BASEBALL HISTORY EXCLUSIVE: College baseball career home run leaders featuring Oklahoma’s Pete Incaviglia.
Nearly 40 years later, Oklahoma State’s Pete Incaviglia is still college baseball’s all-time home run king. “Inky” is the lone player in college baseball lore to reach triple-digits in career long balls, finishing his illustrious career with exactly 100 home runs from 1983-1985.
Let’s take a look at college baseball’s top 10 all-time home run hitters (per the NCAA.org record book).
RECORD BOOKS: 16 NCAA unbreakable records | 9 MCWS records that will be tough to beat
COLLEGE BASEBALL’S CAREER HOME RUN LEADERS:
RANK PLAYER COLLEGE YEARS GAMES HOME RUNS HR/G
1 Pete Incaviglia Oklahoma St. 1983-1985 213 100 0.47
2 Jeff Ledbetter Florida St. 1979-1982 262 97 0.37
3 Todd Greene Ga. Southern 1990-1993 240 88 0.37
4 Eddy Furniss LSU 1995-1998 265 80 0.30
5 Frank Fazzini Florida St. 1983-1985 234 79 0.34
6 Brad Cresse LSU 1997-2000 236 78 0.33
7 George Canale Virginia Tech 1984-1986 180 76 0.42
8 Chad Sutter Tulane 1996-1999 244 75 0.31
9 Matt LaPorta Florida 2004-2007 215 74 0.34
10 Cory Snyder BYU 1982-1984 173 73 0.42
It all starts with Incaviglia. The Cowboys slugger had a final season for the ages, blasting 48 home runs behind a 1.140 slugging percentage in 1985, both still NCAA single-season records. Only four players in the history of college baseball have eclipsed the 40-home run mark in a season and two are on our all-time list — Incaviglia and Ledbetter. Rice’s Lance Berkman (41 in 1997) and Brandon Larson — Eddie Furniss and Brad Cresse’s LSU teammate who led the team with 40 dingers in 1997 — join Inky and Ledbetter in the exclusive club.
