ALL PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS
The list below is a complete representation of every Red Raider Baseball player who has spent time in any level of professional baseball. Players who attended Texas Tech but did not play baseball for the Red Raiders are not included. Players who played professionally but transferred to another school prior to graduation or MLB Draft are not included. Pictures in player profiles are linked to corresponding Baseball Reference profiles.
Players are organized into decades by the year they began playing for the Red Raiders.
1960s
Born: April 25, 1941
Hometown: Abilene, Texas
High School: Abilene HS
Years at TTU: 1961-1962
Years Pro: 1963-1972
Peak: MLB
MLB Debut: September 15, 1965
Years in MLB: 1965-1967, 1969, 1971
Notes:
Signed Free Agent contract with Houston Colt .45s (1972)
First Tech Baseball player to play professionally
Inducted into Texas Tech Hall of Fame in 2009
Hometown: Lubbock, Texas
High School: Monterey HS
Years at TTU: 1967-1969
Drafted: 27th Round by Cleveland Indians (1969)
Years Pro: 1969-1970
Peak: AAA
Notes:
AACBC Second Team All-American (1969)
Texas Tech's First Baseball All-American
2x All-SWC First Team (1968, 1969)
Texas Tech Hall of Honor (1987)
First Red Raider Baseball player drafted in MLB Draft
Born: July 18, 1949
Hometown: Amarillo, Texas
High School: Palo Duro HS
Years at TTU: 1967-1969
Drafted:
31st round by Houston Astros (1967)
4th round by Atlanta Braves (1971)
Years Pro: 1971-1974
Peak: AAA
Born: March 14, 1949
Hometown: Lubbock, Texas
Years at TTU: 1968-1971
Years Pro: 1972
Peak: A-
Notes:
Inducted into Texas Tech Hall of Fame in 1993
1970s
Born: August 15, 1951
Hometown: Brownfield, Texas
High School: Brownfield HS
Previous College: Panola College
Years at TTU: 1970-1973
Drafted:
9th round by Chicago White Sox (1969)
16th round by Kansas City Royals (1973)
Years Pro: 1973-1976
Peak: AAA
Notes:
Still holds the Red Raiders' season shutout record at 5
Second on the career strikeout list with 304 and second on career ERA list with 2.04
Inducted into Texas Tech Hall of Fame in 1991
Born: March 9, 1950
Died: December 22, 2004
Hometown: Beaumont, Texas
High School: French HS
Previous College: Panola College
Years at TTU: 1971-1972
Drafted:
32nd round by Pittsburgh Pirates (1969)
2nd round by San Diego Padres (January 1970)
4th round by Cleveland Indians (June 1970)
3rd round by Toronto Blue Jays (1976 Expansion Draft)
Years Pro: 1973-1982
Peak: MLB
MLB Debut: September 9, 1976
Years in MLB: 1976-1978, 1980
Notes:
Inducted into College Baseball Hall of Fame (2020)
Signed Free Agent contract with Texas Rangers (1972)
Hit Blue Jays' first two franchise home runs on first Opening Day
Managed in Blue Jays organization
International League Championship (1985)
Manager of the Year (1985)
First Team All-Southwest Conference (1972)
ABCA First Team All-American (1972)
Still holds Texas Tech single season (.475) and career (.418) batting average records
Consecutive NJCAA World Series Appearances (1969, 1970)
NJCAA World Series Championship (1969)
NJCAA World Series MVP (1969)
Born: June 10, 1955
Hometown: Lubbock, Texas
High School: Monterey HS
Years at TTU: 1974-1977
Drafted: 22nd round by San Diego Padres (1977)
Years Pro: 1977-1981
Peak: AAA
Notes:
ABCA Second Team All-American (1977)
All-Southwest Conference First Team (1976, 1977)
Tied for second on Texas Tech career triples list with 17
First Red Raider to reach double-digit home runs with 11 (1977)
Head Coach of the Red Raiders 1984-1986 (85-80)
First full-time head baseball coach in Tech history
Assistant Coach 1982-1983
Inducted into Texas Tech Hall of Fame (1999)
Born: September 18, 1957
Died: March 24, 1985
Hometown: Plano, Texas
Years at TTU: 1977-1980
Drafted:
10th round by New York Mets (1979)
21st round by Texas Rangers (1980)
Years Pro: 1980-1981
Peak: AA
Notes:
One of only four jerseys retired by Texas Tech Baseball (2000)
All-Southwest Conference First Team in 1980
Texas Tech Assistant Coach 1984-1985
Died following a battle with Leukemia at the age of 27
College Baseball Hall of Fame named annual top shortstop award in his honor
Born: September 21, 1959
Years at TTU: 1979-1982
Drafted: 19th round by Texas Rangers (1982)
Years Pro: 1982
Peak: Rookie
Notes:
Inducted into Texas Tech Hall of Fame in 2017
ABCA Second Team All-American (1980, 1982)
