How did college baseball players get to their team?
Look up any D1, D2 or D3 school: how many of its players came straight from high school, and how many transferred in.
We traced 38,043 players on 942 rosters.
Updated
Look up a school
See how many of its players came straight from high school, and how many transferred in.
By division
Straight from high school, by division
The share of each division's traced players who joined straight from high school, and how many transferred in from a four-year school or a junior college.
D1· 308 schools
53%
straight from high school
47% transferred in
26.0% four-year ·
21.0% JUCO
D2· 253 schools
57%
straight from high school
43% transferred in
16.9% four-year ·
25.9% JUCO
D3· 381 schools
85%
straight from high school
15% transferred in
8.8% four-year ·
6.7% JUCO
The mix
Where each division's players came from
Each bar is every player we traced on that division's rosters, split by the last place he played before joining.
D1
D2
D3
- High school
- D1
- D2
- D3
- Junior college
- NAIA
- Other four-year
- Prep or post-grad year
Transfers
Who transfers where
Read down a column: of the players on that division's rosters, the share who came from each kind of school. Switch to see the same players as a share of that division's transfers only.
| Came from | To D1 | To D2 | To D3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 20.3% | 7.3% | 1.5% |
| D2 | 3.0% | 5.1% | 2.0% |
| D3 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Junior college | 21.0% | 25.9% | 6.7% |
| NAIA | 0.8% | 1.6% | 0.7% |
| Other four-year | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| All transfers | 47.0% | 42.8% | 15.5% |
Position
Straight from high school, by position
The share of each position's players who joined from high school. Position is the one the college roster lists.
| Position | D1 | D2 | D3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | 53% | ||
| Catchers | |||
| Infielders | |||
| Outfielders |
By school
Straight from high school, school by school
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About the data
What is counted
- A player is counted when he is on the newest roster we have for a D1, D2 or D3 school and we traced how he joined it.
- Where he came from is his last stop. A player who went from a D1 to a junior college and then to a D1 counts as a junior college transfer. A prep or post-grad year is counted on its own, as neither high school nor a transfer.
- A school's division is its division today.
- D1: 11,673 players at 308 schools. D2: 10,728 players at 253 schools. D3: 15,642 players at 381 schools. Players we could not trace are left out of every share.
Updated as our research adds players. Last updated October 17, 2026.