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Blacksburg, VA · 33 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
Joe Saunders	2000–2002	2005–2014	8.2
Kerry Carpenter	drafted 2019	2022	6.3
Chad Pinder	drafted 2013	2016–2022	3.8
Mike Williams	1988–1990	1992–2003	3.6
Johnny Oates	1966–1967	1970–1981	3.4
Franklin Stubbs	1980–1982	1984–1995	2.7
Jesse Hahn	drafted 2010	2014–2021	1.6
Toby Atwell	1943	1952–1956	1.2
Joe Mantiply	drafted 2012–2013	2016–2022	0.8
Brad Clontz	1990–1992	1995–2000	0.6
Leo Burke	1954–1956	1958–1965	0.6
Wally Shaner	1920	1923–1929	0.6
Buddy Dear	1925–1927	1927	0.0
Cloy Mattox	1927–1929	1929	0.0
Mark Zagunis	drafted 2014	2017–2019	0.0
Ben Rowen	drafted 2010	2014–2021	-0.1
Erwin Renfer	1910	1913	-0.1
George Canale	1984–1986	1989–1991	-0.1
Packy Naughton	drafted 2017	2021–2022	-0.1
Brian Fitzgerald	1993–1996	2002	-0.3
Kevin Barker	1994–1996	1999–2009	-0.3
Wyatt Toregas	2002–2004	2009–2011	-0.4
Cade Hunter	drafted 2022		—
Carson DeMartini	drafted 2024		—
Carson Taylor	drafted 2020		—
Eddie Micheletti Jr.	drafted 2024		—
Gavin Cross	drafted 2022		—
Ian Seymour	drafted 2020	2025	—
Jack Hurley	drafted 2023		—
Nic Enright	drafted 2019	2025	—
Nick Biddison	drafted 2022		—
TJ Rumfield	drafted 2021		—
Tanner Schobel	drafted 2022		—

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