"Having a degree from USC is a major accomplishment for me, as well as it should be for you. (USC Associate) Dean Ellis alluded to the fact that I'm only one of 17 current major leaguers with a college degree."

Wow, only 17 college graduates in all of major league baseball.

Could this be accurate?

Only 17 in MLB, ouch!

How many players are there in major league baseball?

Since we baseball fans love statistics, what is the graduation percentage for MLB?

Or, on the 40 man roster? 17/1200 = 1.42%

However, The following are 42 players in the major leagues who have earned their degrees 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 ounseling
Craig Counsell.....Brewers... Notre Dame--Accounting
Chris Capuano....Brewers....Duke--Economics
Brady Clark........ Brewers....USD--Business
W.Obermueller... Brewers....Notre Dame--Accounting
Brian Boehringer.. Pirates.......UNLV--Finance
So Taguchi..........Cardinals.....Doshisya (Japan)--Business
Woody Williams...Cardinals.....Houston--?
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
S. Hasegawa.......Mariners.....Ritsumeikan (Japan)--Business
Rusty Greer.........Rangers......Montevallo (Ala.)--?
S.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
V.Chulk................Blue Jays....St. Thomas--Sports Management
Bob File.......Blue Jays....Textiles/Science (Phil.)--Computer Science

The little ex-Cub who's a big hit with the Cardinals talks with Steve Rosenbloom in the St. Louis clubhouse.

Sample:

I paid my way through school. I played in the minor leagues and would leave the last three weeks of the season to go back and get my degree.

I got a B.A. in sports management. My wife and I will start going to get our master's within the next year or two. She's going for business, I'm going for sports management. I ain't going to be playing this game forever. I need something to fall back on just in case we have to get jobs.

I try not to sign the sweet spot (when he autographs baseballs) because I think it's for managers and Hall-of-Famers. They deserve it and I have that respect for the game.

Source:
chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-0407200283jul20,1,6217901.story

I wonder what the 2005 list of MLB college graduates would look like ???

Cubs weblinks
www.dmoz.org/Bookmarks/D/dianamo/ChicagoCubs/