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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
Buster Posey	2006–2008	2009–2021	45.1
J. D. Drew	1995–1997	1998–2011	44.8
Terry Kennedy	1975–1977	1978–1991	21.7
Cal Raleigh	drafted 2018	2021–2022	18.3
Johnny Grubb	1970	1972–1987	16.5
Jody Reed	1983–1984	1987–1997	15.9
Stephen Drew	2002–2004	2006–2017	15.9
Doug Mientkiewicz	1993–1995	1998–2009	12.0
Luis Alicea	1984–1986	1988–2002	12.0
Taylor Walls	drafted 2017	2021–2022	11.4
Rick Langford	1973	1976–1986	10.6
Dick Howser	1956–1958	1961–1968	9.3
Tyler Holton	drafted 2017–2018	2022	7.5
Paul Sorrento	1984–1986	1989–1999	5.7
Devon Travis	drafted 2012	2015–2018	5.6
Deion Sanders	1987–1988	1989–2001	5.3
Roger Bailey	1990–1992	1995–1997	5.1
Luke Weaver	drafted 2014	2016–2022	4.8
Randy Choate	1995–1997	2000–2015	4.7
Jeff Tam	1992–1993	1998–2003	4.2
Matt Diaz	1998–1999	2003–2013	3.8
John Wasdin	1991–1993	1995–2007	3.5
Ken Suarez	1963	1966–1973	3.2
Jeff Gray	1981–1984	1988–1991	2.2
Juan Bonilla	1974–1977	1981–1987	2.2
Paul Wilson	1992–1994	1996–2005	2.1
Cole Sands	drafted 2018	2022	1.7
Woody Woodward	1961–1962	1963–1971	1.7
Sean Gilmartin	drafted 2011	2015–2020	1.2
Shane Robinson	2004–2006	2009–2018	1.2
Chris Brock	1989–1992	1997–2002	1.1
Mac Scarce	1970–1971	1972–1978	0.9
Scott Proctor	1996–1998	2004–2011	0.9
Tim Davis	1991–1992	1994–1997	0.9
Eduardo Perez	1989–1991	1993–2006	0.8
Ken Robinson	1991	1995–1997	0.6
Ron Cash	1970–1971	1973–1974	0.4
John-Ford Griffin	1999–2001	2005–2007	0.3
Richie Lewis	1985–1987	1992–1998	0.3
Craig Eaton	1975–1976	1979	0.2
Mickey Lopez	1993–1995	2004	0.2
Mike Fuentes	1978–1981	1983–1984	0.1
Rafael Lopez	drafted 2011	2014–2018	0.1
Bruce Tanner	1981–1983	1985	0.0
Daniel Davidson	2002–2003	2009	0.0
Gar Finnvold	1989–1990	1994	0.0
John Gast	2008–2010	2013	0.0
Randy Brown	1964–1966	1969–1970	0.0
Brandon Leibrandt	drafted 2014	2020	-0.1
DJ Stewart	drafted 2015	2018–2022	-0.1
Drew Carlton	drafted 2017	2021–2022	-0.1
Larry Rothschild	1974	1981–1982	-0.1
Mark Gilbert	1975–1978	1985	-0.1
Rafael Bournigal	1987	1992–1999	-0.1
Barret Browning	2005–2006	2012	-0.2
Bien Figueroa	1985–1986	1992	-0.2
Jerry Nielsen	1987–1988	1992–1993	-0.2
Jim Lyttle	1965–1966	1969–1976	-0.2
Marc Ronan	1988–1990	1993	-0.2
Sherman Johnson	drafted 2012	2018	-0.2
Dave Moates	1969	1974–1976	-0.3
Hunter Jones	2003–2005	2009–2010	-0.3
Jim Weaver	1980	1985–1989	-0.3
Marshall McDougall	1999–2000	2005	-0.3
Stephen Cardullo	drafted 2010	2016–2017	-0.3
Elih Villanueva	2008	2011	-0.4
Carlos Lezcano	1974–1977	1980–1981	-0.5
John Nogowski	drafted 2014	2020–2021	-0.5
Matt Dunbar	1987–1990	1995	-0.5
Pat Osburn	1970	1974–1975	-0.5
Dan O'Brien	1973–1975	1978–1979	-0.9
Mike Loynd	1984–1986	1986–1987	-0.9
Craig Skok	1968–1969	1973–1979	-1.0
Jonathan Johnson	1993–1995	1998–2003	-1.0
Tyler Holt	drafted 2010	2014–2016	-1.3
Kevin Cash	1997–1999	2002–2010	-3.1
Alex Lodise	drafted 2025		—
CJ Van Eyk	drafted 2020		—
Cam Smith	drafted 2024	2025	—
Drew Faurot	drafted 2025		—
Gage Harrelson	drafted 2025		—
Jack Anderson	drafted 2021		—
Jackson Baumeister	drafted 2023		—
Jaime Ferrer	drafted 2024		—
James Tibbs III	drafted 2024		—
Jamie Arnold	drafted 2025		—
Marco Dinges	drafted 2024		—
Parker Messick	drafted 2022	2025	—
Shane Drohan	drafted 2020		—
Wyatt Crowell	drafted 2023		—

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