VA Baseball

The University of Virginia has produced a number of baseball players that have appeared in the Major Leagues, including several high-impact players in recent years. To find the most successful big league pitcher that’s ever come out of UVA, you’ll have to go all the way back to early in the 20th century. Eppa Rixey, a Cavalier in 1911 and 1912, won 266 big league games over 21 seasons and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. For a time, he held the all-time record for wins by a National League lefthander; Warren Spahn broke the record in 1959.

Mike Cubbage played for the Cavaliers in the early 1970s and went on to play nearly a decade in the Majors, followed by a long career as a Major League coach. Ricky Horton pitched at UVA later in the 1970s and spent several years as a starter in the Majors.

Ryan Zimmerman, one of the greatest Virginia players of all, currently plays third base for the Washington Nationals and is considered an established star at the Major League level. Mark Reynolds of the Baltimore Orioles, another third baseman, has been one of baseball’s top power hitters for several years now.

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