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Big West In The Major Leagues Current Members (only athletes who played in the conference) Cal Poly (4 Major Leaguers) Long Beach State (34 Major Leaguers) Kevin Correia - San Francisco (2003-08), San Diego (2009) Kyle Abbott - Anaheim (1991-92), Philadelphia (1993-95) Casey Fien - Detroit (2009) Abe Alvarez - Boston (2004, 2006) Bud Norris - Houston (2009) Gary Beare - Milwaukee (1976-77) Garrett Olson - Baltimore (2008), Seattle (2009) Chad Bentz - Montreal (2004), Florida (2005) Rocky Biddle - Chicago/AL (2000-02), Montreal (2003-04) Cal State Fullerton (47 Major Leaguers) John Bowker - San Francisco (2008-09) Brent Billingsley - Florida (1999) Andrew Carpenter - Philadelphia (2008-09) Dan Boone - San Diego (1981-82), Houston (1982), Baltimore (1990) Brent Cookson - Boston Red Sox (1995) Gary Buckels - St. Louis (1994) Bobby Crosby - Oakland (2003-09) Larry Casian - Minnesota (1990-94), Cleveland (1994), Chicago/NL (1995-97), Kansas City Chris DeMaria - Kansas City (2005), Milwaukee (2006) (1997), Chicago/AL (1998) Marco Estrada - Washington (2009) Frank Charles - Houston (2000) Mike Gallo - Houston (2003-06) John Christensen - New York/NL (1984-85), Seattle (1987), Minnesota (1988) Rod Gaspar - New York/NL (1966) Chad Cordero - Montreal (2003-04), Washington (2005-08) Jason Giambi - Oakland (1995-01, 09), New York/AL (2002-08), Colorado (2009) Shane Costa - Kansas City (2005-07) Chris Gomez - Detroit (1993-96), San Diego (1996-01), Tampa Bay (2001), Minnesota Andre David - Minnesota (1984, 86) (2002), Toronto (2004), Baltimore (2005-07), Cleveland (2007), Pittsburgh (2008) Jordan DeJong - Toronto (2007) Gabe Gonzalez - Florida (1998) Brandon Duckworth - Philadelphia (2001-03), Houston (2004-05), Kansas City (2007) Dennis Gray - Toronto (1994) John Fishel - Houston (1988) Marcus Jones - Oakland (2000) Huck Flener - Toronto (1993-94) Jeff Liefer - Chicago/AL (2001-02), Montreal (2003), Tampa Bay (2003), Milwaukee Jeremy Giambi - Kansas City (1998-99), Oakland (2000-02), Boston (2003) (2004), Cleveland (2005) Mike Harkey - Chicago/NL (1988, 90-93), Colorado (1994), Oakland (1995), Anaheim Evan Longoria - Tampa Bay (2008-09) (1995), Los Angeles (1997) Paul McAnulty - San Diego (2005-08) Brent Hemphill - Anaheim (1999) Randy Moffitt - San Francisco (1972-81), Houston (1982), Toronto (1983) Dann Howitt - Oakland (1989-92), Seattle (1993) Carlos Muniz - New York/NL (2008) Adam Johnson - Minnesota (2001, 03) Cesar Ramos - San Diego (2009) Reed Johnson - Toronto (2003-07), Chicago/AL (2008, 09) Jeremy Reed - Seattle (2005-09) Mark Kotsay - Florida (1997-00), San Diego (2001-03), Oakland (2005-07), Atlanta (2008), Darrell Sherman - San Diego (1993-94) Boston (2008, 09), Chicago (2009) Terrmel Sledge - Montreal (2004), Washington (2005), San Diego (2007) Mike Lamb - Texas (2000-03), Houston (2005-07), Minnesota (2008), Milwaukee (2008) Jim Smith - Pittsburgh (1982) Wes Littleton - Texas (2006-08) George Throop - Kansas City (1975, 77-79) Greg Mathews - St. Louis (1986-88, 90) Steve Trachsel - Chicago/AL (1993-99), Tampa Bay (2000), Toronto (2000), Brent Mayne - Kansas City (1990-95, 2001-03), New York/NL (1996), Oakland (1997), New York/NL (2001-06), Chicago/AL (2007), Baltimore (2007-08) San Francisco (1998-99), Colorado (2000-01), Arizona (2004), Los Angeles (2004) Troy Tulowitzki - Colorado (2006-09) Bill Moore - Montreal (1986) Tom Urbani - St. Louis (1993-96) Andy Mota - Houston (1991-92) Jered Weaver - Anaheim (2006-09) Jose Mota - San Diego (1991), Kansas City (1995) Jason Vargas - Florida (2005-06), New York/NL (2007), Seattle (2009) Dan Naulty - Minnesota (1996-98), New York/AL (1999) Phil Nevin - Houston (1995), Detroit (1995-97), Anaheim (1998), San Diego (1999-05), UC Irvine (4 Major Leaguers) Texas/Chicago(AL)/Minnesota (2006) Brady Anderson - Boston (1988), Baltimore (1988-01), Cleveland (2002) Dante Powell - San Francisco (1997-98, 2001), Arizona (1999) Doug Linton -Toronto (1992-93), Anaheim (1993), New York/NL (1994), Kansas City Erasmo Ramirez - Texas (2003-05), Oakland (2007), Florida (2007) (1995-96), Baltimore (1999), Toronto (2003) Kevin Reimer - Texas (1988-92), Milwaukee (1993) Sean Tracy - Chicago/NL (2006) Jeff Robinson - San Francisco (1984-87), Pittsburgh (1987-89), New York/AL (1990), Gary Wheelock - Anaheim (1976), Seattle (1977, 80) Anaheim (1991) Ricky Romero - Toronto (2009) UC Riverside (4 Major Leaguers) Mike Rouse - Oakland (2006), Cleveland (2007) Anthony Claggett - New York/AL (2009) Aaron Rowand - Chicago/AL (2001-05), Philadelphia (2005-07), Dan Runzler - San Francisco (2009) San Francisco (2008, 09) Marc Rzepczynski - Toronto (2009) Kirk Saarloos - Houston (2002-03), Oakland (2004-06, 08), Cincinnati (2007) Chris Smith - Boston (2008), Milwaukee (2009) Mike Schooler - Seattle (1988-92), Texas (1993) Steve Sisco - Atlanta (2000) UC Santa Barbara (15 Major Leaguers) Dave Staton - San Diego (1993-94) Bruce Egloff - Cleveland (1991) Kurt Suzuki - Oakland (2007-09) Erik Johnson - San Francisco (1993-94) Justin Turner - Baltimore (2009) Brian Kingman - Oakland (1979-82), San Francisco (1983) Shane Turner - Philadelphia (1988), Seattle (1990-93) Joe Kmak - Milwaukee (1993), Chicago Cubs (1995) Tim Wallach - Montreal (1980-92), Los Angeles (1993-96), Anaheim (1996) Mark Leonard - San Francisco (1990-92), Baltimore (1993), San Francisco (1994-95) Dan Whitmer - Anaheim (1980), Toronto (1981) Justin Lehr - Oakland (2004), Milwaukee (2005-06), Cincinnati (2009) Jason Windsor - Oakland (2006) Quinn Mack - Seattle (1994) Matt Wise - Anaheim (2000-02), Milwaukee (2004-07), New York/NL (2008) Eddie Pierce - Kansas City (1992) Skip Schumaker - St. Louis (2005-09) Cal State Northridge (3 Major Leaguers) Chris Speier - San Francisco (1971-77), Montreal (1977-84), St. Louis (1984), Kameron Loe - Texas (2004-08) Minnesota (1984), Chicago/NL (1985-86), San Francisco (1987-89) Bill Murphy - Arizona (2007), Toronto (2008, 09) Ryan Spilborghs - Colorado (2005-09) Leonel Rosales - San Diego (2006), Arizona (2008, 09) Virgil Vasquez - Detroit (2007), Pittsburgh (2009) Dave Walsh - Los Angeles (1990) Mike Young - Texas (2000-09) Barry Zito - Oakland (2000-06), San Francisco (2007-09) Pacific (5 Major Leaguers) Chase Headley - San Diego (2007-09) Dennis Houlton - Los Angeles (2005-07) Keith Johnson - Anaheim (2000) Dan Reichert - Kansas City (1999-02), Toronto (2003) Rob Sperring - Chicago/NL (1974-76), Houston (1977) 71 Big West In The Major Leagues Former Members Major Leagues Team-By-Team (only athletes who played in the conference) American League Detroit Tigers (11) Cal State Los Angeles (4 Major Leaguers) Joe Boever, UNLV (1993-95) Bob Apodaca - New York/NL (1973-79) Anaheim Angels (17) Tim Corcoran, CSLA (1977-80) Terry Bulling - Minnesota (1977), Seattle (1981-83) Kyle Abbott, LBSU (1991-92) Cecil Fielder, UNLV (1990-96) Tim Corcoran - Detroit (1977-80), Minnesota (1981), Philadelphia (1983-85), Mike Brown, SJSU (1983-85, 88) Casey Fien, CP (2009) New York/NL (1986) Cecil Fielder, UNLV (1998) Dan Gladden, FS (1993) Rick Lysander - Oakland (1980), Minnesota (1983-85). Mike Harkey, CSF (1995) Chris Gomez, LBSU (1993-96) Brent Hemphill, CSF (1999) Phil Nevin, CSF (1995-97) Fresno State (18 Major Leaguers) Keith Johnson, PAC (2000) Rob Richie, UN (1989) Randy Asadoor - San Diego (1986) Mark Langston, SJSU (1990-97) Bob Stoddard, FS (1985) Warren Brusstar - Philadelphia (1977-82), Chicago/AL (1982), Chicago/NL (1983-85) Scott Lewis, UNLV (1990-94) Pete Dalena - Cleveland (1989) Virgil Vasquez, UCSB (2007) Doug Linton, UCI (1993) Eric Fox - Oakland (1992-94) Steve Wapnick, FS (1990-91) Phil Nevin, CSF (1998) Mark Gardner - Montreal (1989-92), Kansas City (1993), Florida (1994-95), San Francisco (1996-01) Jeff Robinson, CSF (1991) Kansas City Royals (16) Dan Gladden - San Francisco (1983-86), Minnesota (1987-92), Detroit (1993) Dennis Springer, FS (1996-97) Larry Casian, CSF (1997) Tom Goodwin - Los Angeles (1991-93, 2000-01), Kansas City (1994-97), Tim Wallach, CSF (1996) Shane Costa, CSF (2005-07) Texas (1997-99), Colorado (2000), San Francisco (2002), Chicago/NL (2004) Jered Weaver, LBSU (2006-09) Chris DeMaria, LBSU (2005) Dean Heatgraves - Houston (1995) Gary Wheelock, UCI (1976) Brandon Duckworth, CSF (2007) John Hoover - Texas (1990) Dan Whitmer, CSF (1980) Mark Gardner, FS (1993) Steve Hosey - San Francisco (1992-93) Matt Wise, CSF (2000-02) Jeremy Giambi, CSF (1998-99) Bobby Jones - New York/NL (1993-00), San Diego (2001-02) Tom Goodwin, FS (1994-97) Terry Pendleton - St. Louis (1984-90), Atlanta (1991-94, 96), Florida (1995-96), Baltimore Orioles (11) Doug Linton, UCI (1995-96) Cincinnati (1997-98) Brady Anderson, UCI (1988-01) Brent Mayne, CSF (1990-95, 2001-03) Dick Ruthven - Philadelphia (1973-75, 78-83), Atlanta (1976-78), Chicago/NL (1983-86) Dan Boone, CSF (1990) Jose Mota, CSF (1995) Erik Schullstrom - Minnesota (1994-95) Bobby Crosby, LBSU (2008) Eddie Pierce, UCSB (1992) Dennis Springer - Philadelphia (1995), Anaheim (1996-97), Tampa Bay (1998), Chris Gomez, LBSU (2005-07) Jason Rakers, NMSU (2000) Florida (1999), New York/NL (2000), Los Angeles (2001-02) Matt Leonard, UCSB (1993) Dan Reichert, PAC (1999-2002) Bob Stoddard - Seattle (1981-84), Detroit (1985), San Diego (1986), Kansas City (1987) Doug Linton, UCI (1999) Bob Stoddard, FS (1987) Steve Wapnick - Detroit (1990-91) Garrett Olson, CP (2007-08) Eddie Zosky - Toronto (1991-94), Milwaukee (1999) Mel Stottlemyre Jr., UNLV (1990) Chris Singleton, UN (2002) George Throop, LBSU (1975, 77-79) Anthony Telford, SJSU (1990-91, 93) Nevada (3 Major