HUSKERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 36 Huskers have played in a Major League Baseball Game 9 World Series Rings • 9 All-Star Selections • 10 Gold Glove Awards BOB CERV (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1947-50) STAN BAHNSEN (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1965) MLB Career: 1951-62 MLB Career: 1966-82 Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Montreal Expos, California Angels, Philadelphia Phillies Honors World Series Champion (1956) Honors All-Star (1958) American League Rookie of the Year (1968) Year Team G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB Year Team W-L SV ERA G GS CG SH IP H R ER BB SO 1951 NY-AL 12 .214 28 4 8 1 0 0 2 4 6 0 1966 NY-AL 1-1 1 3.52 4 3 1 0 23 15 9 9 7 16 1952 NY-AL 36 .241 87 11 21 3 2 1 8 9 22 0 1968 NY-AL 17-12 0 2.05 37 34 10 1 267.1 216 72 61 68 162 1953 NY-AL 8 .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1969 NY-AL 9-16 1 3.83 40 33 5 2 220.2 222 102 94 90 130 1954 NY-AL 56 .260 100 14 26 6 0 5 13 11 17 0 1970 NY-AL 14-11 0 3.33 36 35 6 2 232.2 227 100 86 75 116 1955 NY-AL 55 .341 85 17 29 4 2 3 22 7 16 4 1971 NY-AL 14-12 0 3.35 36 34 14 3 242 221 99 90 72 110 1956 NY-AL 54 .304 115 16 35 5 6 3 25 18 13 0 1972 Chi-AL 21-16 0 3.60 43 41 5 1 252.1 263 107 101 73 157 1957 KC-AL 124 .272 345 35 94 14 2 11 44 20 57 1 1973 Chi-AL 18-21 0 3.57 42 42 14 4 282.1 290 128 112 117 120 1958 KC-AL 141 .305 515 93 157 20 7 38 104 50 82 3 1974 Chi-AL 12-15 0 4.70 38 35 10 1 216.1 230 128 113 110 102 1959 KC-AL 125 .285 463 61 132 22 4 20 87 35 87 3 1975 Chi-AL 4-6 0 6.01 12 12 2 0 67.1 78 49 45 40 31 1960 KC-AL 23 .256 78 14 20 1 1 6 12 10 17 0 Oak-AL 6-7 0 3.24 21 16 2 0 100 88 42 36 37 49 NY-AL 87 .250 216 32 54 11 1 8 28 30 36 0 1976 Oak-AL 8-7 0 3.34 35 14 1 1 143 124 55 53 43 82 1961 LA-AL 18 .271 57 3 9 3 0 2 6 1 8 0 1977 Oak-AL 1-2 1 6.14 11 2 0 0 22 24 76 68 13 21 NY-AL 57 .271 118 17 32 5 1 6 20 12 17 1 Mon-NL 8-9 0 4.81 23 22 3 1 127.1 142 16 15 38 58 1962 NY-AL 14 .118 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 1978 Mon-NL 1-5 7 3.84 44 1 0 0 75 74 35 32 31 44 Hou-NL 19 .226 31 2 7 0 0 2 3 2 10 0 1979 Mon-NL 3-1 5 3.15 55 0 0 0 94.1 80 34 33 42 71 Totals 12 Years 829 .276 2,261 320 624 96 28 105 374 323 392 12 1980 Mon-NL 7-6 4 3.05 57 0 0 0 91.1 80 40 31 33 48 1981 Mon-AL 2-1 1 4.96 25 3 0 0 49 45 27 27 24 28 DWIGHT SIEBLER (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1957-58) 1982 Cal-AL 0-1 0 4.66 7 0 0 0 9.2 13 6 5 8 5 MLB Career: 1963-67 Phi-NL 0-0 0 1.35 8 0 0 0 13.1 8 2 2 3 9 Minnesota Twins Totals 16 Years 146-149 20 3.60 574 327 73 16 2529.0 2,440 1,127 1,013 924 1,359 Year Team W-L SV ERA G GS CG SH IP H BB SO GARY NEIBAUER (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1965-66) 1963 Min-AL 2-1 0 2.79 7 5 2 0 38.2 25 12 22 MLB Career: 1969-73 1964 Min-AL 0-0 0 4.91 9 0 0 0 11.0 10 6 10 Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies 1965 Min-AL 0-0 0 4.20 7 1 0 0 15.0 11 11 15 1966 Min-AL 2-2 1 3.44 23 2 0 0 49.2 47 14 24 Year Team W-L SV ERA G GS CG SH IP H R ER BB SO 1967 Min-AL 0-0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 0 1969 Atl-NL 1-2 0 3.90 29 0 0 0 57.2 42 28 25 31 42 Totals 5 Years 4-3 1 3.45 48 8 2 0 117.1 97 44 71 1970 Atl-NL 0-3 0 4.97 7 0 0 0 12.2 11 7 7 8 9 1971 Atl-NL 1-0 1 2.14 6 1 0 0 21 14 5 5 9 6 1972 Atl-NL 0-0 0 7.27 8 0 0 0 17.1 27 15 14 6 8 Phi-NL 0-2 0 5.30 9 2 0 0 18.2 17 12 11 14 7 1973 Atl-NL 2-1 0 7.17 16 1 0 0 21.1 24 19 17 19 9 Totals 5 Years 