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San Luis Obispo, CA · 28 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
Ozzie Smith	1974–1977	1978–1996	77.0
Thornton Lee	1925–1926	1933–1948	34.4
Mike Krukow	1971–1973	1976–1989	23.8
Mitch Haniger	drafted 2012	2016–2022	14.8
Bud Norris	2004–2006	2009–2018	5.2
Kevin Correia	2000–2002	2003–2015	3.9
Casey Fien	2005–2006	2009–2017	1.6
Brent Morel	2006–2008	2010–2015	0.7
Mark Mathias	drafted 2015	2020–2022	0.7
Craig Gerber	1978–1981	1985	0.6
John Orton	1985–1987	1989–1993	0.5
Dave Oliver	1970–1973	1977	0.3
Gorman Heimueller	1974–1977	1983–1984	0.1
Logan Schafer	2007–2008	2011–2016	0.0
Mike Miller	drafted 2012	2016	0.0
Erich Uelmen	drafted 2017	2022	-0.2
Evan Reed	2005–2007	2013–2014	-0.2
Lee Hancock	1986–1988	1995–1996	-0.2
Garrett Olson	2003–2005	2007–2012	-2.7
Spencer Howard	drafted 2017	2020–2022	-2.8
Andrew Alvarez	drafted 2021	2025	—
Brooks Lee	drafted 2022	2024	—
Bryan Woo	drafted 2021	2023	—
Drew Thorpe	drafted 2022	2024	—
Jake Steels	drafted 2024		—
Nicholas Torres	drafted 2014		—
Steven Brooks	drafted 2024		—
Zach Daudet	drafted 2025		—

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