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Sorted by career bWAR. Colleges are from the Lahman database through 2014; for later players, the school they were drafted from, per the MLB draft.

Player	At college	Major-league career	Career bWAR
George Springer	drafted 2011	2014–2022	41.9
Charles Nagy	1987–1988	1990–2003	24.7
Roberto Hernandez	1985	1991–2007	18.5
Nick Ahmed	drafted 2011	2014–2022	11.2
Scott Oberg	drafted 2012	2015–2019	4.5
Matt Barnes	drafted 2011	2014–2022	4.2
Pete Walker	1989–1990	1995–2006	3.8
Walt Dropo	1943–1946	1949–1961	3.4
Gary Waslewski	1960	1967–1972	2.5
Jesse Carlson	2000–2002	2008–2010	1.8
Rollie Sheldon	1960	1961–1966	1.3
Anthony Kay	drafted 2016	2019–2022	0.9
Jeff Fulchino	1999–2001	2006–2011	0.1
Brian Esposito	1998–2000	2007–2010	-0.1
John Andreoli	drafted 2011	2018–2021	-0.1
Moe Morhardt	1957–1959	1961–1962	-0.4
Mike Olt	2008–2010	2012–2015	-1.4
Jason Grabowski	1995–1997	2002–2005	-1.9
Andrew Sears	drafted 2023		—
Austin Peterson	drafted 2022		—
Ben Casparius	drafted 2021	2024	—
Bob Schaefer	1965–1966		—
Brady Afthim	drafted 2025		—
Jacob Wallace	drafted 2019		—
Kyler Fedko	drafted 2021		—
PJ Poulin	drafted 2018	2025	—
Pat Gallagher	drafted 2022		—
Patrick Winkel	drafted 2021		—

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