Dores in the Pros
Vanderbilt has 18 alumni that have appeared on MLB rosters this season, most of any program in the country. Vandy has 15 active players in Major League Baseball.
Active Dores in the Pros
| Current Level | Name (Years at Vandy) | Organization (Current Team) |
|---|---|---|
| MLB | JJ Bleday (2017-19) | Oakland Athletics |
| MLB | Walker Buehler (2013-15) | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| MLB | Curt Casali (2008-11) | San Francisco Giants |
| MLB | Jason Delay (2014-17) | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| MLB | Jake Eder (2018-2020) | Chicago White Sox |
| MLB | Tyler Ferguson (2013-15) | Oakland Athletics |
| MLB | Carson Fulmer (2013-15) | Los Angeles Angels |
| MLB | Sonny Gray (2009-11) | St. Louis Cardinals |
| MLB | Jack Leiter (2020-2021) | Texas Rangers |
| MLB | Austin Martin (2018-20) | Minnesota Twins |
| MLB | Bryan Reynolds (2014-16) | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| MLB | Kumar Rocker (2019-2021) | Texas Rangers |
| MLB | Collin Snider (2015-17) | Seattle Mariners |
| MLB | Dansby Swanson (2013-15) | Chicago Cubs |
| MLB | Kyle Wright (2015-17) | Kansas City Royals |
| MLB | Mike Yastrzemski (2010-13) | San Francisco Giants |
| AAA | Tyler Beede (2012-14) | Cleveland Guardians (Columbus Clippers) |
| AAA | Philip Clarke (2018-2019) | Toronto Blue Jays (Buffalo Bisons) |
| AAA | Connor Kaiser (2016-2018) | Colorado Rockies (Albuquerque Isotopes) |
| AAA | Tony Kemp (2011-2013) | Cincinnati Reds (Louisville Bats) |
| AAA | Stephen Scott (2016-2019) | Detroit Tigers (Toledo Mud Hens) |
| AA | Enrique Bradfield Jr. (2021-2023) | Baltimore Orioles (Bowie Baysox) |
| AA | Drake Fellows (2017-2019) | Pittsburgh Pirates (Altoona Curve) |
| AA | Mason Hickman (2018-2020) | Cleveland Guardians (Akron RubberDucks) |
| AA | Spencer Jones (2020-2022) | New York Yankees (Somerset Patriots) |
| AA | Dominic Keegan (2019-2022) | Tampa Bay Rays (Montgomery Biscuits) |
| AA | Patrick Reilly (2021-2023) | Baltimore Orioles (Bowie Baysox) |
| AA | Reid Schaller (2017-2018) | Washington Nationals (Harrisburg Senators) |
| AA | RJ Schreck (2023) | Toronto Blue Jays (New Hampshire Fisher Cats) |
| AA | Javier Vaz (2021-2022) | Kansas City Royals (Northwest Arkansas Naturals) |
| A+ | Ty Duvall (2017-2020) | Seattle Mariners (Everett AquaSox) |
| A+ | Zach King (2017-2019) | Miami Marlins (Beloit Sky Carp) |
| A+ | Chris McElvain (2020-2022) | Toronto Blue Jays (Vancouver Canadians) |
| A+ | Grayson Moore (2021-2023) | Chicago Cubs (South Bend Cubs) |
| A+ | Luke Murphy (2019-2021) | Los Angeles Angels (Tri-City Dust Devils) |
| A+ | Hunter Owen (2021-2023) | Kansas City Royals (Quad Cities River Bandits) |
| A+ | CJ Rodriguez (2020-2021) | Oakland Athletics (Lansing Lugnuts) |
| A+ | Thomas Schultz (2020-2022) | Washington Nationals (Wilmington Blue Rocks) |
| A+ | Carter Young (2020-2022) | Baltimore Orioles (Aberdeen Ironbirds) |
| A | Hugh Fisher (2018-21) | Arizona Diamondbacks (Visalia Rawhide) |
| A | Jackson Gillis (2017-19) | Milwaukee Brewers (Carolina Mudcats) |
| A | Nick Maldonado (2020-23) | Miami Marlins (Jupiter Hammerheads) |
| Totals | MLB = 15 | MiLB = 26 |
All-Time Dores in MLB
| Name | MLB Debut | Team(s) | Accolades |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Alvarez | 2010 | Pittsburgh Pirates (2010-2015), Baltimore Orioles (2016-2018) | 1x All-Star, 1x Silver Slugger |
| Mike Baxter | 2010 | San Diego Padres (2010), New York Mets (2012-2013), Los Angeles Dodgers (2014), Chicago Cubs (2015) | |
| Tyler Beede | 2018 | San Francisco Giants (2018-2021; 2022), Pittsburgh Pirates (2022), Cleveland Guardians (2024-Present) | |
| JJ Bleday | 2022 | Miami Marlins (2022); Oakland Athletics (2023-Present) | |
| Ben Bowden | 2021 | Colorado Rockies (2021) | |
| Walker Buehler | 2017 | Los Angeles Dodgers (2017-Present) | 2020 World Series Champion, 2x All-Star |
| Matt Buschmann | 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks (2016) | |
