Jeff Frazier more than left his mark on the Rutgers baseball program. Frazier etched his name in RU history in his first season as a Scarlet Knight, setting the program record with 13 home runs and was named Freshman All-America by Baseball America. He followed that up with First Team All-Big East honors in both 2003 and 2004 as well as Second Team All-America honors in 2004. He was named one of 10 finalists for the Dick Howser Award in 2004, which is the top individual honor in collegiate baseball.
An everyday player during one of the winningest three-year stretches in program, history, Frazier was part of 102 wins, played in two Big East Tournament title games and played in the 2003 NCAA Regional in Tallahassee, Florida.
His 34 career home runs were a program record at the time, a mark later broken by his brother Todd and now held by Chris Brito.
Frazier’s name remains prominent in the Rutgers record books, as he currently ranks fourth in career home runs (34), fifth in career RBIs (167), seventh in career total bases (370) and ninth in single-season RBIs (59 in 2004).
After a prolific playing career “On The Banks”, Frazier was selected by the Detroit Tigers with the 73rd overall pick in the 2004 MLB Draft and made his major league debut for the Tigers in 2010.
A native of Toms River, New Jersey, Frazier was also named New Jersey Player of the Year as a senior and played in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. with the Toms River East American team.
