We were gonna do an episode of Willets Pod last night, but illness got in the way, so here are some fun facts as the Men’s College World Series gets underway today.
Here’s a fun fact about each college team’s products who made it to MLB. This isn’t necessarily what would’ve been discussed on the podcast that we didn’t get to do, but came up in the internet rabbit hole while preparing for it.
Oral Roberts: Two of the three All-Stars the school has produced are active players, Jordan Romano and Jose Trevino. The other is 1980s baseball card staple Mike Moore.
TCU: Pete Donohue remains the winningest major league pitcher who attended TCU, with 134 victories from 1921-32. But Jake Arrieta got close with 115.
Virginia: Sean Doolittle and Ryan Zimmerman are multiple-time All-Stars, but the one Cavalier who made it to Cooperstown never played an All-Star Game. That’s because Eppa Rixey’s career was from 1912-33.
Florida: The all-time leading Gator in major league homers is and has been Al Rosen since the 1950s. Pete Alonso is currently trailing 192-168, with Mike Stanley still to catch at 187.
Wake Forest: The Demon Deacons have given us not only the pitcher Ryan Braun and the outfielder Dave Robertson, but also these great names: Mike Buddie, Dave Bush, Chris Getz, Lee Gooch, Doyt Morris, Dick Newsome, Charlie Ripple, Elmer Sexauer, and Brick Smith.
Stanford: Six former Cardinal players have hit 100 or more major league home runs — Carlos Quentin, Ed Sprague, Steve Buechele, Jed Lowrie, Jeffrey Hammonds, and Bob Boone. None has reached 200. Good luck to Tommy Edman, currently at 47.
LSU: As of today, DJ LeMahieu has the same .417 career slugging percentage as his predecessor with the Tigers, Aaron Hill.
Tennessee: The one active ex-Volunteer who’s been an All-Star? You guessed it, Yan Gomes.
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