Texas Tech Red Raiders in Major League Baseball MLB Debut Player Pos. Drafted/Signed by Year Round Overall Teams Played For September 15, 1965 Chuck Harrison 1B Houston Colt .45s 1962 Free Agent N/A HOU , KC September 6, 1976 Doug Ault 1B/LF Texas Rangers 1972 Free Agent N/A TEX , TOR July 29, 1991 Mike Humphreys OF/3B San Diego Padres 1988 15th 370 NYY September 4, 1991 Donald Harris OF Texas Rangers 1989 1st 5 TEX July 20, 1995 Mark Brandenburg RHP Texas Rangers 1992 26th 734 TEX June 7, 1997 Ryan Nye RHP Philadelphia Phillies 1994 2nd 57 PHI June 21, 1998 Travis Smith RHP Milwaukee Brewers 1995 19th 516 MIL, STL, ATL, FLA, ATL May 12, 2000 Brandon Kolb RHP San Diego Padres 1995 4th 89 SD , MIL September 20, 2000 Keith Ginter 2B Houston Astros 1998 10th 302 HOU, MIL, OAK May 8, 2001 Matt Miller LHP Detroit Tigers 1996 2nd 41 DET June 18, 2001 Stubby Clapp 2B St. Louis Cardinals 1996 36th 1,058 STL April 26, 2002 Travis Driskill RHP Cleveland Indians 1993 4th 111 BAL, COL, HOU August 23, 2002 Josh Bard C Colorado Rockies 1999 3rd 100 CLE, BOS, SD, WASH, SEA September 12, 2002 Trey Lunsford C San Francisco Giants 2000 33rd 991 SF August 21, 2004 Steve Watkins RHP San Diego Padres 1998 16th 472 SD May 18, 2005 Joe Dillon 1B Kansas City Royals 1997 7th 211 FLA, MIL, TB June 2, 2006 Chris Sampson RHP Houston Astros 1999 8th 263 HOU August 22, 2006 Jeff Karstens RHP New York Yankees 2003 19th 574 NYY, PIT April 24, 2007 Dallas Braden LHP Oakland Athletics 2004 24th 727 OAK September 28, 2009 Dustin Richardson LHP Boston Red Sox 2006 5th 163 BOS July 27, 2010 Josh Tomlin RHP Cleveland Indians 2006 19th 581 CLE June 16, 2011 Zach Stewart RHP Toronto Blue Jays 2008 3rd 84 TOR, CHW, BOS September 4, 2012 A.J. Ramos RHP Miami Marlins 2009 21st 638 MIA May 28, 2013 Nathan Karns RHP Washington Nationals 2009 12th 352 WASH.