Big 12 ties to the teams in the 2014 Major League Baseball postseason:
Detroit Tigers
Joba Chamberlain, Nebraska, RHP
- member of the 2005 NU College World Series team
- named 2005 Big 12 Newcomer Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-Big 12
- collected third team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball
Bryan Holaday, TCU, C (did not play in Big 12)
- recipient of the Johnny Bench award for top collegiate catcher
- three-time All-Mountain West Conference honoree
Ian Kinsler, Missouri, 2B
- finished second in batting for the Tigers in 2000 with a .355 average while starting 49 games at shortstop
Max Scherzer, Missouri, RHP
- named the 2005 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year as a sophomore
- earned second team All-America honors from ABCA, Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball in 2005
Kansas City Royals
Aaron Crow, Missouri, RHP
- 2008 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and Golden Spikes Award finalist after 13-0 season with a 2.35 ERA
- First Team All-America honoree by the ABCA, Baseball America, NCBWA and Collegiate Baseball
Brandon Finnegan, TCU, LHP
- selected 17th overall this past summer
- 2014 First Team All-Big 12 selection after finishing third nationally with 134 strikeouts
- 2014 second team All-America selection by NCBWA and ABCA and third team All-America honoree by Baseball America and Louisville Slugger
Alex Gordon, Nebraska, OF
- won the 2005 Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy, Brooks Wallace Award and ABCA Rawlings Player of the Year
- two-time Big 12 Player of the Year (2005, ’04)
Los Angeles Angels
Huston Street, Texas, RHP
- holds the Big 12 career saves record with 41
- led the Longhorns to three straight College World Series appearances and was named the 2002 CWS Most Outstanding Player after four saves, including the championship game
- named a three-time First Team All-Big 12 selection (2002-04)
Los Angeles Dodgers
Daniel Coulombe, Texas Tech, LHP
- pitched two seasons for the Red Raiders (2011-12), making 14 appearances with a 3.24 ERA
J.P. Howell, Texas, LHP
- led the Longhorns to an appearance in the 2004 College World Series
- earned First Team All-America honors from the ABCA, Baseball America, NCBWA and Collegiate Baseball in 2004
Pittsburgh Pirates
Tony Watson, Nebraska, LHP
- named First Team All-Big 12 in 2006 and a second team selection in 2007
Jordy Mercer, Oklahoma State, SS
- two-way player for the Cowboys
-two-time All-Big 12 First Team selection (2008, ’06), honored on the second team in 2007 as a utility player
San Francisco Giants
Brett Bochy, Kansas, RHP
- compiled a 7-0 record with a 3.62 ERA in 55 career appearances
Brandon Belt, Texas, 1B
- member of the 2009 Texas College World Series team after leading UT in batting (.319)
- named the 2008 Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Player
St. Louis Cardinals
Matt Carpenter, TCU, 3B (did not play in the Big 12)
- a three-time second team All-Mountain West Conference honoree
- holds the school record for most games player and at-bats
Sam Freeman, Kansas, LHP
- attended KU after two years at North Central Texas College
- made 13 appearances in 2008, his only semester with the Jayhawks
Matt Holliday, OF
- brother of Oklahoma State head coach Matt Holliday
Tyler Lyons, Oklahoma State, LHP
- recorded 22 career wins at OSU and was named Second Team All-Big 12 in 2008 as a sophomore
Michael Wacha, Texas A&M, RHP
- 2012 First Team All-Big 12 selection, 2011 Second Team All-Big 12 selection
- ranks tied for eighth on the Big 12 career wins chart with 27, ninth on the career strikeouts chart and 10th in innings pitched