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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
Charlie Hickman	1897	1897–1908	23.9
John Means	drafted 2014	2018–2022	10.5
Steve Kline	1993	1997–2007	9.9
Jedd Gyorko	2008–2010	2013–2020	9.3
Alek Manoah	drafted 2019	2021–2022	7.3
David Carpenter	2004–2006	2011–2019	1.9
Dustin Nippert	2002	2005–2010	0.9
Harrison Musgrave	drafted 2013–2014	2018–2019	0.6
Joe Hudson	1990–1992	1995–1998	0.6
Jake Hewitt	1894–1895	1895	0.3
Gene Curtis	1902	1903	0.2
Babe Barna	1935–1937	1937–1943	0.0
Buck Washer	1902	1905	0.0
Bucky Guth	1967–1969	1972	0.0
Frank Barron	1913–1914	1914	0.0
John Woods	1920–1923	1924	0.0
Larry McClure	1911	1910	0.0
Vince Belnome	drafted 2009	2014	-0.1
Ryan McBroom	drafted 2013–2014	2019–2021	-0.2
Ed Kenna	1901	1902	-0.3
Bull Smith	1900–1903	1904–1906	-0.5
George Freese	1947	1953–1961	-0.5
Jim Heise	1953–1956	1957	-0.6
Scott Seabol	1996	2001–2005	-0.6
Skeeter Shelton	1907–1909	1915	-0.8
Paul Popovich	1960	1964–1975	-1.7
Darrell Whitmore	1988–1990	1993–1995	-1.8
Michael Grove	drafted 2018	2022	-1.9
Adam Tulloch	drafted 2021		—
Braden Barry	drafted 2023		—
Derek Clark	drafted 2024		—
Griffin Kirn	drafted 2025		—
JJ Wetherholt	drafted 2024		—
Jackson Wolf	drafted 2021	2023	—
Kade Strowd	drafted 2019	2025	—
Kyle West	drafted 2025		—
Robby Porco	drafted 2025		—
Ryan Bergert	drafted 2021	2025	—
Skylar King	drafted 2025		—
Victor Scott	drafted 2022	2024	—

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