List of baseball players who went directly to Major League Baseball
Players

List of baseball players who went directly to Major League Baseball

Section Title: Players
Table Section Text: None

Name	Position	Amateur Team	Major League Team	Debut

Jim Abbott	Pitcher	Michigan	California Angels	1989

Mike Adamson	Pitcher	Southern California	Baltimore Orioles	1967

Joey Amalfitano+	Second baseman	Loyola Marymount	New York Giants	1954

Wayne Ambler	Second baseman	Duke	Philadelphia Athletics	1937

Walter Ancker	Pitcher	—	Philadelphia Athletics	1915

Johnny Antonelli+	Pitcher	Thomas Jefferson HS (Rochester, N. Y.)	Boston Braves	1948

Eddie Bane	Pitcher	Arizona State	Minnesota Twins	1973

Reno Bertoia+	Third baseman	Assumption College HS (Ont.)	Detroit Tigers	1953

Steve Boros+	Infielder	Michigan	Detroit Tigers	1957

Clete Boyer+	Third baseman	Alba HS (Mo.)	Kansas City Athletics	1955

Jim Brady+	Pitcher	Notre Dame	Detroit Tigers	1956

Pete Broberg	Pitcher	Dartmouth	Washington Senators	1971

Mack Burk+	Catcher	Texas	Philadelphia Phillies	1956

Tom Carroll+	Infielder	Notre Dame	New York Yankees	1955

Wayne Causey+	Infielder	Neville HS (La.)	Baltimore Orioles	1955

David Clyde	Pitcher	Westchester HS (Texas)	Texas Rangers	1973

Tim Conroy	Pitcher	Gateway Senior HS (Pa.)	Oakland Athletics	1978

Billy Consolo+	Shortstop	Dorsey HS (California)	Boston Red Sox	1953

John DeMerit+	Outfielder	Wisconsin	Milwaukee Braves	1957

Jim Derrington+	Pitcher	South Gate High School (California)	Chicago White Sox	1956

Moe Drabowsky+	Pitcher	Trinity College	Chicago Cubs	1956

Darren Dreifort	Pitcher	Wichita State	Los Angeles Dodgers	1994

Steve Dunning	Pitcher	Stanford	Cleveland Indians	1970

John Edelman+	Pitcher	West Chester	Milwaukee Braves	1955

Rob Ellis	Outfielder	Michigan State	Milwaukee Brewers	1971

Bob Feller*	Pitcher	Van Meter HS (Iowa)	Cleveland Indians	1936

Frankie Frisch*	Second baseman	Fordham	New York Giants (NL)	1919

Tom Gastall+	Catcher	Boston University	Baltimore Orioles	1955

Paul Giel+	Pitcher	Minnesota	New York Giants	1954

Dick Groat+	Shortstop	Duke	Pittsburgh Pirates	1952

Bobby Henrich+	Shortstop	Compton HS (California)	Cincinnati Redlegs	1957

Dave Hardwood+	Pitcher	Northwestern	Kansas City Athletics	1957

Gil Hodges	Third baseman	Petersburg High School (Indiana)	Brooklyn Dodgers	1943

Jay Hook+	Pitcher	Northwestern	Cincinnati Redlegs	1957

Burt Hooton	Pitcher	Texas	Chicago Cubs	1971

Bob Horner	Third baseman	Arizona State	Atlanta Braves	1978

Catfish Hunter*+	Pitcher	Perquimans County HS (N.C.)	Kansas City Athletics	1965

Pete Incaviglia	Outfielder	Oklahoma State	Texas Rangers	1986

Ron Jackson+	First baseman	Western Michigan	Chicago White Sox	1954

Vic Janowicz+	Catcher	The Ohio State University	Pittsburgh Pirates	1953

Joey Jay+	Pitcher	Woodrow Wilson HS (Conn.)	Milwaukee Braves	1953

Don Kaiser+	Pitcher	East Central University	Chicago Cubs	1955

Al Kaline*+	Outfielder	Southern HS (Maryland)	Detroit Tigers	1953

Harmon Killebrew*+	First baseman	Payette HS (Idaho)	Washington Senators	1954

Jerry Kindall+	Second baseman	Minnesota	Chicago Cubs	1956

Nick Koback+	Catcher	Hartford Public High School (Conn.)	Pittsburgh Pirates	1953

Sandy Koufax*+	Pitcher	Cincinnati	Brooklyn Dodgers	1955

Kenny Kuhn+	Infielder	Louisville Male HS (Kỳ.)	Cleveland Indians	1955

Mike Leake	Pitcher	Arizona State	Cincinnati Reds	2010

Frank Leja+	First baseman	Holyoke High School (Massachusetts)	New York Yankees	1954

