Hot Stove League: MLB January Transactions Involving Ex-College Hoopers

Texas Rangers General Manager Chris Young (Princeton/Ivy league) and fellow former NCAA DI conference all-league hooper Terrell Lowery (Loyola Marymount/West Coast) were each traded by the franchise this month in a span of 10 years. They are among the following former college hoopers involved in MLB off-season transactions during the month of January:

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2: RHP Jack Ogden (Swarthmore PA hooper in 1918) traded by the New York Giants to Rochester (International) in 1919.
3: OF Hoot Evers (Illinois hoops starter in 1939-40) purchased from the Detroit Tigers by Baltimore Orioles in 1955. . . . UTL Harvey Hendrick (Vanderbilt hoops letterman in 1918) traded by the Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees in 1923.
4: UTL Leo Burke (averaged 9.2 ppg for Virginia Tech in 1952-53 and 1953-54) purchased from the Washington Senators by Los Angeles Angels in 1961. . . . C Ken Retzer (one of top four juco scorers for Jefferson City MO in 1953-54) traded by the Houston Astros to Cleveland Indians in 1967.
5: RHP Rich Gale (led New Hampshire with 7.2 rpg in 1975-76) traded by the San Francisco Giants to Cincinnati Reds in 1983.
6: RHP Chris Young (All-Ivy League first-team selection as Princeton's leading scorer and rebounder in 1999-00) traded by the Texas Rangers to San Diego Padres in 2006.
7: OF Earle Combs (three-year hoops captain for Eastern Kentucky) traded by Louisville (American Association) to the New York Yankees in 1924.
8: INF Ernie Bowman (East Tennessee State hoops letterman in 1954-55 and 1955-56) shipped as player to be designated by the San Francisco Giants to Milwaukee Braves in 1964 to complete trade made the previous month.
9: OF-1B Mike Stenhouse (averaged 4.1 ppg for Harvard in 1977-78) traded by the Montreal Expos to Minnesota Twins in 1985.
10: DH-OF Larry Sheets (All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference selection for Eastern Mennonite VA in 1981-82 and 1982-83) traded by the Baltimore Orioles to Detroit Tigers in 1990.
11: INF Al Dark (hoops letterman for Louisiana State and Southwestern Louisiana during World War II) traded by the Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies in 1960. . . . SS Keith Kessinger (averaged 2.7 ppg for Ole Miss in 1985-86 and 1986-87) traded by the Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs in 1995. . . . RHP Jeff Robinson (two-time NAIA All-District 3 honoree in early 1980s left Azusa Pacific CA as school's No. 9 all-time scorer) traded by the Detroit Tigers to Baltimore Orioles in 1991.
13: INF Ray Morehart (Austin College TX hoops letterman in early 1920s) traded by the Chicago White Sox to New York Yankees in 1927.
14: 2B Wayne Terwilliger (two-year hoops letterman for Western Michigan averaged 5.6 ppg in his final season in 1947-48) purchased from the Washington Senators by New York Giants in 1955.
15: 1B George Altman (appeared in 1953 and 1954 NAIA Tournament with Tennessee State's hoops team) traded by the New York Mets to Chicago Cubs for OF Billy Cowan (co-captain of Utah's 1960 NCAA playoff team) in 1965. . . . INF Ron Campbell (Tennessee Wesleyan hooper) traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1969.
17: RHP Oral Hildebrand (Butler hoops All-American in 1928-29 and 1929-30) traded by the Cleveland Indians to St. Louis Browns in 1937.
18: 1B-LF Hank Greenberg (enrolled at NYU on hoop scholarship in 1929 but attended college only one semester) purchased from the Detroit Tigers by Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947. . . . RHP Kevin Gryboski (backup hooper for Wilkes PA in 1991-92 and 1992-93) traded by the Seattle Mariners to Atlanta Braves in 2002.
20: OF-1B Beau Bell (two-year hoops letterman for Texas A&M in early 1930s) traded by the Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians in 1940. . . . 3B Wally Gilbert (Valparaiso hoops captain in early 1920s) purchased from the Cincinnati Reds by St. Louis Cardinals in 1933. . . . OF Don Lund (Michigan hoops starter in 1943-44 and 1944-45) purchased from the St. Louis Browns by Detroit Tigers in 1949.
22: 1B Donn Clendenon (four-sport letterman with Morehouse GA) traded with Jesus Alou by the Montreal Expos to Houston Astros for Rusty Staub in 1969. Clendenon refused to report to his new team. . . . 3B Jim Tabor (Alabama hoops letterman in 1936-37) purchased from the Boston Red Sox by Philadelphia Phillies in 1946.
23: RHP Steve Renko (averaged 9.9 ppg and 5.8 rpg as Kansas sophomore in 1963-64) traded by the Boston Red Sox to California Angels in 1981.
24: OF Jim Gleeson (NAIA Hall of Famer was all-league hoops pick for Rockhurst MO in early 1930s) purchased from the New York Yankees by Chicago Cubs in 1939.
25: OF Terrell Lowery (two-time All-WCC first-team selection and league-leading scorer for Loyola Marymount in 1990-91 and 1991-92) traded by the Texas Rangers to New York Mets in 1996. . . . C Ed Madjeski (Seton Hall hoops letterman from 1928-29 through 1930-31) purchased from the New York Yankees by New York Giants in 1937. . . . RHP John Stuper (two-time all-conference junior college hooper in mid-1970s for Butler County PA) traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals in 1979.
26: 1B Tony Lupien (Harvard hoops captain in 1938-39) awarded off waivers from the Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers in 1949.
29: OF Carl Reynolds (juco recruit was basketball team MVP in mid-1920s for early SWC member Southwestern TX) traded by the Washington Senators to Minneapolis (American Association) in 1937. . . . C-UTL Billy Sullivan Jr. (Portland hoops letterman in 1927-28) purchased from the Cincinnati Reds by Cleveland Indians in 1936.
30: C-UTL Billy Sullivan Jr. (Portland hoops letterman in 1927-28) traded by the St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers in 1940.

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