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Lakeland, FL · 16 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
Matt Joyce	2003–2005	2008–2021	14.7
Brett Tomko	1995	1997–2011	10.7
Andy McGaffigan	1977–1978	1981–1991	10.4
Rob Dibble	1983	1988–1995	9.4
Ross Baumgarten	1974	1978–1982	5.1
Greg Pryor	1968–1971	1976–1986	4.4
Carlos Reyes	1990–1991	1994–2003	3.8
Ralph Citarella	1979	1983–1987	0.5
Luis Rivera	drafted 1997	2000	0.4
John Hudek	1987–1988	1994–1999	0.3
Lance Niekro	1998–2000	2003–2007	0.3
Eddie Gaillard	1992–1993	1997–1999	-0.1
Jake Walsh	drafted 2017	2022	-0.2
James Hurst	1988–1989	1994	-0.3
Gus Schlosser	drafted 2011	2014	-0.6
Drew Cavanaugh	drafted 2023		—

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