4-8 1 4.78 75 4 0 0 148.2 135 86 79 87 81 RYAN KUROSAKI (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1971-73) MLB Career: 1975 St. Louis Cardinals Honors First Asian-American to play Major League Baseball Year Team W-L SV ERA G GS CG SH IP H R ER BB S O 1975 StL-NL 0-0 0 7.62 7 0 0 0 13 15 11 11 7 6 Totals 1 Year 0-0 0 7.62 7 0 0 0 13 15 11 11 7 6 PETE O’BRIEN (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1978-79) MLB Career: 1982-93 Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners Year Team G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB 1982 Tex-AL 20 .239 67 13 16 4 1 4 13 6 8 1 1983 Tex-AL 154 .237 524 53 124 24 5 8 53 58 62 5 1984 Tex-AL 142 .287 520 57 149 26 2 18 80 53 50 3 1985 Tex-AL 159 .267 573 69 153 34 3 22 92 69 53 5 1986 Tex-AL 156 .290 551 86 160 23 3 23 90 87 66 4 1987 Tex-AL 159 .286 569 84 163 26 1 23 88 59 61 0 1988 Tex-AL 156 .272 547 57 149 24 1 16 71 72 73 1 1989 Cle-AL 155 .260 554 75 144 24 1 12 55 83 48 3 1990 Sea-AL 108 .224 366 32 82 18 0 5 27 44 33 0 1991 Sea-AL 152 .248 560 58 139 29 3 17 88 44 61 0 1992 Sea-AL 134 .222 396 40 88 15 1 14 52 40 27 2 1993 Sea-AL 72 .257 210 30 54 7 0 7 27 26 21 0 Totals 12 Years 1,567 .261 5,437 654 1,421 254 21 169 736 641 563 24 Bob Cerv (right), shown here with Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio, spent 12 years in the majors and played in four World Series with the New York Yankees. @HUSKER_BASEBALL 118 /NEBRASKABASEBALL HUSKERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TIM BURKE (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1978-80) MARC SAGMOEN (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1992-93) MLB Career: 1985-92 MLB Career: 1997 Montreal Expos, New York Mets, New York Yankees Texas Rangers Honors Honors All-Star (1989) Fourth player to get an inside-the-park home run for his first career hit. Last player assigned to wear the number 42 in a Major League Baseball game, as baseball Year Team W-L SV ERA G GS CG SH IP H R ER BB SO retired the number that same night to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the start of 1985 Mon-NL 9-4 8 2.39 78 0 0 0 120.1 86 32 32 44 87 Jackie Robinson’s career. Mariano Rivera was the last player to wear the number, up to his 1986 Mon-NL 9-7 4 2.93 68 2 0 0 101.1 103 37 33 46 82 retirement in 2013. 1987 Mon-NL 7-0 18 1.19 55 0 0 0 91 64 18 12 17 58 1988 Mon-NL 3-5 18 3.40 61 0 0 0 82 84 36 31 25 42 Year Team G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB 1989 Mon-NL 9-3 28 2.55 68 0 0 0 84.2 68 24 24 22 54 1997 Tex-AL 21 .140 43 2 6 2 0 1 4 2 13 1 1990 Mon-NL 2-2 20 2.52 58 0 0 0 75 71 29 21 21 47 Totals 1 Year 21 .140 43 2 6 2 0 1 4 2 13 1 1991 Mon-NL 3-4 5 4.11 37 0 0 0 46 41 21 14 14 25 NY-NL 3-3 1 2.75 35 0 0 0 55.2 55 17 12 12 34 DARIN ERSTAD (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1993-95) 1992 NY-NL 1-2 0 5.74 15 0 0 0 15.2 26 15 10 3 7 MLB Career: 1996-2009 NY-AL 2-2 0 3.25 23 0 0 0 27.2 26 14 10 15 8 Los Angeles Angels, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros Totals 8 Years 49-33 102 2.72 498 2 0 0 699.1 624 251 211 219 444 Honors STEVE STANICEK (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1980-82) World Series Champion (2002) MLB Career: 1987, 1989 All-Star (1998, 2000) Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies Gold Glove (2000, 2002, 2004) Silver Slugger (2000) Year Team G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB 1987 Mil-AL 4 .286 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Year