Pro Falcons In Baseball

golfertk14 · Post by **golfertk14** » Tue May 24, 2005 8:07 am

I know this was brought up in the football section, and I wanted to pose the question here..i'm really not all that tuned into BG Baseball history, can you list any BG players that went on to the pros?

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Tue May 24, 2005 8:49 am

There are something like 15-16 former Bowling Green players who made an appearance in the Major Leagues. The most notable are Orel Hershiser, Roger McDowell, Grant Jackson, and Doug Bair. Andy Tracy had most recently been flirting with the Bigs the last couple of season with Montreal and Colorado, but as we all should be aware from previous posts, he is now playing in Japan.

NY-BG-FAN · Post by **NY-BG-FAN** » Tue May 24, 2005 10:33 am

http://baseballreference.com/schools/bowlgreen.shtml

There's the complete list with links to career stats.

golfertk14 · Post by **golfertk14** » Wed May 25, 2005 9:06 am

I forgot about the Bulldog goin' to BG.

FALCON FLIER · Post by **FALCON FLIER** » Wed May 25, 2005 9:58 am

The best BG player who ever played in the Majors was certainly Orel Hershiser. You may recall the season when he set the record for the most consecutive scoreless innings. In 1988, he had 59 consecutive scoreless innings (the major league record), and finished the season with a 23-8 record, a 2.26 era and was the Cy Young winner as well as The Sporting News National League and Major League Player of the Year. He also won a Gold Glove as the best fielding pitcher in the NL that year. He even won a Silver Slugger award in 1993 as the best hitting pitcher in the NL in 1993.
Had it not been for injuries he would have been a Hall of Famer IMO. He won 204 games after a rather slow start. It is interesting that he was only a 17th round draft choice of the LA Dodgers back in 1979. That 59 consecutive scoreless inning streak of his will likely never be broken. Imagine, that is more than 6 straight shutouts. Amazing. He had 8 shutouts overall in 1988. Roger McDowell, who played during that period was a fine relief pitcher and made a couple of All Star games. He was also featured in the Seinfeld episode with Keith Hernandez.