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Matt Wallner set to become 23rd former USM letterwinner / 24th former player to play in MLB

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Eagle of Monte Cristo

Oct 3, 2007
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Wallner is listed as the starting right fielder in the first game of a double header for the Twins versus Cleveland today.

That will make him the 23rd former USM letter winner and 24th former USM player overall to appear in an MLB game.

Letter-winners (MLB seasons):
  1. Laurin (aka Hugh) Pepper (1954-1957)
  2. Fred Waters (1955-1956)
  3. Bubba Phillips (1955-1964)
  4. Jim Davenport (1958-1970)
  5. Mickey Harrington (1963)
  6. Frank Baker (1970-1974)
  7. Pat Rapp (1992-2001)
  8. Kevin Young (1992-2003)
  9. Bill Selby (1996-2003)
  10. Chad Bradford (1998-2009)
  11. Tommy Davis (1999)
  12. John Bale (1999, 2000-2001, 2003, 2007-2009)
  13. Matt Skrmetta (transferred to Jacksonville after lettering at USM) (2000)
  14. Bob McCrory (2008-2009)
  15. Brent Leach (transferred to Delta State after lettering at USM) (2009)
  16. Jarrett Hoffpauir (2009-2010)
  17. Brian Dozier (2012-2020)
  18. Scott Copeland (2015 & 2018)
  19. Cody Carroll (2018 & 2020)
  20. Nick Sandlin (2021-present)
  21. Kirk McCarty (2022-present)
  22. Chuckie Robinson (2022-present)
  23. Matt Wallner (2022-present)
Other Players:
  1. Carl Schutz (played in 1992 at USM but did not letter, transferred to SE Louisiana) (1996)
Let me know if I missed anyone. Its not always easy to find what happened to folks that transferred particularly if they did not letter at USM. USM does not do a good job of keeping track of even former letter-winners whereabouts.
 
When Wallner his his first career home run in today MLB game, be became the 9th former Golden Eagle to hit a major league home run. Here are the career totals for all the former USM players that hit an MLB home run; in order of who hit the most:
  1. Brian Dozier: 192
  2. Kevin Young: 144*
  3. Jim Davenport: 77
  4. Bubba Phillips: 62
  5. Bill Selby: 11
  6. Four players tied with one: Frank Baker, Pat Rapp (the pitcher!), Chuckie Robinson, Matt Wallner: 1
* - "Steroid era". Young was found to have used performance enhancing drugs.
 
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