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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
Kenny Lofton	1988	1991–2007	68.5
Trevor Hoffman	1988–1989	1993–2010	28.1
Scott Erickson	1989	1990–2006	24.7
Ron Hassey	1974–1976	1978–1991	14.9
Mark Melancon	2004–2006	2009–2022	13.4
Hank Leiber	1929–1931	1933–1942	13.3
Joe Magrane	1983–1985	1987–1996	12.0
J. T. Snow	1987–1989	1992–2008	11.0
Gil Heredia	1986–1987	1991–2001	10.2
Jack Howell	1983	1985–1999	9.5
Craig Lefferts	1978–1980	1983–1994	9.1
Don Lee	1954–1956	1957–1966	7.4
Nick Hundley	2003–2005	2008–2019	7.4
Ron Theobald	1963	1971–1972	4.5
Kevin Newman	drafted 2015	2018–2022	4.3
Casey Candaele	1980–1982	1986–1997	4.0
Mike Paul	1966	1968–1974	3.7
Dave Baldwin	1957–1959	1966–1973	3.5
Tylor Megill	drafted 2018	2021–2022	2.4
Rob Refsnyder	drafted 2012	2015–2022	2.3
Ed Vosberg	1980–1982	1986–2002	1.8
Kevin Ginkel	drafted 2016	2019–2022	1.8
Andrew Nardi	drafted 2019	2022	1.5
Chase Silseth	drafted 2021	2022	1.5
Jason Donald	2004–2006	2010–2012	1.5
Joey Rickard	drafted 2012	2016–2020	1.5
Chip Hale	1984–1987	1989–1997	1.2
Shelley Duncan	1999–2001	2007–2013	1.1
Craig Chamberlain	1978	1979–1980	1.0
Alfonso Rivas	drafted 2018	2021–2022	0.7
Damon Mashore	1989–1991	1996–1998	0.5
Johnny Field	drafted 2013	2018	0.5
Seth Mejias-Brean	drafted 2012	2019	0.4
Jack Daugherty	1981–1982	1987–1993	0.3
Jon Meloan	2003–2005	2007–2009	0.2
Ryan Perry	2006–2008	2009–2012	0.2
Trevor Crowe	2003–2005	2009–2013	0.2
Colin Porter	1995–1998	2003–2004	0.1
Cory Burns	2006–2009	2012–2013	0.1
Daniel Schlereth	2006–2008	2009–2012	0.1
Hal Warnock	1933–1935	1935	0.1
Kevin Blankenship	1982–1984	1988–1990	0.1
Leon Hooten	1969–1970	1974	0.1
Willie Morales	1991–1993	2000	0.1
George Arias	1993	1996–1999	0.0
Steve Selsky	drafted 2010–2011	2016–2017	0.0
Walt Kellner	1949	1952–1953	0.0
Andy Burns	drafted 2011	2016–2021	-0.1
Dave Rajsich	1972–1973	1978–1980	-0.1
Dwight Taylor	1979–1981	1986	-0.1
J. J. Matijevic	drafted 2017	2022	-0.1
Jim Scranton	1979	1984–1985	-0.1
Jordan Brown	2003–2005	2010–2013	-0.1
Tim Plodinec	1967–1968	1972	-0.1
Alex Mejia	drafted 2012	2017	-0.2
Brian Anderson	2001–2003	2005–2009	-0.2
Carl Thomas	1954–1956	1960	-0.2
Dave Stegman	1973–1976	1978–1984	-0.2
Jett Bandy	drafted 2011	2015–2018	-0.2
Kevin Ward	1981–1983	1991–1992	-0.2
Tom Barrett	1981–1982	1988–1992	-0.2
Tommy Hinzo	1985–1986	1987–1989	-0.2
Jason Thompson	1993	1996	-0.3
Josh Pearce	1999	2002–2004	-0.3
Ryan Aguilar	drafted 2016	2022	-0.3
Brad Glenn	drafted 2008–2009	2014	-0.4
Gene Leek	1958	1959–1962	-0.4
Konner Wade	drafted 2013	2021	-0.4
Lance Dickson	1988–1989	1990	-0.4
Cal Stevenson	drafted 2018	2022	-0.5
Charlie Shoemaker	1959–1961	1961–1964	-0.5
Scott Kingery	drafted 2015	2018–2022	-0.5
Brad Mills	1978–1979	1980–1983	-0.6
Jared Oliva	drafted 2017	2020–2021	-0.6
Steve Barber	1967	1970–1971	-0.6
Ben Diggins	1999–2000	2002	-0.7
Bobby Dalbec	drafted 2016	2020–2022	-0.7
Alan Zinter	1987–1989	2002–2004	-0.8
Mark Worrell	2003	2008–2011	-0.8
Dave Rohde	1986	1990–1992	-1.0
Eddie Leon	1965–1967	1968–1975	-1.0
Preston Guilmet	2006–2009	2013–2021	-1.1
Brandon Dixon	drafted 2013	2018–2022	-1.3
Don Gile	1954–1955	1959–1962	-1.3
Greg Bargar	1980	1983–1986	-1.4
Rich Hinton	1967–1969	1971–1979	-1.4
Brad Mills	2004–2007	2009–2015	-1.5
Dan Schneider	1962	1963–1969	-2.1
Jason Bates	1992	1995–1998	-2.5
Terry Francona	1978–1980	1981–1990	-3.1
John Moses	1979–1980	1982–1992	-3.3
Aaron Walton	drafted 2025		—
Austin Wells	drafted 2020	2023	—
Branden Boissiere	drafted 2021		—
Brendan Summerhill	drafted 2025		—
Casey Hintz	drafted 2025		—
Cesar Salazar	drafted 2018	2023	—
Chase Davis	drafted 2023		—
Daniel Susac	drafted 2022		—
Jackson Kent	drafted 2024		—
Mason White	drafted 2025		—
Michael Flynn	drafted 2018		—
TJ Nichols	drafted 2023		—

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