MARSHALL UNIVERSITY BASEBALL PLAYERS IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL SINCE 1904 Marshall was Marshall College from 1867-1961, and was a state Normal school from 1867-1920, awarding two-year degrees for teaching secondary education. Marshall also had a Lab School where it trained teachers, so some of its student-athletes prior to 1920 could even be high school students from the lab housed in Jenkins Hall: *(Marshall Years in bold and Major League playing time is in bold italic) Andrew Kemper “Skeeter” Shelton - OF - Huntington, W.Va. [Major League Baseball] 1904 Marshall Football 1906-08 West Virginia University Football 1907-09 West Virginia University Baseball (Graduated WVU ’09) 1911 Maysville Rivermen - Blue Grass league - Class D 1911 Huntington Blue Sox - Mountain State League - Class D 1911 Youngstown Steelmen - Ohio-Penn. League -Class C 1912-15 Columbus Senators - American Association - Class AA 1915 New York Yankees/AL - 10 games, .025 batting avg. (1-40), 10 strikeouts and 1.000 Fielding (20 putouts, 2 assists) 1916 Huntington Blue Sox - Mountain State League - Class D/Manager 1918-20 West Virginia University Baseball Head Coach (38-18-1) 1921-22 Marshall Football Head Coach (10-6-1) 1922-23 Marshall Baseball Head Coach (4-13) Archer E. “Arch” Reilly - 3B - Alton, Ill. [Major League Baseball] 1911-13 Ohio State University Basketball 1913-14 Springfield Reapers - Central League - Class B 1914 Grand Rapids Champs - Central League - Class B 1915 Marshall Baseball 1915-16 Wheeling Stogies - Central League - Class B - Player/Manager, ’16 1917 Scranton Miners - N.Y. State League -Class B 1917 Richmond Quakers - Central League - Class B 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates/NL – 1 game (third base), 0-0, one putout 1918-19 Marshall Basketball Head Coach (2-5) 1919 Marshall Football Head Coach (8-0) 1920 Marshall Baseball Head Coach (8-8) Jack Wesley Harper - P - Hendricks, W.Va. [Major League Baseball] 1907-09 Marshall Football 1914 Syracuse Stars - NY State League - Class B 1914-15 Greensboro Patriots - NC State League - Class D 1915 Philadelphia Athletics/AL - 3 games, 0-0, 3.12 ERA, 8.2 IP, 5 hits, 4 runs, 3 earned, 3 strikeouts and 1 walk 1917-18 San Antonio Broncos - Class B 1920 Akron Buckeyes - International League - Class AA 1921 Newark Bears - IL - Class AA 1921-22 Dallas Submarines/Steers - Texas League - Class A Wilbur McCullough ”Mayor” Fisher - P/OF - Green Bottom, W.Va. [Major League Baseball] 1915-16 Marshall Baseball 1916 Marshall Football 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates/NL - 1 game, .000 batting avg. (0-1) Fred Middleton “Penny” Bailey - OF - Mount Hope, W.Va. [Major League Baseball] 1909-11 Marshall Football 1909-11 Marshall Baseball 1912-15 Washington and Lee Baseball 1916-18 Boston Braves/NL - 60 games, .185 batting avg., 10 runs, 23 hits, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 6 RBI and 3 steals 1918 Toronto Maple Leafs - International League - Class AA 1919 Columbus Senators - American Association - Class AA 1920-21 Hartford Senators - Eastern League - Class A Johnson “Jay” Fry - P/OF - Huntington, W.Va. [Major League Baseball] 1922 Marshall Baseball 1922 Marshall Football 1923 Cleveland Indians/AL - 1 game, 0-0, 12.27 ERA, 3.2 IP, 6 hits, 5 runs (earned) and 4 walks Frank “Red” Crist - P/OF - Huntington, W.Va. 1918-25 Marshall Baseball 1917, 1919-24 Marshall Football 1924 Columbus Senators - American Association - Class AA 1926 Huntington Boosters - Independent 1926-27, 1931 Fairmont Black Diamonds - Middle Atlantic League - Class C 1931 Beckley Black Knights - MAL - Class C 1932 Charleston Senators - MAL - Class C Friel Cassel - 2B - Huntington, W.Va. 1925 Marshall Baseball 1926 Huntington Boosters - Independent James Russell “Jim” Spotts - INF - Honey Brook, Pa. [Major League Baseball] 1925 Marshall Baseball 1930 Philadelphia Phillies/NL - 3 games, .000 batting avg. (0-2), run, strikeout 1931 Cumberland Colts - Middle Atlantic League - Class C Johnny “Gary” Thomas Watson - SS - Tazewell, Va. [Major League Baseball] 1928-29 Marshall Baseball 1929 Marshall Football 1930 Hartford Senators - Eastern League - Class A 1930 Detroit Tigers/AL - 4 games, .250 batting avg. (3-12), 1 run, 3 hits, 2 doubles, 3 RBI, 3 strikeouts and a walk 1931 Wheeling Stogies - Middle Atlantic League - Class C 1932 Clarksburg Generals - MAL - Class C 1933 Reading Red Sox - NY-Penn. League - Class A (Boston/AL) 1937 Huntington Boosters - Mtn. State League - Class D 1939 Huntington Boosters - MSL - Manager/Class D 1943 Marshall Baseball Head Coach (1-6) 1947 Marshall - Head Coach 1949 Rehoboth Beach - Eastern Shore League - Manager/Class D Maywood “Lefty” Belcher - P/OF - Chelyan, W.Va. 1932-34 Marshall Baseball 1934 Greensboro Patriots - Piedmont League - Class B (St. Louis/NL) 1935-38 Asheville Tourists - Piedmont League - Class B (St. Louis/NL) 1935 Rochester Red Wings - International League - Class AA (St. Louis/NL) 1936 Sacramento Solons - Pacific Coast League - Class AA (St. Louis/NL) Elmo Patrick - OF - Morgan, Ky. 1934-35 Marshall Baseball 1936 Canton Terriers - Middle Atlantic League - Class C (Boston/AL) Otto Patrick - INF - Morgan, Ky. 1934-35 Marshall Baseball 1936 Canton Terriers - Middle Atlantic League - Class C (Boston/AL) 1936 Brockville Pirates - Can.-American League - Class C (Washington/AL) 1938 Huntington Bees - Mountain State League - Class D 1938 Canton Terriers - MAL - Class C (Boston/AL) 1939 Jacksonville Jax - East Texas League - Class C 1939 Fort Worth Cats - Texas League - Class A Frank “Krim” Bess - C - Hinton, W.Va. 1931-33 Marshall Football 1932-34 Marshall Baseball 1935-36, 1938 Albany Travelers - Ga.-Fla. League - Class D (St. Louis/NL) 1937, 1939 Kinston Eagles - Coastal Plain League - Class D/Player-Manager 1939 Albany Cardinals - Ga.-Fla. League - Class D (St. Louis/NL) Carlton “Carl” Edmonds - 1B - Beckley, W.Va. 1934-35 Marshall Baseball 1935 Toledo Mud Hens - American Association - Class AA 1936 Huntington Red Birds - Middle Atlantic League - Class C (St. Louis/NL) 1937 Huntington Boosters - Mountain State League - Class D John Amabele “The Sheik of Seth” Zontini - OF - Seth, W.Va. 1931-34 Marshall Football 1932-35 Marshall Baseball 1935-36 Charleston Senators - Middle Atlantic League - Class C (Detroit/AL) 1937 Beaumont Exporters - Texas League - Class A (Detroit/AL) 1937 Alexandria Aces - Evangeline League - Class D 1938-39 Tulsa Oilers - Texas League - Class A1 1938 Evansville Bees - Ill.-Ind.