Alex Avila

Alabama’s all-time home-run leader has decided to call it a career at the major league level after 13 seasons.

Let's take a look at some familiar faces in Alabama baseball history and how they're already contributing to their MLB clubs in the 2021 season!

The MLB has officially returned for the 2021 season and Alabama has no shortage of representation. In honor of opening week, here are our former Crimson Tide players in Major League Baseball.

Baseball season is in full swing, and some Crimson Tide alumni are lighting up the Big Leagues. With a shortened 2020 season, this means crunch time for some of these Alabama fan favorites.

The Arizona Diamondbacks and former Alabama star Alex Avila agree to a new deal.

Alex Avila leads the way in a big Chicago Cubs win.

Alex Avila comes up clutch for the Chicago Cubs over the weekend.

The Chicago Cubs have acquired reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila in a trade with the Detroit Tigers, bolstering their chance for another long playoff run. The addition of Wilson gives manager Joe Maddon another late-inning option in front of All-Star closer Wade Davis...

Of the more than 600 at-bats Alex Avila took in his three years at Alabama, one, in his mind, stands above the rest – and understandably so. The current Detroit Tigers catcher was just a freshman when he found himself in a season-on-the-line moment at the 2006 Tuscaloosa Super Regional...

Jim and Patricia Myers narrowed down their list to as far as they could, trying to decide a name for their newborn son. Ronald? Richard? Those names were taken by the baby boy’s older brothers. The name would begin with an “R” because they wanted to stay consistent, but that was as far as they knew...