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Wichita, KS · 43 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
Claude Hendrix	1908	1911–1920	31.8
Casey Blake	1993–1996	1999–2011	24.7
Joe Carter	1979–1981	1983–1998	19.4
Don Lock	1956–1957	1962–1969	11.9
Mike Lansing	1987–1990	1993–2001	10.0
Charlie O'Brien	1980–1982	1985–2000	9.5
Braden Looper	1994–1996	1998–2009	8.3
Darren Dreifort	1991–1993	1994–2004	7.6
Mike Pelfrey	2003–2005	2006–2017	5.6
Alec Bohm	drafted 2018	2020–2022	4.7
Doug Mirabelli	1990–1992	1996–2007	4.6
Pat Meares	1988–1990	1993–2001	4.6
Nate Robertson	1997–1999	2002–2010	4.2
Andy Dirks	2007–2008	2011–2013	3.7
Sam Hilliard	drafted 2015	2019–2022	2.6
Conor Gillaspie	2006–2008	2008–2017	2.2
Codi Heuer	drafted 2018	2020–2021	1.2
Brian Flynn	2009–2011	2013–2019	1.1
Dusty Coleman	drafted 2008	2015–2017	0.3
Jaime Bluma	1991–1994	1996	0.3
Eric Wedge	1987–1989	1991–1994	0.2
Dave Haas	1985–1988	1991–1993	0.1
Kevin Hooper	1996–1999	2005–2006	0.1
Tommy Hottovy	2002–2004	2011–2012	0.1
Greg Brummett	1986–1989	1993	0.0
Jeff Richardson	1983	1990	0.0
Kris Johnson	2004–2006	2013–2014	0.0
Lloyd Bishop	1911–1912	1914	0.0
Kennie Steenstra	1990–1992	1998	-0.1
P. J. Forbes	1987–1990	1998–2001	-0.1
A. J. Ladwig	drafted 2014	2022	-0.2
Adam Peterson	1999–2002	2004	-0.2
Josh Smith	drafted 2011–2012	2019–2020	-0.2
Russ Morman	1982–1983	1986–1997	-0.2
Cody Clark	2003	2013	-0.3
Zach Sorensen	1996–1998	2003–2005	-0.3
Rick Wrona	1983–1985	1988–1994	-0.4
Tyler Green	1989–1991	1993–1998	-0.5
Don Heinkel	1979–1982	1988–1989	-0.6
Bryan Oelkers	1980–1982	1983–1986	-0.9
Phil Stephenson	1979–1982	1989–1992	-1.3
Koyie Hill	1998–2000	2003–2014	-2.8
Brock Rodden	drafted 2022–2023		—

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