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Villanova, PA · 36 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
Mickey Vernon	1937–1938	1939–1960	35.3
Red Donahue	1890–1893	1893–1906	21.5
Mickey Doolin	1902	1905–1918	14.6
Eddie Murphy	1911	1912–1926	9.1
Bert Daniels	1906	1910–1914	7.7
Mike O'Neill	1900–1901	1901–1907	6.3
Denny Mack	1866–1870	1871–1883	2.8
Bruce Howard	1962	1963–1968	2.2
Lennie Merullo	1937–1938	1941–1947	1.6
Jimmie Savage	1906–1908	1912–1915	0.8
Mike Garbark	1936–1938	1944–1945	0.7
Frank Skaff	1933–1935	1935–1943	0.3
Fred Lear	1913–1915	1915–1920	0.0
Jim Schelle	1937–1938	1939	0.0
Joe Connell	1923–1926	1926	0.0
Joe Walsh	1907–1910	1910–1911	0.0
Mike Neill	1989–1991	1998	0.0
Brian Slocum	2000–2002	2006–2008	-0.1
Ed Cotter	1923–1926	1926	-0.1
Gene Schall	1989–1991	1995–1996	-0.1
Mike Porzio	1991–1992	1999–2003	-0.1
Rafael Novoa	1986–1989	1990–1993	-0.1
Tom Catterson	1905	1908–1909	-0.2
Ray Stoviak	1936–1938	1938	-0.3
Vince Molyneaux	1915–1917	1917–1918	-0.3
Art Mahan	1934–1936	1940	-0.4
Paddy Greene	1902	1902–1903	-0.4
Jack Hayden	1900	1901–1908	-0.5
Mike Murphy	1911	1912–1916	-0.5
Frank Kreutzer	1959–1960	1962–1969	-0.6
Kevin Mulvey	2004–2006	2009–2010	-0.6
Matt Szczur	drafted 2010	2014–2018	-0.7
Barney McFadden	1898–1900	1901–1902	-1.2
Ben Geraghty	1934–1936	1936–1944	-1.3
Gary Scott	1987–1989	1991–1992	-1.3
Gordon Graceffo	drafted 2021	2024	—

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