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Amherst, MA · 14 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
John Cerutti	1979–1981	1985–1991	6.9
John Henry	1907–1910	1910–1918	5.5
Alan Storke	1903–1906	1906–1909	2.2
Jack Dunleavy	1901–1902	1903–1905	0.7
Howdy Groskloss	1929–1930	1930–1932	0.0
Larry McClure	1907–1910	1910	0.0
Steve Partenheimer	1910–1913	1913	0.0
Walter Zink	1918–1921	1921	0.0
Dick Wheeler	1917–1920	1918	-0.2
Pete Allen	1892–1893	1893	-0.2
Joe Vernon	1909–1912	1912–1914	-0.3
Ace Williams	1938–1940	1940–1946	-0.6
Ray Nelson	1895–1897	1901	-0.9
Rich Thompson	1978–1980	1985–1990	-1.6

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