Duke University

Blue Devils
Durham, NC

Name History:
Trinity College 1859-1924
Duke University 1924-date

Baseball Team History:
1889-91, 1896-1917, 1919-date

Major League Players

Name Major League Debut
Wade H. Lefler 4/16/1924
William M. Werber 6/25/1930
Emmett J. (Tim) McKeithan 7/21/1932
Raymond F. (Bobby) Coombs 6/8/1933
Moritz H. Flohr 6/8/1934
Alfred L. (Chubby) Dean 4/14/1936
Kenneth A. Weafer 5/29/1936
Peter E. Naktenis 6/13/1936
Clarence M. (Ace) Parker 4/24/1937
Wayne H. Ambler 6/4/1937
Harold E. Wagner 10/3/1937
David M. Smith 6/16/1938
Eric G. Tipton 6/9/1939
Lawrence C. (Crash) Davis 6/15/1940
Edward C. Shokes 6/9/1941
Ronald B. Northey 4/14/1942
Frank M. Seward 9/28/1943
Claude E. Corbitt 9/23/1945
Leon C. Griffeth 6/25/1946
William G. McCahan 9/15/1946
Austin J. Knickerbocker 4/19/1947
Robert B. (Brandy) Davis 4/15/1952
Richard M. Groat 6/19/1952
Donald A. Minnick 9/23/1957
Richard A. (Footer) Johnson 6/15/1958
Albert D. Spangler 9/16/1959
Gordon C. Coleman 9/19/1959
Ronald E. Davis 8/1/1962
John W. Poff 9/8/1979
Robert R. Brower 9/3/1986
Michael S. Trombley 8/19/1992
John C. Courtright 5/6/1995
Quinton A. McCracken 9/17/1995
Ryan D. Jackson 3/31/1998
Scott D. Schoeneweis 4/7/1999
Christopher J. Capuano 5/4/2003

Also Attended

Name Major League Debut
Wesley A. Livengood 5/301939
Leroy E. Talcott 6/24/1943
William S. Bell 9/5/1952
Michael A. Degerick 9/4/1961


boldmember of Duke Hall of Fame
italics information not yet determined


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