State Business
Mark Loretta Padres Northwestern Business
Mark Prior Cubs USC Business
Mike Remlinger Cubs Dartmouth Economics
Todd Walker Cubs LSU Business
Sean Casey Reds Richmond Speech
Brandon Larson Reds LSU Info. systems
Brad Ausmus Astros Dartmouth Government
Dave Burba Brewers Ohio State Family counseling
Craig Counsell Brewers Notre Dame Accounting
Chris Capuano Brewers Duke Economics
Brady Clark Brewers USD Business
Wes Obermueller Brewers Notre Dame Accounting
Brian Boehringer Pirates UNLV Finance
So Taguchi Cardinals Doshisya (Japan) Business
Woody Williams Cardinals Houston Not available
Tony Womack Cardinals Guilford (N.C.) Sports management
Kevin Gryboski Braves Wilkes (Penn.) Environmental eng.
Jamey Carroll Expos Evansville (Ind.) Kinesiology
Doug Glanville Phillies Penn Systems
engineering
Mike Lowell Marlins Florida International
finance
Scot Shields Angels Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) Kinesiology
Eric Karros A's UCLA Economics
Billy McMillon A's Clemson Economics
Jamie Moyer Mariners Indiana General studies
Shigetoshi Hasegawa Mariners Ritsumeikan (Japan) Business
Rusty Greer Rangers Montevallo (Ala.) Not available
Scott Schoeneweis White Sox Duke History
Shingo Takatsu White Sox Asia Univ. (Japan) Economics
Jody Gerut Indians Stanford History
Scott Sullivan Royals Auburn Business
John Flaherty Yankees George Washington Speech
Mike Mussina Yankees Stanford Economics
Paul Quantrill Yankees Wisconsin Marketing
Travis Harper Devil Rays James Madison Health sciences
Kerry Ligtenberg Blue Jays Minnesota Chemical
engineering
Vinnie Chulk Blue Jays St. Thomas (Miami) Sports management
Bob File Blue Jays Textiles/Science (Phil.) Computer science


so which players do you know who are not on this list have college degrees...and where from and what kind?

one I can add is Curtis Granderson - business administration and advertising - Illinois-Chicago

Zito75
06-18-2009, 10:16 PM
Pretty sure Todd Helton has his degree from Tennessee.

lyrical
06-19-2009, 08:30 AM
Ross Ohlendorf from Princeton, as per the recent ESPN.com feature. Degree in Operations Research and Financial Engineering. Article also mentions Chris Young (pitcher) as another Princeton grad, degree in politics per wikipedia.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=4230662

Otis Nixon's Bodyguard
06-19-2009, 08:56 AM
I've read that Carlos Quentin has a Political Science degree from Stanford.