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Bowling Green, KY · 12 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
Jim Weaver	1926–1928	1928–1939	5.5
Doug Piatt	1986–1988	1991	0.6
Jeff Peterek	1983	1989	0.5
Heath Haynes	1988–1991	1994	0.1
Ken Edenfield	1989–1990	1995–1996	0.0
Chris Turner	1988–1991	1993–2000	-0.3
Steve Stemle	1996–1998	2005–2006	-0.3
Don Durham	1968–1970	1972–1973	-0.9
Hugh Poland	1932–1934	1943–1948	-1.7
Jacob Bimbi	drafted 2024		—
Mason Burns	drafted 2024		—
Ryan Wideman	drafted 2025		—

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