-Iowa League - Class B (Boston/AL) 1939-43, 1945-47 Portsmouth Cubs - Piedmont League - Class B (Philadelphia/NL 1939-40; Chicago/NL 1941-47) 1940 Jacksonville Tars - South Atlantic League - Class B 1944 Toronto Maple Leafs - International League - Class AA 1948-49 Franklin Cubs - Virginia League - Class D/Player-Manager, ’48 1949-50 Franklin Kildees - Virginia League - Class D 1950 Suffolk Goobers - Virginia League - Class D Ezra A. “Salt Rock” Midkiff - 2B - Salt Rock, W.Va. 1937-38 Marshall Baseball 1937 Huntington Boosters - Mountain State League - Class D 1937 Logan Indians - Mountain State League - Class D 1938 Huntington Bees - Mountain State League - Class D Jack C. Siens – OF – Huntington, W.Va. 1939 Marshall Baseball 1939 Huntington Boosters - Mountain State League - Class D (Brooklyn/NL) 1940 Madison Blues – Three I League – Class B 1940 Owensboro Oilers – Kitty League - Class D (Boston Braves/NL) 1940 Huntington Aces - Mountain State League - Class D Sien joined the Navy in 1941 as a bomber pilot stationed with Bombing Squadron VB-105 at St. Eval in southwest England, where he flew anti-submarine patrols over the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay in a Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator. He was killed on Sept.10, 1943 and is memorialized at Cambridge American Cemetery in England, and the West Virginia Veterans Memorial in Charleston. James Rinehart – IF – Huntington, W.Va. 1947-49 Marshall Baseball 1947 Lenoir Red Sox – Blue Ridge League - Class D 1948 Hannibal Pilots – Central Association - Class C (St. Louis Browns/AL) 1948 Belleville Stags – Illinois State League – Class D (St. Louis Browns/AL) 1949 Fargo-Moorhead Twins – Northern League – Class C Milan ‘Mike’ Zban 1951-54 Marshall Baseball 1952-54 Marshall Football 1956 Michigan City White Caps – Midwest League – Class D (New York Giants/NL) 2014 Marshall Hall of Fame Inductee Bill Wilson – P – Pomeroy, Ohio [Major League Baseball] 1961 Marshall Baseball 1962-63 Bakersfield Bears - California League – Class A (Philadelphia/NL) 1964, 70 Eugene Emeralds - Northwest League – Class A (Philadelphia/NL) 1964-65 Chattanooga Lookouts - Southern League – Class AA (Philadelphia/NL) 1966, 68 San Diego Padres – Pacific Coast League – Class AAA (Philadelphia/NL) 1967, 71, 74 Reading Phillies – Eastern League – Class AA (Philadelphia/NL) 1969-1974 Philadelphia Phillies/NL - 179 games, 9-15, 4.22 ERA, 258.0 IP, 17 saves, 229 hits, 133 runs, 121 earned, 131 walks and 171 strikeouts Bobby Lee “Bob” Lemley - 3B - (Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 42nd round of the 1968 MLB Draft) 1966-68 Marshall Baseball 1968 Sioux Falls Packers - Northern League - Class A (Cincinnati/NL) 1969 Tampa Tarpons - Florida State League - Class A (Cincinnati/NL) 1969 Asheville Tourists - Southern League - Class AA (Cincinnati/NL) Steven K. “Steve” Miller - P - (Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 11th round of the 1969 MLB Draft) 1967-69 Marshall Baseball 1969 Sioux Falls Packers - Northern League - Class A (Cincinnati/NL) 1970-71 Tampa Tarpons - Florida State League - Class A (Cincinnati/NL) 1971 Raleigh-Durham Triangles - Carolina League - Class A Carl Hewlett - P - (Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 44th round of the 1970 MLB Draft) 1968-70 Marshall Baseball 1970 GLC Tourists - Gulf Coast League - Rookie (Pittsburgh/NL) 1971 Monroe Pirates - Western Carolinas League - Class A (Pittsburgh/NL) Joseph H. “Joe” Goddard - C - Beckley, W.Va. (Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 1971 MLB Draft) [Major League Baseball] 1969-71 Marshall Baseball 1971 Tri-Cities Padres - Northwest League - Class A (San Diego/NL) 1972-75 Alexandria Aces - Texas League - Class AA (San Diego/NL) 1972 San Diego Padres/NL - 12 games, .200 batting avg.