All-Southwest Conference First Team (1980, 1981, 1982)
1980s
Born: December 27, 1961
Hometown: Monahans, Texas
High School: Monahans HS
Years at TTU: 1981-1984
Drafted: 7th round by SF Giants (1984)
Years Pro: 1984-1987
Peak: AA
Notes:
ABCA Second Team All-American (1984)
All-Southwest Conference First Team (1982,1984)
Southwest Conference Player of the Year (1984)
Texas Tech Baseball's first Player of the Year
Inducted into Texas Tech Hall of Fame in 2010
Born: May 5, 1961
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
High School: Pearce High School (Richardson, Tx)
Previous College: Mississippi State University
Years at TTU: 1982-1983
Drafted: 12th round by Atlanta Braves (1983)
Years Pro: 1983-1984
Peak: A
Born: April 5, 1964
Hometown: Cheyenne, Wyoming
High School: MacArthur HS (San Antonio, TX)
Years at TTU: 1982-1983
Years Pro: 1983-1984, 1986
Peak: A+
Born: November 24, 1963
Hometown: Houston, Texas
High School: Spring Woods HS
Years at TTU: 1983-1985
Drafted: 9th round by Philadelphia Phillies (1985)
Years Pro: 1985-1988
Peak: A+
Notes:
All-Southwest Conference First Team (1984)
Southwest Conference Freshman of the Year (1984)
Texas Tech Baseball's first Freshman of the Year
Howard Payne University Baseball Head Coach (1990-1994)
3x TIAA Coach of the Year
Inducted into HPU Hall of Fame in 1999
Born: April 10, 1967
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Years at TTU: 1985-1988
Drafted: 15th round by San Diego Padres (1988)
Years Pro: 1988-1996
Peak: MLB
MLB Debut: July 29, 1991
Years in MLB: 1991-1993
Notes:
First Red Raider to hit for the cycle, February 16, 1986 vs. Sul Ross State University
Baseball America Second Team Freshman All-America (1986)
All-Southwest Conference First Team (1986,1987,1988)
Southwest Conference Freshman of the Year (1986)
Born: January 6, 1965
Hometown: Austin, Texas
High School: Johnson HS
Previous College: McClennan CC
Years at TTU: 1986
Drafted: 32nd round by Atlanta Braves (1986)
Years Pro: 1986-1990
Peak: AAA
Born: January 3, 1966
Hometown: Bellaire, Texas
High School: Bellaire HS
Years at TTU: 1986-1988
Drafted: 33rd round by Texas Rangers (1989)
Years Pro: 1989
Peak: Rookie
Notes:
Currently the Head Baseball Coach at Midland Lee High School
Born: March 8, 1963
Hometown: Monterey Park, California
Previous College: El Camino College
Years at TTU: 1987-1988
Drafted:
8th round by Seattle Mariners (January 1986)
14th round by Seattle Mariners (1988)
Years Pro: 1988-1989
Peak: A
Notes:
1st all time in walks allowed in a season at 69 (1988)
Born: November 12, 1967
Hometown: Waco, Texas
High School: Moore HS
Previous College: McClennan CC
Years at TTU: 1988-1989
Drafted: 1st round, 5th overall, by Texas Rangers (1989)
Years Pro: 1989-2000
Peak: MLB
MLB Debut: September 4, 1991
Years in MLB: 1991-1993
Notes:
All-Southwest Conference First Team (1989)
Highest MLB Draft pick in Texas Tech Baseball history
Currently Head Baseball Coach at Judson High School (San Antonio)
Born: December 14, 1969
Hometown: Lubbock, Texas
High School: Monterey HS
Previous College: Centenary College
Years at TTU: 1988-1990
Years Pro: 1992-1994
Peak: A+
Notes:
1st all time in losses in a season with 9 (1989)
Born: August 27, 1969
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Years at TTU: 1988-1991
Drafted: 12th round by Cincinnati Reds (1991)
Years Pro: 1991-1999
Peak: AAA
Notes:
1st all time for walks allowed in a season with 60 (1989)
1st all time for earned runs allowed in a career with 67 (1989)
1st all time for walks allowed in a career with 167
1st all time for earned runs allowed in a career with 180
1st all time for losses in a career with 21
2nd all time for innings pitched in a career with 335
T2nd all time for games started in a career with 44
3rd all time in complete games with 15
Still holds Red Raider records for career Walks (167) and career Earned Runs Allowed (180).
Born: December 26, 1967
Hometown: Victoria, Texas
High School: Stroman HS
Previous College: Blinn College
Years at TTU: 1989
Drafted:
15th round by Toronto Blue Jays (1988)
11th round by Chicago White Sox (1989)
Years Pro: 1989-1992
Peak: AA
Born: November 14, 1967
Hometown: Paris, Texas
High School: Paris HS
Previous College: Seminole CC
Years at TTU: 1989
Drafted:
63rd round by New York Yankees (1988)
11th round by New York Yankees (1989)
Years Pro: 1989-1990
Peak: A