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Santa Barbara, CA · 40 major leaguers played here

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
Barry Zito	1997	2000–2015	32.0
Chris Speier	1969	1971–1989	30.5
Michael Young	1994–1997	2000–2013	24.8
Shane Bieber	drafted 2016	2018–2022	18.4
Dillon Tate	drafted 2015	2019–2022	2.3
Brian Kingman	1974–1975	1979–1983	2.1
Skip Schumaker	2000–2001	2005–2015	1.6
Joe Kmak	1984–1985	1993–1995	0.9
Kyle Nelson	drafted 2017	2020–2022	0.5
Mark Leonard	1985–1986	1990–1995	0.4
Scott Brown	drafted 1973	1981	0.2
Ed Pierce	1988	1992	0.1
Greg Shanahan	1968	1973–1974	0.1
Bruce Egloff	1986	1991	0.0
Joe Martin	1932	1936–1938	-0.1
Mario Hollands	drafted 2009–2010	2014	-0.1
Quinn Mack	1986–1987	1994	-0.1
Erik Johnson	1984–1987	1993–1994	-0.2
Joe Redfield	1980–1982	1988–1991	-0.2
Greg Mahle	drafted 2014	2016	-0.3
Chris Valaika	2004–2006	2010–2014	-0.4
Stefan Wever	1977–1979	1982	-0.4
Dave Walsh	1979–1982	1990	-0.5
Ryan Spilborghs	2000–2002	2005–2011	-0.5
Scott Randall	1994	2003	-0.5
Justin Lehr	1996–1998	2004–2009	-0.6
Virgil Vasquez	2001–2003	2007–2009	-1.2
Noah Davis	drafted 2018	2022	-2.3
Aaron Parker	drafted 2024		—
Brendan Durfee	drafted 2024		—
Eric Yang	drafted 2019	2024	—
Ivan Brethowr	drafted 2024		—
Jack Dashwood	drafted 2019		—
Jared Sundstrom	drafted 2023		—
Jordan Sprinkle	drafted 2022		—
Marcos Castañon	drafted 2021		—
Matt Ager	drafted 2024		—
Michael McGreevy	drafted 2021	2024	—
Sam Whiting	drafted 2023		—
Tyler Bremner	drafted 2025		—

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