Team G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB 1989 Phi-NL 9 .111 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1996 Ana-AL 57 .284 208 34 59 5 1 4 20 17 29 3 Totals 2 Years 13 .188 16 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1997 Ana-AL 139 .299 539 99 161 34 4 16 77 51 86 23 1998 Ana-AL 133 .296 537 84 159 39 3 19 82 43 77 20 BOB SEBRA (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1981-83) 1999 Ana-AL 142 .253 585 84 148 22 5 13 53 47 101 13 MLB Career: 1985-90 2000 Ana-AL 157 .355 676 121 240 39 6 25 100 64 82 28 Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers 2001 Ana-AL 157 .258 631 89 163 35 1 9 63 62 113 24 2002 Ana-AL 150 .283 625 99 177 28 4 10 73 27 67 23 Year Team W-L SV ERA G GS CG SH IP H R ER BB SO 2003 Ana-AL 67 .252 258 35 65 7 1 4 17 18 40 9 1985 Tex-AL 0-2 0 7.52 7 4 0 0 20.1 26 17 17 14 13 2004 Ana-AL 125 .295 495 79 146 29 1 7 69 37 74 16 1986 Mon-NL 5-5 0 3.55 17 13 3 1 91.1 82 39 36 25 66 2005 LA-AL 152 .271 605 85 164 33 3 7 65 47 108 10 1987 Mon-NL 6-15 0 4.42 36 27 4 1 177.1 184 99 87 67 156 2006 LA-AL 40 .221 95 8 21 8 1 0 5 6 18 1 1988 Phi-NL 1-2 0 7.94 3 3 0 0 11.1 15 11 10 10 7 2007 Chi-AL 87 .248 310 33 77 13 1 4 32 28 44 7 1989 Phi-NL 2-3 0 4.46 6 5 0 0 34.1 41 20 17 10 21 2008 Hou-NL 140 .276 322 49 89 16 0 4 31 14 68 2 Cin-NL 0-0 1 6.43 15 0 0 0 21 24 16 15 18 14 2009 Hou-NL 107 .194 134 13 26 8 2 2 11 14 31 0 1990 Mil-AL 1-2 0 8.18 10 0 0 0 11 20 10 10 5 4 Totals 14 Years 1,654 .282 6,024 913 1,697 316 33 124 699 475 939 179 Totals 6 Years 15-29 1 4.71 94 52 7 2 366.2 392 212 192 149 281 BILL McGUIRE (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1983-85) MLB Career: 1988-89 Seattle Mariners Year Team G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB 1988 Sea-AL 9 .188 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 1989 Sea-AL 14 .179 28 2 5 0 0 1 4 2 6 0 Totals 2 Years 23 .182 44 3 8 0 0 1 6 5 8 0 KIP GROSS (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1986) MLB Career: 1990-93, 1999-2000 Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros Honors World Series Champion (1990) Year Team W-L SV ERA G GS CG SH IP H R ER BB SO 1990 Cin-NL 0-0 0 4.26 5 0 0 0 6.1 6 3 3 2 3 1991 Cin-NL 6-4 0 3.47 29 9 1 0 85.2 93 43 33 40 40 1992 Cin-NL 1-1 0 4.18 16 1 0 0 23.2 32 14 11 10 14 1993 LA-NL 0-0 0 0.60 10 0 0 0 15.0 13 1 1 4 12 1999 Bos-AL 0-2 0 7.82 11 1 0 0 12.2 15 11 11 8 9 2000 Hou-NL 0-1 0 10.38 2 1 0 0 4.1 9 1 1 2 3 Totals 6 Years 7-8 0 3.90 73 12 1 0 147.2 168 80 64 66 81 KEN RAMOS (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1987-89) MLB Career: 1997 Houston Astros Year Team G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB 1997 Hou-NL 14 .000 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Totals 1 Year 14 .000 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 KEVIN JORDAN (PLAYED AT NEBRASKA: 1990) MLB Career: 1995-2001 Philadelphia Phillies Year Team G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB 1995 Phi-NL 24 .185 54 6 10 1 0 2 6 2 9 0 1996 Phi-NL 43 .282 131 15 37 10 0 3 12 5 20 2 1997 Phi-NL 84 .266 177 19 47 8 0 6 30 3 26 0 1998 Phi-NL 112 .276 250 23 69 13 0 2 27 8 30 0 1999 Phi-NL 120 .285 347 36 99 17 3 4 51 24 34 0 2000 Phi-NL 109 .220 337 30 74 16 2 5 36 17 41 0 2001 Phi-NL 68 .239 113 9 27 5 0 1 13 14 21 0 Totals 7 Years 560 .258 1,409 138 363 70 5 23 175 181 21 2 Darin Erstad became the first player in MLB history to earn Gold Gloves in the outfield (2000 and 2002) and the infield (2004).