Nelson Figueroa, who pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2010, is the first Brandeis graduate to play in Major League Baseball.
Figueroa attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts where he pitched for three years and earned a bachelors degree in American Studies.
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