The World Series is set with the San Francisco Giants ready to host the Texas Rangers in game one Wednesday night at AT&T Park. Both teams are stocked with former college baseball players, and it doesn’t get bigger than the game one pitching match-up of San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum vs. the Rangers’ Cliff Lee.
Lincecum is 2-1 with 30 strikeouts and 5 BB in 23 1/3 IP with a 1.93 ERA during the playoffs, while Lee is an amazing 3-0 with a 0.73 ERA, 34 Ks and just one free pass in 24.0 IP during the postseason. Lincecum won the 2008 and 2009 National League Cy Young Awards, while Lee took the AL Cy Young in 2008 when he was still with the Cleveland Indians.
Following are the 45 players on the 40-man rosters of each team who also played college baseball.
TEXAS RANGERS (22)
Scott Feldman – P – San Mateo, CA JC
Texas 3B Michael Young played in college at UC-Santa Barbara
Derek Holland – P – Wallace State, AL CC
Tommy Hunter – P – Alabama
Cliff Lee – P – Arkansas
Colby Lewis – P – Bakersfield, CA JC
Mark Lowe – P – UT Arlington
Doug Mathis – P – Missouri
Brandon McCarthy – P – Lamar, CO CC
Dustin Nippert – P – West Virginia
Darren O’Day – P – Florida
Zachary Phillips – P – Sacramento, CA CC
Clay Rapada – P – Virginia State
C.J. Wilson – P – Loyola Marymount
Bengie Molina – C – Western Arizona CC
Taylor Teagarden – C – Texas
Chris Davis – 1B – Navarro, TX JC
Ian Kinsler – 2B – Missouri
Michael Young – 3B – UC Santa Barbara
Julio Borbon – OF – Tennessee
Craig Gentry – OF – Arkansas (15-Day DL)
Mitch Moorehead – OF – Mississippi State
David Murphy – OF – Baylor
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (23)
Alex Hinshaw – P – San Diego State
Brian Wilson played at LSU before he grew his beard in San Francisco.
Tim Lincecum – P – Washington
Javier Lopez – P – Virginia
Chris Ray – P – William & Mary
Sergio Romo – P – Mesa State
Dan Runzler – P – UC Riverside
Jonathon Sanchez – P – Ohio Dominican
Brian Wilson – P – LSU
Barry Zito – P – USC
Buster Posey –C – Florida State
Eli Whiteside – C – Delta State
Emmanuel Burriss – 2B – Kent State
Mike Fontenot – 2B – LSU
Conor Gillaspie – 3B – Wichita State
Aubrey Huff – 1B – Miami
Brett Pill – 1B – Cal State Fullerton
Ryan Rohlinger – 3B – Oklahoma
Freddy Sanchez – 2B – Oklahoma City CC
Pat Burrell – OF – Miami
Mark DeRosa – OF – Penn (60-Day DL)
Aaron Rowand – OF – Cal State Fullerton
Nate Schierholtz – OF – Chabot, CA CC
Andres Torrez- OF – Miami-Dade North, FL CC