Ralph Lumenti+	Pitcher	Boston University	Washington Senators	1957

Mike McCormick+	Pitcher	Keppel HS (California)	New York Giants	1956

Lindy McDaniel+	Pitcher	Arnett HS (Okla.)	St. Louis Cardinals	1955

Von McDaniel+	Pitcher	Arnett HS (Okla.)	St. Louis Cardinals	1957

Cal McLish	Pitcher	Central HS (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)	Brooklyn Dodgers	1944

Bob G. Miller+	Pitcher	J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 (Ill.)	Cincinnati Redlegs	1953

Bob L. Miller+	Pitcher	Beaumont High School (Mo.)	St. Louis Cardinals	1957

Brian Milner	Catcher	Fort Worth Southwest High School	Toronto Blue Jays	1978

Cass Michaels	Second baseman	Hamtramck High School (Mich.)	Chicago White Sox	1943

Paul Martin+	Pitcher	Marion Center Area High School (Pa.)	Pittsburgh Pirates	1955

Mike Morgan	Pitcher	Valley HS (Nev.)	Oakland Athletics	1978

Xavier Nady	Outfielder	California	San Diego Padres	2000

Tex Nelson+	First baseman	—	Baltimore Orioles	1955

Joe Nuxhall	Pitcher	Hamilton High School (OH)	Cincinnati Reds	1944

Harry MacPherson	Pitcher	Johnson HS (Johnson, MA)	Boston Braves	1944

Eddie O'Brien+	Shortstop	Seattle	Pittsburgh Pirates	1953

Johnny O'Brien+	Second baseman	Seattle	Pittsburgh Pirates	1953

Billy O'Dell+	Pitcher	Clemson	Baltimore Orioles	1954

John Olerud	First baseman	Washington State	Toronto Blue Jays	1989

Mel Ott*	Outfielder	Gretna High School (La.)	New York Giants	1926

Jim Pagliaroni+	Catcher	Wilson High School (California)	Boston Red Sox	1955

Chan Ho Park	Pitcher	Hanyang University	Los Angeles Dodgers	1994

Don Pavletich+	Catcher	—	Cincinnati Reds	1957

Laurin Pepper+	Pitcher	Southern Miss	Pittsburgh Pirates	1954

Leroy Powell+	Pinch runner	Michigan State	Chicago White Sox	1955

Ariel Prieto	Pitcher	—	Oakland Athletics	1995

Buddy Pritchard+	Second baseman	USC	Pittsburgh Pirates	1957

Jim Pyburn+	Third baseman	Alabama Polytechnic Institute	Baltimore Orioles	1955

Tom Qualters+	Pitcher	McKeesport HS (PA)	Philadelphia Phillies	1953

Mel Roach+	Infielder	—	Milwaukee Braves	1953

Dave Roberts	Third baseman	Oregon	San Diego Padres	1972

Dick Ruthven	Pitcher	Fresno State	Philadelphia Phillies	1973

Jerry Schoonmaker+	Outfielder	Missouri	Washington Senators	1955

Al Silvera+	Outfielder	USC	Cincinnati Reds	1955

George Sisler*	First baseman	Michigan	St. Louis Browns	1915

Jim Small+	Outfielder	—	Detroit Tigers	1955

Red Swanson+	Pitcher	LSU	Pittsburgh Pirates	1955

Hawk Taylor+	Catcher	—	Milwaukee Braves	1957

George Thomas+	Outfielder	—	Detroit Tigers	1957

Fred Van Dusen+	Pinch hitter	Bryant HS (N.Y.)	Philadelphia Phillies	1955

Jerry Walker+	Pitcher	Byng HS (Okla.)	Baltimore Orioles	1957

Herb Washington	Pinch Runner	Michigan State	Oakland Athletics	1974

Dave Winfield*	Outfielder	Minnesota	San Diego Padres	1973

Frank Zupo+	Catcher	—	Baltimore Orioles	1957

Sentence(s)

Olerud jumped directly to the majors after Washington State.
Olerud jumped directly to the majors to Washington State in 1989.
Olerud jumped directly to the Majors after a career at Washington State.

final_sentence: Olerud jumped directly to the majors after Washington State.
final_sentence: Olerud jumped directly to the majors to Washington State in 1989.
final_sentence: Olerud jumped directly to the Majors after a career at Washington State.