| Curt Casali | 2014 | Tampa Bay Rays (2013-2017), Cincinnati Reds (2018-2020; 2023), San Francisco Giants (2021-2022; 2024-Present); Seattle Mariners (2023) | |
| Nick Christiani | 2013 | Cincinnati Reds (2013-2014) | |
| Joey Cora | 1987 | San Diego Padres (1987-1990), Chicago White Sox (1991-1994), Seattle Mariners (1995-1998), Cleveland Indians (1998) | 1x All-Star |
| Caleb Cotham | 2015 | New York Yankees (2015), Cincinnati Reds (2016) | |
| Jason Delay | 2022 | Pittsburgh Pirates (2022-Present) | |
| Tyler Ferguson | 2024 | Oakland Athletics (2024-Present) | |
| Ryan Flaherty | 2012 | Baltimore Orioles (2012-2017), Atlanta Braves (2018), Cleveland Indians (2019) | |
| Carson Fulmer | 2016 | Chicago White Sox (2016-2019), Detroit Tigers (2020), Baltimore Orioles (2020), Cincinnati Reds (2021), Los Angeles Angels (2023-Present) | |
| Sonny Gray | 2013 | Oakland Athletics (2013-2017), New York Yankees (2017-2018), Cincinnati Reds (2019-2021), Minnesota Twins (2022-2023), St. Louis Cardinals (2024-Present) | 3x All-Star |
| Drew Hayes | 2016 | Cincinnati Reds (2016) | |
| Taylor Hill | 2014 | Washington Nationals (2014-2015) | |
| Connor Kaiser | 2022 | Colorado Rockies (2023) | |
| Matt Kata | 2003 | Arizona Diamondbacks (2003-2005), Philadelphia Phillies (2005), Pittsburgh Pirates (2007), Texas Rangers (2007), Houston Astros (2009) | |
| Tony Kemp | 2016 | Houston Astros (2016-2019), Chicago Cubs (2019), Oakland Athletics (2020-2023), Baltimore Orioles (2024) | |
| Jack Leiter | 2024 | Texas Rangers (2024-Present) | |
| Jensen Lewis | 2007 | Cleveland Indians (2007-2010) | |
| Scotti Madison | 1985 | Detroit Tigers (1985-1986), Kansas City Royals (1987-1988), Cincinnati Reds (1989) | |
| Austin Martin | 2024 | Minnesota Twins (2024-Present) | |
| Mike Minor | 2010 | Atlanta Braves (2010-2014), Kansas City Royals (2017, 2021), Texas Rangers (2018-2020), Oakland Athletics (2020), Cincinnati Reds (2022) | 1x All-Star |
| Josh Paul | 1999 | Chicago White Sox (1999-2003), Chicago Cubs (2003), Anaheim Angels (2004), Los Angeles Angels (2005), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2006-2007) | |
| David Price | 2008 | Tampa Bay Rays (2008-2014), Detroit Tigers (2014-2015), Toronto Blue Jays (2015), Boston Red Sox (2016-2019), Los Angeles Dodgers (2021-2022) | 2018 World Series Champion, 2012 Cy Young, 5x All-Star |
| Bryan Reynolds | 2019 | Pittsburgh Pirates (2019-Present) | 2x All-Star |
| Kumar Rocker | 2024 | Texas Rangers (2024-Present) | |
| Antoan Richardson | 2011 | Atlanta Braves (2011), New York Yankees (2014) | |
| Scott Sanderson | 1978 | Montreal Expos (1978-1983), Chicago Cubs (1984-1989), Oakland Athletics (1990), New York Yankees (1991-1992), California Angels (1993; 1995-1996), San Francisco Giants (1993), Chicago White Sox (1994) | 1x All-Star |
| Sam Selman | 2019 | San Francisco Giants (2019-2020; 2021), Los Angeles Angels (2021), Oakland Athletics (2022) | |
| Jordan Sheffield | 2021 | Colorado Rockies (2021-2022) | |
| Collin Snider | 2022 | Kansas City Royals (2022-2023), Seattle Mariners (2024-Present) | |
| Jeremy Sowers | 2006 | Cleveland Indians (2006-2009) | |
| Dansby Swanson | 2016 | Atlanta Braves (2016-2022), Chicago Cubs (2023-Present) | 2021 World Series Champion, 2x Gold Glove, 2x All-Star |
| Drew VerHagen | 2014 | Detroit Tigers (2014-2019), St. Louis Cardinals (2022-2023) | |
| Mike Willis | 1977 | Toronto Blue Jays (1977-1981) | |
| Kyle Wright | 2018 | Atlanta Braves (2018-2023); Kansas City Royals (2024-pres.) | 2021 World Series Champion |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 2019 | San Francisco Giants (2019-Present) | |
| Since 1970 |
Dores in the MLB Draft
Since 2003, Vanderbilt leads all NCAA programs with 152 players selected in the MLB Draft. At least one Commodore has been drafted every year since 1991 and there have been multiple Commodores selected in 21 consecutive drafts since 2004. Five or more Dores have been drafted in 19 of the past 21 drafts.
Vanderbilt is one of only four universities in the nation to produce multiple No. 1 picks (David Price in 2007 and Dansby Swanson in 2015).
